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The Negro League Collection of Joe Calliro

by J. Dennis Robinson

A lifetime of collecting, teaching, and admiring Black baseball pioneers

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What Martin Pring Was Really After in 1603

by J. Dennis Robinson

A plant so valuable it was worth traveling 3,000 miles in a small wooden boarad

Read moreWhat Martin Pring Was Really After in 1603

Ghosts of the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge

by J. Dennis Robinson

Every bridge takes its own toll

Read moreGhosts of the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge

Thanksgiving Tales Both Bitter and Sweet

by J. Dennis Robinson

Fast Day, a Thanksgiving proclamation, a stolen turkey, and a kindly jailer

Read moreThanksgiving Tales Both Bitter and Sweet

Seacoast Authors Captured the Christmas Spirit

by J. Dennis Robinson

THree women authors teach children the joys of giving

Read moreSeacoast Authors Captured the Christmas Spirit

Abstracting the Seacoast

by J. Dennis Robinson

The author gets a rare chance to chat with five local abstract artists in 2021

Read moreAbstracting the Seacoast

Directing the 1986 Little Italy Reunion

by J. Dennis Robinson

We've come a long way since VHS tape, but the heart of the lost neighborhood shines through

Read moreDirecting the 1986 Little Italy Reunion

Ornate Olympia Theater Lost to Progress

by Vintage Pics

Five downtown cinemas vied for patrons. Only one survives.

Read moreOrnate Olympia Theater Lost to Progress

Portsmouth was a Failed Mining Colony

by J. Dennis Robinson

New Hampshire historians have been getting our origin story wrong

Read morePortsmouth was a Failed Mining Colony

In the Fashion of John Paul Jones

by J. Dennis Robinson

Fair enough. Jones was a dandy and insisted on designing his own uniforms.

Read moreIn the Fashion of John Paul Jones

Jane Blalock’s Stellar Career

by J. Dennis Robinson

Former Portsmouth mayor proud of his famous sister

Read moreJane Blalock’s Stellar Career

Sarah Haven Foster Struck by Trolley in 1900

by J. Dennis Robinson

The grandmother of Portsmouth heritage tourism died at the dawn of the 20th century

Read moreSarah Haven Foster Struck by Trolley in 1900
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