Those Addictive Daily Newspapers are Making Americans Dumber
Long before TikTok, George Lunt predicted the Penny Press would turn adults into children
Portsmouth’s 1814 Brick Act Was an Unpopular Law
Even without the brick law, Portsmouth would likely look much as it does today
When Old Ironsides Was Ours
The USS Constitution survived because it was considered in use as a housing facility while afloat on the Piscataqua River
Portsmouth Dressed Up and Partied in 1923
The tercentennial Pageant of Portsmouth was a full-on tribute to the city's history
Repairing Sir Peter Warren
Who was that man in the giant portrait at the Portsmouth Athenaeum?
How Massachusetts Almost Ate New Hampshire
"New Hampshire was only a pimple," said the late Jere Daniells, but the Puritans wanted it badly.
Portsmouth Herald Seeks Its Own Birth Date
Who, what, when, why, and how did it all begin? We may never know.
Five Reasons to Skate at Puddle Dock
It was as if it had always belonged there
Submerged: Making the USS Squalus Movie
An interview with director Stacey Keach about his close-to-history drama
Seacoast Black Heroes
Celebrating African figures from our local history as we learn their stories
The Day the River Exploded
Even John Paul Jones would be pleased, one newspaper reported.
Unraveling the 1694 Murder of Ursula Cutt
What do two carved "putti" have to do with the murder of the wife of NH's first governor?