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January 4, 2020 Wolfeboro, NH Erica and Bradley met when she was a traveling nurse working at the ER in Keene, NH and he was working for the Keene Fire Department as a paramedic. Their first date was the day before she was leaving for her next assignment in Colorado. They made the long-distance work and dated for almost two years before getting engaged during a trip to Charleston, SC. The church where they got married is where Bradley’s grandparents were married 50 years ago and his parents were married 28 years ago. It was important to them to carry…

August 29, 2020 Waldoboro, Maine Jake and Danielle have been together since high school. “It has been pretty special to change and grow together over the years,” says Danielle. They were engaged on the summit of Mt. Tom in Crawford Notch, NH. Jake wrote “marry me” on a ball and tried to enlist their dog River to retrieve it, but that didn’t work out as planned. “Getting a dog involved in a proposal is a bold move,” says Danielle.  They heard about Tops’l Farm through a friend. Once they visited the property, they knew it was the right choice. The…

August 22, 2020 Harpswell, Maine High school sweethearts Mary Catherine and JP got engaged during a morning walk with their new puppy to Mackworth Island in Falmouth, ME. JPs best friend helped him coordinate the perfect set-up out on the rock pier. They were married at Sacred Heart Parish in Yarmouth, ME where Mary Catherine grew up attending. The reception was held at a family home where JP spent his summers and Mary Catherine spent most of her Fourth of July celebrations. “The Dingley Island house had a lot of meaning to both of us and the family was gracious…

August 17, 2019 Durham, New Hampshire Karen and Ryan met online, her username was “hikergirl” and that was a good sign for him. Three years after meeting, they were living in Salem, MA. The day they got engaged, they spent the afternoon walking around town and playing skee-ball at the arcade. Ryan managed to find a much quieter place at the Salem Willows Park, away from the crowds, with the ocean as their backdrop to pop the question.      The couple wanted their wedding somewhere more rural, in the woods, where they could gather all their family and friends.…

September 12, 2020 North Yarmouth, Maine Allison and Dylan met through mutual friends. They dated for three years before getting engaged at Sand Island in Casco Bay—an island you can only get to by boat. They both grew up in Falmouth, MA, so being out on the ocean all day was perfect, although Allison could have done without the sunburn. Her engagement ring is in the shape of a Hexagon, which ended up being a recurring theme throughout their wedding. “Hexagons occur organically in nature and represent balance and unity, which is what we want our marriage to mirror,” says…

September 5, 2020 Hampton, New Hampshire Cristina met Matt through an online dating site by sending a simple “hey.” Her main profile photo caught Matt’s eye—it was of her at Walt Disney World holding a Mickey Mouse pretzel. The phrase “stay weird” was in her bio and soon became their motto—its even engraved on Matt’s wedding ring.  “Getting married in New Hampshire was a given, we are both New Hampshire born and raised,” says Cristina. They wanted a smaller wedding and chose The Victoria Inn in Hampton, NH. “They have a beautiful, colorful Victorian-style pavilion that captured my heart the…