Photo of the Month: May 2004

Every month we choose for recognition three photos from among those contributed to the report by member newspapers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. From these we select a Photo of the Month and two honorable mentions.

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Sarah Zenewicz
Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald

Select Board Chairman Asa Knowles orders a resident to sit down during a loud May 5 meeting on the reasons behind the resignation of former Police Chief Bill Baker. Supporters of Baker demanded an explanation from selectmen for his departure.

(Photographer's comments)

Honorable Mentions

Rich Beauchesne
Portsmouth Herald
Jeremy D'Entremont, president of the Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse, looks out a window May 17 before climbing the spiral stairs in the 1877 structure in New Castle, N.H.

Michael Moore
The Keene (N.H.) Sentinel
Police officer Shane Maxfield grimaces after being zapped by a Taser gun during training in Keene on May 10. Keene police have not yet decided if they will use the devices.

Zenewicz:


" ... I just got lucky and was sent to the one in a million meeting where things actually got out of control. It was a small room overflowing with people and the biggest challenge was figuring out where I should be looking."