Couple's love story 40 years in the making

Friends from second grade reconnect decades later to form a new special bond and got recognized by Variety Magazine's Favorite Couple Contest.

By: Gabby Blanchard

Outlets: UVM's Community News Service

Published: September 15, 2026

Words: 974

Last Updated: 3 days, 2 hours ago

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For Community News Service, a VTSU-Castleton internship for the Rutland Herald.

Some say love at first sight is only found in Hollywood movies, a feeling of electricity that shoots through the body with just the touch of a finger.

Katherine Humphrey Chesterton and William “Billy” Jasinski knew the connection they made in second grade was special; however, they didn’t know that 40 years later they would make it to the Top 10 of the Americans’ …

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