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Written by J. Dennis Robinson
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 Seacoast Blog #82
February 7, 2010
I wish I had more time for Kenneth Roberts. He not only managed to turn writing about history into a profitable career, but he did it right here where we live. And he did it time and time again, picking factual stories from the seacoast Maine and New Hampshire region and turning them into bestselling novels. He did it with "Indian fighter" Robert Rogers, and with Washington’s secretary Tobias Lear, and again with our Tory connection to Canada during the Revolution, and again with cannibalistic sailors on Boon Island just 12 miles off our shore. (Continued below)
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Written by Seacoast Top Events
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Drawing on 40 years’ experience as a hairdresser and confidant to men and women clients, Richard Nocera offers profound insight and advice about male sexuality in his book, Women Own All the Vaginas. (See more below)
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Feburary 26, 2010
Newburyport, MA
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Written by SeacoastNH Archive
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 SeacoastNH.com Presents
Historic Portsmouth #293
You couldn’t find a milder book by today’ standard’s than the novel Brenda’s Ward (1906) by Helen Leah Reed. These "mannered" novels of the early 20th century were designed for mature girls of late high school and early college age. (Continued with picture below)
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Written by Seacoast Top Events
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 Writer's on the NE Stage begins 2010: With The Blind Side currently a #1 NY Times Bestseller, Michael Lewis steps forward to present his new work THE BIG SHORT: Inside the Doomsday Machine
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Wednesday, April 7 at 7:30pm
Portsmouth, NH
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Written by Seacoast Top Events
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 The Blue Moon Market announces a display of local artists from the Exeter Painting Club during February and March. On view are paintings of both local and foreign scenes (Tuscany, Russia, Ireland) in a range of media: oils, watercolors and acrylics.
EXHIBIT RUNS
March 2010
Exeter, NH
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Written by SeacoastNH Archives
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 SeacoastNH.com Presents
Historic Portsmouth #291
Someone could write a book about Bankers Row in Portsmouth’s Market Square. The banks have come and gone and changed names often leaving Piscataqua Savings Bank (1877) as the longest surviving and only independent bank remaining. Nearby, the new Ri Ra Irish Pub (one of 11 across the uSA) occupies two bank buildings at 22 and 26 Market Street. (Read more below)
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Written by J. Dennis Robinson
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 HISTORY MATTERS
Writing history requires total accuracy, but for fiction writiers, the truth is just a springboard. The people and plot comes from the author’s creative mind. This article dips one toe into the ocean of historical fiction written about our Seacoast region and by Portsmouth-area novelists. Is historical fiction a good way to learn history? Or is the past just a backdrop to imaginary adventure? (Click to read)
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Written by Seacoast Top Events
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 Who said you can't have your library and eat it too? The Renew My Library fundraising campaign to raise $60K to benefit the Wiggin Memorial Library’s expansion continues with the First Annual Chocolate Extravaganza. (Continued below)
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February 11
Stratham, NH
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Written by Seacoast Top Events
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 The Gallery at 100 Market starts its 11th year with "The Stretch" an exceptional show featuring two longtime, accomplished painters, who moved from illustration to abstract plua over a dozen area artists who stretch the definition of the Arts.The exhibit features two prolific abstract artists:
EXHIBIT RUNS
Feb 5 – May 2
Portsmouth, NH
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Written by Seacoast Top Events
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 On March 3, 1860, Abraham Lincoln, having just given an electrifying anti-slavery speech at Cooper Union in New York City, arrived in Exeter, New Hampshire to visit his son Robert, a student at Phillips Exeter Academy. Now, at long last, the former president is coming back. (see schedule below)
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March 3- 6
Exeter, NH
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Written by Star Island Corp
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 HEAR YE!
