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Thanksgiving Tales Both Bitter and Sweet

by J. Dennis Robinson

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

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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

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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

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

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Indigenous History is American History

by J. Dennis Robinson

Before Europeans, a local historian wrote, “the noble Piscataqua was unvisited and unknown.”

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The Painted Woman in the Window

by J. Dennis Robinson

The mystery of the missing Market Square madame solved.

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Surviving Pandemics in Our Past

by J. Dennis Robinson

Portsmouth has been here before

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The Compassionate Magic of Signor Blitz

by J. Dennis Robinson

"Create a laugh," Signor Blitz wrote, "rather than a tear."

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Ona Judge Staines: Famous at Last

by J. Dennis Robinson

A thesis by Evelyn B. Gerson about an enslaved woman becomes a bestseller

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Blacks Banned at 1964 Hotel Dinner

by J. Dennis Robinson

Wentworth Hotel integrated in NAACP "sting" operation

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Tobias Ham Miller: Our Forgotten Columnist

by J. Dennis Robinson

WANTED: Someone to edit the voluminous writing of "Uncle Toby"

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