Christine Hochkeppel

Portraits

World War II veteran Louis DeBiase, 90, stands in his yard in Warren on Friday, July 18, 2008. He only recently retired from his job as a plumber working for the town.
  
Stoughton High School junior Gregory Boursiquot practices the 55-meter hurdles in a hallway during indoor track season. He recently won the New England title for the event.
   
Arthur Smith, 65, pulls in a sail while his girlfriend, Jeanine Deveau, steers in Sakonnet Bay on Monday, August 18, 2008. Arthur recently sailed to Bermuda to raise money for the "Wish Come True" foundation. He made the trip with his J/30 sloop, "Sheila C.," in memory of his wife of 38 years who died of cancer in 2004. He met Jeanine at a support group for widowers who'd lost their partners to cancer. During Arthur's trip to Bermuda, Jeanine was his navigator and life-line from land, communicating with him daily via satellite phone.
     
  
Head life guard Zach Silva on duty at the Barrington Beach on Monday, July 27, 2009.
   
Mt. Hope High School Dean of Students Tony Teixeira stops for a photo with the husky emblem in the gymnasium. Mr. Teixeira is an alumnus of MHHS class of 1974 and has worked in the school for 31 years. He is the recipiant of the 2009 Hattie Brown Award and will be retiring.
   
Blues harmonica player and singer James Montgomery in his garden outside his Newport home on Thursday, February 26, 2009. He performed at the Right Turn charity event on Wednesday, March 11, 2009.
     
  
Yoga One owner Kelly O'Connell demonstrates sun salutes at her new hot yoga studio on Thursday, May 6, 2008.
   
Veronica Carreiro, 82, complained about her neighbors messy yard to town officials and the neighbors responded by spray painting messages to her on the side of their own residence.
  
Betty and John Archer have been married for 70 years and live at the Blenheim-Newport Senior Living Community.
     
  
Warren resident Patrick Putnam, 24, mimics Uncle Sam next to his Chevy Corsica with his civic message spray painted on the rear window on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. "There is an epidemic of apathy because people don't think their vote counts; I like to get in people's faces."
   
Chef Martin Leszcz in his cafe, Taste of Curiosity, in Barrington, R.I. Martin lost his wife and business partner, Nancy, unexpectedtly after returning home from a vacation, a couple days before Valentine's Day. He is now trying to find ways to continue running business without her.
   
Joseph Tavares, 2, and his brother Jaxon, 9, explore the playground on Tuesday, August 26, 2008. Joseph has rare heart defect. He has had open heart surgery four times. Doctors predict that he will not live past his adolescence.
     
  
John Biancuzzo, 67, is upset because a sinkhole has developed near his family's plots as a result of flooding at St. Mary's Cemetery in Bristol. Biancuzzo attributes the sinkhole to an antiquated drainage system. "This always happens when it rains; it's a shame. I only wish the town and the church could get together on this issue."