January 2010 -- The New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP) recently awarded $75,000 in a matching grant to Star Island for replacement and repairs to the roof of the historic Oceanic Hotel complex. Star Island’s grant was one of 33 awards to 19 historical sites in New Hampshire and represents the only one in the Seacoast Area. (continued below)
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Written by J. Dennis Robinson
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Seacoast Blog #81
January 26, 2010
Among the oddest of the movies by Louis de Rochemont is the animated version of George Orwell’s fable Animal Farm. That’s right, a Portsmouthm NH film producer made a totalitarian cartoon in which no one talks. It’s a fascinating story that involves E. Howard Hunt, the CIA and more. That story fills an entire book, but no time for all that here. Today we’re focused on a single footnote that is almost as strange. (Interview and photos below)
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Written by Seacoast Top Events
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 Get ready to star in the show with R-rated hypnotist and innovative comedian Frank Santos Jr. at the Rochester Opera House. Visit the performer’s web site for strange videos of audience members under his spell. Mesmerizing.
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February 13, 2010 at 8:00 PM
Rochester, NH
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Written by Seacoast Top Events
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 New Hampshire’s revolutionary museum is making a revolutionary move. The American Independence Museum (AIM) is bringing its treasures from Exeter to Portsmouth for a three-month display at the Portsmouth Athenaeum. If you liked last years Ogumquit display, you’ll treasure this one too.
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February 5 – April 24
Portsmouth, NH
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Written by SeacoastNH Archive
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 SeacoastNH.com Presents
Historic Portsmouth #290
I don’t know him, but I want to. This 19th century picture by a Portsmouth photographer shows the most intriguing looking man I’ve ever seen. The original print is no larger than a credit card and is not identified. (Continued below)
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Written by J. Dennis Robinson
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Seacoast Blog #80
January 21, 2010
Every morning I get an email from Amazon.com telling me what top books their computer thinks I should buy. Imagine my surprise this morning to discover a book by an author I know. Rodman Philbrick of Kittery, Maine (and yes, a graduate of Portsmouth High School) is among five author’s honored this year by the American Library Association. Although he didn’t get the top prize (yet) Rod’s latest children’s book is among four others named a 2010 Newbery Honor Book. The Newbery Award has long been considered the “gold standard” and now that list includes The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg. (Continued below)
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Written by Seacoast Top Events
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 Long ago dinosaurs roamed the earth, leaving behind plenty of questions for scientists to ponder. Lcukily they also left plenty of pictures for Robert Squier, among our favorite local illustrators, to draw. You can see them without danger since they are made of paper.
EXHIBIT RUNS
Feb 1 – March 31
Dover, NH
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Written by J. Dennis Robinson
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 HISTORY MATTERS
The future of the past is looking up. A dizzying array of new software and high-tech gizmos are making it easier for historians like me to search, find and access information, organize and write about the past. As we enter a new decade, those tools are radically changing the way we work. (continued below)
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Written by Seacoast Top Events
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Seacoast Kids Mardi Gras
The Children’s Museum of NH will hold its annual Family Mardi Gras Celebration
In Dover. This colorful cultural celebration features entertainment and activities for all ages, and is generously underwritten by Laconia Savings Bank.
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February 14, 12 – 5 pm
Dover, NH
The Family Mardi Gras Celebration will include live Cajun music by The Fiddling Thomsons at 1 PM and 3 PM, regional foods of New Orleans to sample, and children's parades through the museum led by museum mascot Albert The Costumed Alligator. Children can make Mardi Gras masks and jester hats, and each visitor will receive a strand of colorful Mardi Gras beads to wear and take home. All Mardi Gras activities are included in regular paid admission to the museum: $8 for adults and children, $7 for seniors, and no charge for museum members and children under age one.
Featured entertainers The Fiddling Thomsons are a father-and-son duo from Newmarket, NH who have performed their lively Cajun music at festivals throughout New England. Dad Ryan is a music and dance professional who has been honored by inclusion in the traditional and touring artists rosters of the NH State Council on the Arts. He teachers fiddle, banjo, flute, piano, and other instruments. Son Brennish has been performing for many years of his young life and plays fiddle, wooden spoons, zydeco rubboard, and the pennywhistle. More information on The Fiddling Thomsons can be found at
For more information on the Family Mardi Gras celebration, please call (603) 742-2002.
