The Dover School Board approved an $86 million plan for a new combined high school and career technical center at a meeting on Monday, July...
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Little by little
When Abby Ross talks about the tiny home she’s building in Kittery, Maine, she quotes a Carole King song: “Way over yonder is a place...
Live music on hold at The Press Room
[Editor’s note: this story was updated on July 15 at 5:50 p.m. to include comments from Portsmouth deputy fire chief Carl Roediger.] Walk by The...
No words required
Ehud Ettun and Haruka Yabuno met each other for the first time five years ago outside the New England Conservatory in Boston. Yabuno, a pianist...
At the Statehouse
As Portsmouth and other New Hampshire cities look at how to regulate Uber and other ridesharing services, a legislative study committee will soon take up...
Anchors aweigh
Ready the raiding party! Cast the landlubbers off the port bow! Portsmouth is ripe for the plundering! The annual Sail Portsmouth festival celebrates 25 years...
Shake and bake
This summer has been relatively mild so far, but Lady Luck Burlesque is getting a little hot under the collar. They Portsmouth-based burlesque troupe will...
Small Bites
Pictured: Andrew Levinson behind the counter at Profile Coffee Bar, which openedin Portsmouth on July 15. photo by Larry Clow Coffee, coffee everywhere If you need...
Record growth
The life of Tan Vampires frontman Jake Mehrmann has changed incredibly in the past six months. Not long after he and his wife, Julia, relocated to...
Eight-Bit Junkyard: plumbers and Pac-Men
With next week’s release of “Pixels” in theaters across the country, classic video games and their bright, blocky protagonists will be in the spotlight once...
The new guy
comedian Trevor Noah comes to Portsmouth Beginning a new job is stressful for anyone. Will my new coworkers like me? Can I get up to...
Durham marketplace sold to Hannaford
Durham Marketplace owners Chuck and Betsy Cressy announced earlier this month that they have sold the downtown grocery store to the Maine-based Hannaford supermarket chain....
Small breweries, big business
In the right hands, turning water, hops, and barley into beer is nothing short of alchemy. But as any craft brewer will you, that magic...
Field Guide to Presidential Candidates
Editor’s note: Though it’s still 2015, the 2016 presidential campaign is underway. The field is already crowded, and to help you keep track, we’re compiling...
Portsmouth talks short-term rentals July 13
The Portsmouth City Council will hold a first reading of an ordinance that would regulate short-term rentals at its Monday, July 13 meeting. The topic...
Breaking out
Boston’s Ruby Rose Fox closed out 2014 with a successful residency at Atwood’s Tavern in Cambridge, Mass., a “Best Female Vocalist” award at the Boston...
The Wolfpack
When the six Angulo brothers step out of their Lower East Side apartment in Manhattan for a night out at the movies midway through the...
Dive in
photos by Shelby deBruyn In the summer, traffic is at a standstill, the ice cream flows like water, and tourists are packed into every corner...
State budget debate continues
The beginning of the month marked the start of the state’s new fiscal year; however, a new state budget is still months away. Gov. Maggie...
Video Vault
“Diary of a Country Priest” Brandon Films, 1951 Starring: Claude Laydu, Andre Guibert, Marie-Monique Arkell Director: Robert Bresson The plot: An awkward young priest (Laydu)...
It don’t mean a thang (if it ain’t got that twang)
Luke Mallett discusses the region’s country scene Country music was born in the South, with roots stretching from the West. Northern New England is about...
Day and night
Editor’s note: Welcome to Day and Night, a new monthly column in which Seacoast artists talk about how their day jobs influence their creative pursuits....
From the ground up
When John Burns hosted the first Families Hoping and Coping support group meeting in Dover about a year ago, only three or four people showed...
Get up, get down
For a decade, San Francisco’s Thao Nguyen has been making idiosyncratic, emotional pop music that doesn’t sound like anyone else. Her rich, expressive voice blends...
All up in your grill
Barbecues have been a tradition on Fourth of July weekend for just about as long as we’ve had an independent nation. But, with all the...
