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Polishing Up the Button Factory

by: J. Dennis Robinson in: Features

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Meet Edward Stickney, the American Apollo

Roosevelt Used Paul Jones’ Body to Pitch His Great White Fleet

Finding the Body of Admiral Paul Jones in Paris

Strange Halloween Characters from Seacoast History

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  • “Village Hall” was Never Finished in Atlantic Heights
    A crude postcard sketch reveals what almost was

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  • A Brush with the Shaggs
    A vintage chat with Dot Wiggin of the Seacoast-based sister band that reinvented music

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A Brush with the Shaggs

by: J. Dennis Robinson in: As I Please

A vintage chat with Dot Wiggin of the Seacoast-based sister band that reinvented music

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In Search of a Shared Past We Can All Learn From

Tales of a Real Ghostbuster

The Return of the Comet Zipper

The Skeleton in My Closet was Real

Vintage Pics

“Village Hall” was Never Finished in Atlantic Heights

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A crude postcard sketch reveals what almost was

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Chatting with the Gravedigger in New Castle

Alexander Graham Bell In New Castle

Are These Really the Remains of John Paul Jones?

Goody Cole (Not) and Spirit Photography

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1623: Pilgrims, Pipe Dreams, Politics & the Founding of New Hampshire

1623: Pilgrims, Pipe Dreams, Politics & the Founding of New Hampshire

Shrouded in myth, mystery, and misinformation, the true story of New Hampshire’s founding family has never been fully told–until now. Why do we know so little about David and Amias Thompson of Plymouth, England? And why is what we think we know so often wrong? Barely three years after the Mayflower landed in Massachusetts, a wholly different plan for America was in play. Popular journalist J. Dennis Robinson exhumes the facts and connects the dots to reveal a forgotten journey that will challenge your perception of how New England was born.

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Other Books by J. Dennis Robinson

Wentworth By The Sea: The Life and Times of a Grand Hotel
Strawbery Banke: A Seaport Museum 400 Years in the Making
New Castle: New Hampshire's Smallest, Oldest, & Only Island Town

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“Village Hall” was Never Finished in Atlantic Heights

by: Vintage Pics in: Vintage Pics

A crude postcard sketch reveals what almost was

Read more“Village Hall” was Never Finished in Atlantic Heights

Meet Edward Stickney, the American Apollo

Roosevelt Used Paul Jones’ Body to Pitch His Great White Fleet

Finding the Body of Admiral Paul Jones in Paris

Strange Halloween Characters from Seacoast History

Polishing Up the Button Factory

by: J. Dennis Robinson in: Features

In 1987, the iconic West End arts community had a visionary new landlord

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About the Author/Editor

J. DENNIS ROBINSON is a former educator and creative service provider. He is the author of 20 books and a couple thousand published articles. Dennis lives by the swirling Piscataqua River within sight of Maine. He has a mortgage, but no pets.

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