Arts + Culture

Learn, Laugh, Photograph

Seacoast Photography School teaches the art of capturing a moment. Article by Rebecca Ingalls | Photography by Kevin Edge and David Mazur We live in a digital world in which humans of all ages feel increasingly more compelled to document their lives in photographs. As the phone becomes less an object for taking a call and more an omnipresent camera in the hand, the gap between a moment and its capture has become minuscule. Whether it’s a perfect plate of sushi or a mid-flight jump shot, it’s...

Life + Culture

Ideas Worth Spreading

How TEDxPortsmouth powers community impact. Article by Anna Goldsmith | Photography by Courtesy of TedXPortsmouth After one 18-minute talk about childhood hunger, local neighborhoods rallied together. They raised money, donated food and took action. That’s the power of a great idea shared well—and this kind of community engagement is exactly what TEDx events are designed to create. TEDx is the local, independently organized version of the global TED conference, bringing the “ideas worth...

Life + Culture

Every Open Door

Access Navigators proves that investment in accessibility benefits everyone. Article by Susan Gallagher | Photography by Kevin Edge In 2008, on his 50th birthday, architect Todd Hanson slipped and fell, an unusual incident for the elite distance runner and fitness enthusiast. Little did he know at the time that the mishap was a dark harbinger of things to come. The fall was the onset of increasing muscle weakness that a doctor would diagnose as Primary Lateral Sclerosis, a rare degenerative...

Local Services

A Landmark Reimagined

An investment in restoration guided by passion, integrity and a deep sense of community. Article by Amber Peacock-Buttermore | Photography by Kevin Edge The Treadwell Mansion at 93 Pleasant St. isn’t just a boutique hotel; it is a time capsule of rich, restored history and modern, luxurious charm. When Mark McNabb of McNabb Properties purchased the treasured landmark in January 2022, he wasn’t simply taking on a renovation. He was investing in history, architecture and community. “This...

Finance + Legal Services

Care Today, Protect Tomorrow

With family expertise, Pat Bennett guides long-term care planning for financial peace of mind. Article by Lara Bricker | Photography by Jon Crean Photography When Kevin Davis’s grandmother was diagnosed with dementia, it changed the way his parents thought about their own aging process. His grandparents had not been prepared for what his grandmother’s care—and its cost—would actually involve. She went into a facility, not of her own choosing, but a place that Medicaid would cover. Davis said...

Home + Design

Designing Life Together

High school acquaintances become partners in marriage, architecture, and shaping a Maine community Article by Lara Bricker | Photography by Kevin Edge Though they both went to high school in Newburyport, it wasn’t until they were home from college that Brandon Holben and Elisa Winter connected. “In high school, he was this hockey player, popular guy, who had all the parties, the crazy, fun guy with a big, huge mohawk,” Elisa, 49, recalled. Back then, Elisa was quieter and more studious, and...

Life + Culture

House of History

Step into Portsmouth’s past in the John Paul Jones House. Article by Susan Gallagher | Photography by Kevin Edge & Sabina Ion In the heart of Portsmouth’s bustling downtown stands one of the city’s first grand homes, the John Paul Jones House, an 18th century gem named for the celebrated Revolutionary War hero known as the Father of the American Navy. Built in 1758, the stately, white-trimmed butter-yellow Georgian mansion is not only an exquisite example of fine architecture, but also a...

Life + Culture

Red's Good Vibes

Radical giving without limits Article by Troy Farkas | Photography by Kevin Edge Caitlin McGrath-Levesque remembers everything about that night.   The orange glow of the fireplace. The texture of the octopus on the plate in front of her. The families scattered across tables at Tuscan Kitchen, smiling over shared meals and promises of future nights such as these.   She remembers how she felt when she watched her sister, Meghan McGrath-Harriman, answer a call from the Portland police, the...

Home + Design

Curated for Life

How Rein & Co Design brought a South Berwick remodel to life—without losing what made it theirs. Article by Angela Smith | Photography by Kevin Edge A Wall Comes Down—And the Real Decisions Begin For South Berwick residents Jessica and Brandon Elsemore , the wall was gone, the kitchen was open, and the first floor finally had the flow they’d been imagining for their family. Then came the part that stops most renovations in their tracks: the finishing decisions that determine whether the...

Education

The Monsters Project

Portsmouth teachers and their students celebrate the timelessness of imagination. Article by Rebecca Ingalls | Photography by Kevin Edge & Sarah Mundy “…Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” — Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass, 1871   Those who recall Lewis Carroll’s sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland may remember the words spoken above as those of Alice herself. And yet, they are actually the words of the grown-up, the White Queen, who...