For Ward 5: Dennis Shanahan Age: 55 Occupation: Occupational safety, health, and environmental director at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Years living in Dover: 28 Prior public service experience:...
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The Sound’s 2015 Dover City Council Voter’s Guide: Norman Allie
For Ward 5: Norman C. Allie Age: 55 Occupation: Program manager in medical device research and development Years living in Dover: 1 Prior public service experience: None...
The Sound’s 2015 Dover City Council Voter’s Guide: Matthew Smith
For Ward 4: Matthew J. Smith Age: 33 Occupation: Senior passport specialist, U.S. Department of State Years living in Dover: 7 Prior public service experience: None....
The Sound’s 2015 Dover City Council Voter’s Guide: Joseph Nicolella
For Ward 4: Joseph J. Nicolella, Jr. Age: 50 Occupation: Self-employed, Transition Metals Recycling, LLC Years living in Dover: 10 Prior public service experience: Member,...
The Sound’s 2015 Dover City Council Voter’s Guide: Deborah Thibodeaux
For Ward 3: Deborah Thibodeaux (Incumbent) Age: 51 Occupation: Lead consultant, DKT Lab Consulting, LLC Years living in Dover: 15 Prior public service experience: City council, 2013-present....
The Sound’s 2015 Dover City Council Voter’s Guide: Dennis Ciotti
For Ward 2: Dennis Ciotti Age: 58 Occupation: President, Defense Manufacturers Inc. Years living in Dover: Lifelong resident. Prior public service experience: Member, Dover planning and zoning...
The Sound’s 2015 Dover City Council Voter’s Guide: John O’Connor
For Ward 1: John O’Connor (Incumbent) Age: 54 Occupation: Human resources Years living in Dover: 24 Prior public service experience: City council; member, Arts Commission, Ordinance Committee,...
The Sound’s 2015 Dover City Council Voter’s Guide
Like most Seacoast cities, Dover is growing. Signs of that growth are visible throughout the Garrison City, particularly in downtown, where work continues on a...
The Sound’s 2015 Dover City Council Voter’s Guide: Karen Weston
For mayor: Karen Weston (Incumbent) Age: 64 Occupation: Co-owner, Janetos Superette Years living in Dover: Lifelong resident. Prior public service experience: Dover city council (at-large member...
Artstream moves to Rollinsford
Artstream is relocating from Dover to a new space in Rollinsford on Oct. 26. “It’s really perfect for what we want to do,” said Susan...
Transcendent songs
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...
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...