Remembering Jay Smith
The Press Room and the Music Hall are his legacy
NH’s Un-Constitutional Summer of 1998
We were so excited to have her back, then so disappointed.
Oh, the Horrible Things We Do to Lobsters
We boil them alive and mock them on postcards
Old Man of the Mountain Nearly Sank the USS Raleigh
A tiny seacoast, but a powerful history
The Murder House on Smuttynose Island Is Long Gone
Hope this clears up a longstanding confusion-- but probably not
USS Albacore Journal: May 15, 1985
They tore open the highway and a railroad bridge to land a submarine.
Is This Portsmouth’s Other Ale Tycoon?
In Search of Captain Eldredge and his Brewery
Electrifying Portsmouth Sparks Fear in 1900
Is wiring our homes a bright or a deadly idea?
Launching the First USS New Hampshire in 1864
It had lain in mothballs for 50 years before the Civil War created a supply crisis
Jesse James: From Outlaw to Make-Believe Movie Hero
Murdering rebel resurrected as sympathetic cinema protagonist
Who Lies Under NH’s Tallest Tombstone?
Rev. Tucke was everything to the impoverished people of the Shoals and profited well in return
A Brief Guide to Sea Serpents
They seem to show up during tourist season