All posts in Townie Tuesday

  • Kim Colby
    Citizen Profile: Kim Colby
    October 25, 2011

    Kim Colby By Kathleen Downey Gretchen and Bella would likely nominate their “mom” as person of the year. Certainly, in the eyes of her two adoring pugs, Kim Colby is ...

  • Gregg Hogan
    Townie Tuesday: Gregg Hogan
    October 18, 2011

    Gregg Hogan Coffee Shop Creations By Kathleen Downey Gregg Hogan Gregg Hogan is young, caffeinated, laid back, and ambitious. The last two descriptors might seem to cancel one another, but ...

  • Todd Baltich
    Citizen Profile: Todd Baltich of Leary’s
    October 11, 2011

    Todd Baltich, proprietor of Leary’s Fine Wine and Spirits, has experienced some rather unusual life-defining moments. These moments include being robbed by an inebriated group of military police officers, being threatened at knifepoint by ...

  • Dawn McCandless
    Citizen Profile: Agave’s Dawn McCandless
    October 4, 2011

    Dawn McCandless of Agavé Mexican Bistro By Kathleen Downey Agavé owner Dawn McCandless describes herself as “a California girl with a New England heart.” Youthful, trim, tanned, and petite with ...

  • Jordan Castro
    Citizen Profile: Jordan Castro
    September 27, 2011

    Jordan Castro Plum Island’s Concrete Artist By Kathleen Downey Painted seashells sit on the dining room table of the quaint year-round cottage on Plum Island that Jordan Castro calls home.  ...

  • Pastor Rusty Davis
    Townie Tuesday: Pastor Rusty Davis
    September 20, 2011

    Pastor Rusty Davis People’s United Methodist Church By Kathleen Downey Divine intervention brought Pastor Rusty Davis back home. Or at least, to Salisbury. The Byfield native  had been presiding over ...

  • Kendall Bowie
    Townie Tuesday: Kendall Bowie
    September 13, 2011

    Kendall Bowie is overflowing with exuberance as she talks about the realization of her island dream. Plum Island dreaming, that is. With her business partner Kyree Gerson, Bowie is about to take the helm—and don the apron—of the iconic ...

  • Mike Early steps outside of his authentic London taxicab
    Citizen Profile: Mike Early
    September 6, 2011

    Mike Early Newburyport’s London Taxicab Driver by Kathleen Downey State Street was a hub of activity this past Friday afternoon. The Port Labor Day Festival had not yet begun, but ...

  • Mike McCormick
    Citizen Profile: Mike McCormick
    August 30, 2011

    Mike McCormick was, literally, running late for an appointment to view a house in Newburyport with his wife, Stella. The couple had been staying in the Port with friends while they looked for a home to purchase.