FW Hartford Founded Portsmouth Herald
His influence on the city is hard to underestimate. Feature by John Tabor.
Raymond Brighton, the Feisty Historian
Publisher Peter E. Randall remembers a prolific history writer
Donald Murray Taught Writing By Writing
Writing is a craft, not a gift. To teach it, you have to do it.
A Biographical Sketch of Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Both his bad Boy novel and his lively study of Portsmouth history are readable today.
Portsmouth Herald Seeks Its Own Birth Date
Who, what, when, why, and how did it all begin? We may never know.
The Ballad of the Squalus
From seacoast singer-songwriter John Perrault
When Playwrights Play With Local History
Actors playing real people inside the homes where they used to live.
Demystifying Witchcraft in Portsmouth, New Castle, Hampton, and Salem
Replace the word "witch" with the word "terrorist" and you can see things haven't changed
The Fading Fame of John Greenleaf Whittier
From rock star to literary and anti-slavery footnote
Whittier Died in Seacoast New Hampshire
I told you 13 guests at dinner was bad luck!
Henry Tufts Wrote our First Criminal Autobiography
"The Autobiography of a Thief" is a rare trip into 1700s underworld
“Snow-Bound” Poem Made Whittier Wealthy
John Greenleaf Whittier and the United States were recovering from storny times