As the brightly hued foliage begins to fall in layers on the landscape, we’ve started shuffling our sweaters to the front of the closet and...
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Beauty and bite
When he’s directing a show, Todd Hunter says the question he gets asked most often is, “Who’s the sympathetic character?” It’s a question that hasn’t...
Art exhibits
Above: View from Hosmer Boathouse by Tom Glover, on display at the George Marshall Store Gallery in York, Maine. Art Exhibits DOVER Artstream “Five Friends”...
The Sound’s 2015 Portsmouth City Council Voter’s Guide: Jim Splaine
Jim Splaine Age: 68, but rather young in mind and spirit. Occupation: Certified trainer at an amusement park (York’s Wild Kingdom); writer, consultant. Years living in Portsmouth: Lifelong...
The Sound’s 2015 Portsmouth City Council Voter’s Guide: Jack Thorsen
Jack Thorsen Age: 59 Occupation: Software engineer, technologist, and entrepreneur. Years living in Portsmouth: 11 Prior public service experience: Two-term city councilor; president of Portsmouth...
The Sound’s 2015 Portsmouth City Council Voter’s Guide: Eric Spear
Eric Spear Age: 46 Occupation: President of a higher education technology firm Years living in Portsmouth: 17 Prior public service experience: Eight years on the...
The Sound’s 2015 Portsmouth City Council Voter’s Guide: Rebecca Perkins
Rebecca Elizabeth Perkins Age: 33 Occupation: Lawyer at Enel Green Power North America Years living in Portsmouth: 3 Prior public service experience: Peace Corps volunteer,...
The Sound’s 2015 Portsmouth City Council Voter’s Guide: Nancy Pearson
Nancy Elizabeth Pearson Age: You never ask a lady her age. Occupation: Nonprofit administrator Years living in Portsmouth: 4 Prior public service experience: I have put...
The Sound’s 2015 Portsmouth City Council Voter’s Guide: John Palreiro
Age: 66 Occupation: Owner, Great Bay Taxi Years living in Portsmouth: 8 Prior public service experience: Member of Portsmouth Taxi Commission; Ricardo, Texas volunteer fire chief How...
The Sound’s 2015 Portsmouth City Council Voter’s Guide: Duncan MacCallum
Duncan MacCallum Age: 64 Occupation: Attorney Years living in Portsmouth: 23 Prior public service experience: Member of Zoning Board of Adjustment, 2004-2007; member of mayor Evelyn...
The Sound’s 2015 Portsmouth City Council Voter’s Guide: Brad Lown
Bradley M. Lown Age: 57 Occupation: Attorney Years living in Portsmouth: 29 Prior public service experience: Six years on city council, four years on school board,...
The Sound’s 2015 Portsmouth City Council Voter’s Guide: Gibson Mike Kennedy
Gibson “Mike” Kennedy Age: 66 Occupation: Retired chief information officer, BAE Systems, Inc. Years living in Portsmouth: 5 Prior public service experience: Two years as Portsmouth...
The Sound’s 2015 Portsmouth City Council Voter’s Guide: Esther Kennedy
Esther Kennedy Age: 50 Occupation: Educator, director of student services for Gilford School District and professor of graduate studies at Plymouth State University; owner, Esther’s Marina...
The Sound’s 2015 Portsmouth City Council Voter’s Guide: M. Christine Dwyer
M. Christine “Chris” Dwyer Age: 68 Occupation: Co-owner, RMC Research. which does research and policy consultation Years living in Portsmouth: 30 years in Portsmouth, 37...
The Sound’s 2015 Portsmouth City Council Voter’s Guide: Josh Denton
Josh Denton Age: 34 Occupation: Congressional liaison for Army Labs, attorney Years living in Portsmouth: 6 Prior public service experience: Eagle Scout; United States Army, 2003-2007...
The Sound’s 2015 Portsmouth City Council Voter’s Guide: Josh Cyr
Joshua Cyr Age: 41 Occupation: Director, Alpha Loft Years living in Portsmouth: 19 Prior public service experience: Member of Economic Development Commission How often do you...
The Sound’s 2015 Portsmouth City Council Voter’s Guide: Jack Blalock
John Jack Blalock Age: 63 Occupation: Owner, Old Ferry Landing Years living in Portsmouth: Life-long resident Prior public service experience: 15 years on Zoning Board...
The Sound’s 2015 Portsmouth City Council Voter’s Guide: Rick Becksted
Rick Becksted Age: 44 Occupation: Building contractor, partner in a 29-year-old family-owned business Years living in Portsmouth: 32 Prior public service experience: Portsmouth Little League: coach and manager, member...
The Sound’s 2015 Portsmouth City Council Voter’s Guide
Local elections matter. There’s no way around it — the candidates elected to local city councils, school boards, and other elected bodies set a community’s...
More life
Chad Clark’s heart nearly killed him. In 2007, the frontman for the Washington, D.C.-based band Beauty Pill thought he had a bad case of the...
Mind’s eye
The Garrison Players in Rollinsford want audiences to do a little work for their Halloween thrills this year. The theater is staging live performances of...
Uncharted lands
Bear Kirkpatrick defines his imagery as evidence. He looks for proof of the invisible, rejected memories and forgotten histories, nameless inherited traits, even signs of...
Music notes
Gypsy jazz in Kittery It was nearly 80 years ago that Django Reinhardt developed his unique jazz guitar technique, spawning the fiery style of music...
Now read this
Mothers, Tell Your Daughters: Stories by Bonnie Jo Campbell Although she has been writing award-nominated fiction for some time now, Campbell is still a hidden...
The Martian
You might not think that spaceflight and movie-making have much in common. But, turns out, the success of either relies heavily on planning, preparation, ingenuity,...
