An upcoming party in Portsmouth will allow guests to celebrate spring, the arts, and good music all in one night. The Portsmouth Music and Arts...
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New rules let police administer anti-overdose drug
Local police can soon start administering Narcan, a drug that counteracts the effects of an opioid overdose, under new rules established by the N.H. Department...
Board holds hearing on short-term rentals
The Portsmouth Planning Board will hold a public hearing on how to regulate short-term rentals through services like Airbnb at its meeting on Thursday, April 16...
Master plan study circles begin
Portsmouth Listens is looking for a few good volunteers as the city begins to review and revise Portsmouth’s master plan. The city updates its master...
TEDx seeks local nonprofits
As TEDxPiscataquaRiver returns to Portsmouth on May 8, the event is looking for local nonprofits that it can help make an “impact.” TEDx organizers are...
Silver Street switches to one-way April 8
On Wednesday, April 8, Silver Street in Dover will become a one-way street as work continues on a reconstruction project. The new traffic pattern will...
Durham readies for power line project
Eversource, the energy company formerly known as Public Service of New Hampshire, is moving ahead with plans to construct a new transmission line that will...
Show time
If you’re looking for a restaurant in the Seacoast, the options can be overwhelming. Upscale or affordable, big chain restaurants or intimate local cafés, there...
Nothing like the real thing
Some of us make it big. The rest of us make it to karaoke. It’s an experience unencumbered by inhibition or fears of being off...
A Dog One Day, a Cat the Next
and the difference between writing prose and poetry Alternately surreal, metaphysical, grimly realistic and sharply clear, Charles Simic’s writing reflects a life spent surrounded by...
Love on the half-shell
Shimmy, slide, twist, and then pop open the shell. Add a drop of Tabasco, a squeeze of lemon, and a dollop of horseradish to finish...
Ballroom season begins
Veteran stars of the stage, tribute acts, and comedians highlight the 2015 lineup at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom. After a sold-out performance by Hall...
Roots and gospel fest approaches
The Big Easy Roots & Gospel Fest will celebrate the sounds of New Orleans while raising money for a worthy cause. The festival, presented by...
Now Read This
“Viper Wine” by Hermione Eyre It’s 17th-century London with a twist of the 21st century in Eyre’s postmodern tale about beauty and aging. The ladies...
Meeting scheduled for Dondero School neighborhood improvements
Portsmouth city staff will host a meeting on road improvements for pedestrians in the Dondero School neighborhood on Tuesday, April 7 at 7 p.m. at...
At the Statehouse
That faint rumbling you hear coming from the northwest is likely the sound of state budget negotiations currently going on in the New Hampshire House...
On the rise
Lionel Poilâne, the late world-renowned baker who committed to artisanal, old-world bread baking, once said, “What many bakers don’t realize is that good wheat can...
These walls talk
Sarah Orne Jewett was so taken aback by some of the wallpaper in her uncle’s house that she described it, and the tiny spiders she...
Shatner Beat Night
On Sunday, March 22, devotees of William Shatner gathered at Portsmouth Book and Bar to pay tribute to the actor/writer/singer/living legend at William Shatner Beat...
Reborn and rejoicing
As winter slowly releases its grip on March, the new late-afternoon sunlight ushers in an optimism buried for months under record snowfalls. Where we were...
Tempting fate
Fairy tales take on different meanings for adults. Just think: what would it be like for Snow White to remember her adolescent years? Stories once...
Still on the rolls
The state’s Ballot Law Commission denied a petition request from Dover resident David Scott to purge the voter checklists in four of the city’s six...
Game of homes
When Sylvia von Aulock started working in Exeter’s planning department more than a decade ago, the McMansion was the home of choice. The widely produced...
Getting colorful
In the video for their new song, “Sweet Sweet Love,” Gretchen and the Pickpockets lead singer Gretchen Klempa splatters paint and chucks glitter all over...
Good advice
Comedian Eugene Mirman offers helpful hints and reminisces about summers in N.H. Eugene Mirman just wants to help. The Massachusetts-via-Moscow native, who currently provides the...