President Grant Zips THrough Town
Portsmouth's fourth presidential visit was in 1871 says author Ray Brighton
Sarah Orne Jewett of Maine
A fine writing legeacy and fine Georgian home in South Berwick, ME
The Flip Side of Tom Bergeron
Long before Dancing with the Stars Tom was the dj on late night WHEB
Thomas Morton Abandoned at Isles of Shoals
The last thing the Pilgrims wanted in America was religious freedom
Anne Molloy, Adventure Author
A true professional with a deep interest in local history, she desires more attention today
Jeffrey Bolster on Black Jacks in the Age of Sail
Our exclusive 1997 interview with W. Jeffrey Bolster and his breakthrough maritime and black history book
The Short Life of Old Portsmouth Armory
Coastal defenses historian Peter Payette details the life of Portsmouth armory (1916-2005)
A Quick History of the Isles of Shoals
400 years in a nutshell for those new to the Isles of Shoals
The Morning Star: Dover’s Antislavery Newspaper
Dover historian Ed Wentworth recounts a Free Will Baptist struggle
FW Hartford Founded Portsmouth Herald
His influence on the city is hard to underestimate. Feature by John Tabor.
A Warning to All Others: First Women Executed in NH
Guest historian Christopher Benedetto examines the executions of December 27, 1739.
Raymond Brighton, the Feisty Historian
Publisher Peter E. Randall remembers a prolific history columnist