Bob and Elaine Kinne had been married for 38 years and had always talked about getting their wills in order but just never seemed to get around to doing it. “We thought we were still young and you never think something is going to happen,” says Elaine, 66. Then, four years ago, Bob was diagnosed with an aggressive pancreatic cancer,…
It is perhaps four of the most frightening words a woman could hear: “You have breast cancer.” It’s a club of more than two million women that no one wants to join. And yet breast cancer survival is improving, in large part because of advanced technologies and treatments — many of which are offered at hospitals right here in New…
Luminous Lobbyist Maura Weston has that glow of purposeful efficiency that comes from someone who not only knows where she wants to go, but how to get there. And she’s been going places since starting as a clerk at the ultra-prestigious law firm of Rath, Young and Pignatelli in 1994. She’s served as finance chair for the state Republican Party…
Renaissance Man There were early indications of what was to come. In his senior year in college, Rusty McLear started a restaurant. Because he only had $1,000 there wasn’t enough money for decorating. The solution? He called the restaurant The Gallery and invited local artists to cover the walls with their artwork. In the years since then, McLear, now 60,…
Fresh Face on the Food Scene “People recognize me now and come up to me in the supermarket to tell me they’d just love to have my job. It’s a thrill!” says journalist Rachel Forrest, 42, from Exeter. Her restaurant review column, Dining Out, appears in the Portsmouth Herald’s entertainment guide and her Wine Me Dine Me column, also in…
The Natural If you think the Audubon Society is only “for the birds,” you have not yet met Rick Minard, 51, who took over as president of New Hampshire Audubon in September of this year. The organization has taken a few P.R. hits in recent years, but Minard says the core of the organization is strong. “We start with the…
He Knows Where It’s At Sean Joyce could have been a lawyer, but he has no regrets. “Now, I hire them,” he says. The president and CE0 of Margaritas has eight restaurants in New Hampshire and 19 throughout New England to look after, so naturally legal issues arise. Joyce, 41, went to work as a dishwasher at Chuck’s Steak House…
Old soldiers never die, but they do pass away. As the warriors and workers of the Greatest Generation fade into history, they have riches to bestow upon the generations of today and tomorrow — the cultural wealth and practical wisdom contained in their stories and memories. This wealth is still there for the asking, but only for a short while…
Before the modern kitchen came to be — with its many closets and cupboards — the accoutrêments of cooking were stored in a pantry, a room off the kitchen. As society changed over the years, the pantry fell out of favor. But now people are rediscovering the wisdom — and pleasure — of having such a place. Catherine Seiberling Pond…
Sly Fox of Saturday Night Seth Meyers, 33, has remained one of the most consistently engaging members of the “Saturday Night Live” cast since joining the famous TV comedy troupe in 2001. This year he’s become SNL head writer and joined the illustrious Weekend Update desk, alongside blonde “brain-bo” Amy Poehler. He has two films in the works: “Spring Breakdown”…