About the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire
The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire is located at 6 Washington Street in Dover and offers two levels of hands-on, custom-created exhibits for children ages 1-12. Children can explore a wide range of subjects, from dinosaurs, music and aeronautics to world cultures, art and natural history. Open year-round, the museum hosts a variety of live performances, workshops, classes and special events for families. In its first year of operation in Dover, the museum welcomed nearly 130,000 visitors from 48 U.S. states and 11 foreign countries.
OFFICIAL WEB LINK please click here
 The Children’s Museum of NH will hold its annual Family Mardi Gras Celebration In Dover. This colorful cultural celebration features entertainment and activities for all ages, and is generously underwritten by Laconia Savings Bank.
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February 14, 12 – 5 pm
Dover, NH
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Written by Seacoast Top Events
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Flamenco Returns
The Flamenco Dance Project is a company of artists dedicated to the evolving art of Flamenco dance and music. The group will showcase the talents of US-based flamenco performers.
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January 30
Newburyport, MA
The dedication to the art is evident in the upcoming performance "Marcando Compas" on January 30th at The Mission Oak Grill in Newburyport. The show is the creation of artistic director and dancer Sabrina Aviles.
Aviles began studying Spanish folkloric dance in 1978 in her mother's native country Dominican Republic. This talented group has delighted Flamenco fans for many years with the passion and artistry of their performances.
The Flamenco Dance Project - The Marking Rhythm Returns
Seasoned performers include Juanito Pascual, guitarist. whose CD and live performances have been called "exceptionally fine" and "an intricately skilled expression" by reviewers. Performing also is Fernando de Malaga, singer and native of Malaga in Andalucia, Spain, the birthplace of Flamenco. Dancer Maria Galán and musician Jerry Leake will also appear. The performers end the show by engaging the audience in the discovery of a journey to Spain and to embrace the fire of "Marconda Compas" with dance steps taught by the dancers.
The show will take place January 30, 2010 at Mission Oak Grill, 26 Green Street, Newburyport, MA. Show starts at 8 pm and ticket price is $25. Word of mouth is spreading fast...if you haven't already purchased tickets you had better hurry. Purchase tickets at Mission Oak Grill or online.
VISIT THE WEB SITE please click here
 The Flamenco Dance Project is a company of artists dedicated to the evolving art of Flamenco dance and music. The group will showcase the talents of US-based flamenco performers.
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January 30
Newburyport, MA
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Portsmouth Herald Latest Headlines
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Alleged carjacker burglarized officer's home, police say
NORTH HAMPTON — A Maine man remains behind bars without bail on fugitive charges and also faces a $1 million cash bail on charges that he burglarized the home of...
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Portsmouth police log
8:21 a.m. Report taken from a resident who wanted to press charges against a friend who had borrowed, but not returned a car.10:34 a.m. Durgin Lane caller reported a...
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Grandmother smoked crack before high-speed chase, manhunt, say police
PORTSMOUTH — A Boston grandmother had been smoking crack Friday night before the car she was riding in crashed into a Seabrook police cruiser, sped up Route 1 at 100...
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Smuttynose owner sees growth, expansion
If you want to see what a company looks like at a time of rapid growth, visit Smuttynose Brewing Co. on Heritage Avenue in Portsmouth.
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Penguin Plunge raises $571K for Special Olympics
HAMPTON — Against all human instinct, more than 1,000 Granite Staters took a dip in the Hampton Beach waters for the 11th Annual Penguin Plunge this past weekend.
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Historic building's renovation raises ire
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — As construction continues at 25 Academy St., several residents have voiced concern over the style of the building's front facade, stating the original historic home had...
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Middle school program recognizes effort, conduct
PORTSMOUTH — Tien Peduzzi ripped open his third term report card last Wednesday with trepidation.
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Federal farming bill supports agriculture
RYE — The 2008 U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Bill offers New Hampshire citizens owning or managing farmland or forest land, growing specialty crops, running a greenhouse, or farming organically,...
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Seacoast area municipal meetings
Today in Portsmouth:Cultural Commission - Art Speak, 6:30 p.m., City Manager's Conference Room, City HallCity Council, Capital Improvement Plan workshop, 6:30 p.m., Eileen Dondero Foley Council Chambers, City Hall
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Pats fans root for Saints
PORTSMOUTH — Roy Schluntz of North Berwick, