Rye Gets Transatlantic Cable in 1874
It used to be a privilege to speak with people across the sea.
Murder at the Home of NH’s Founder
As New Hampshire was being founded, its founder, John Mason, hosted a murder in Portsmouth, England
Exhibition Illuminates Edmund C. Tarbell’s Legacy
Bringing the seacoast's premiere painter back to life
Making the Music Hall History Video
How to squish the 400-year evolution of local culture into 24 minutes
Comedy LP Roasted Aristotle Onassis in 1968
The not-so-funny comedy of the man who tried to destroy Seacoast New Hampshire
Portsmouth: The Life of a Town
My pick for best overall history of the city for kids until Portsmouth Time Machine
School days with Ike Partington, a Roguish Little Fellow
Being bad and being a boy is at the core of Portsmouth's literary tradition
Readers React to Rickover Report
The ghost of Admiral Rickover still radiates here amid the fallout of the USS Thresher disaster.
Rickover Reacts to USS Thresher Tragedy in 1963
Controversial admiral visits Portsmouth after 129 perish in nuclear submarine
Sorry, Not the Prescott Sisters
When you spend too much time in the past, you think you begin to see dead people.
Being a Boy in New Castle in 1887
An 11-year-old remembers one day at Wentworth by the Sea.
John Elwyn: Portsmouth’s Eccentric Scholar
What to do with your life when you don't have to do anything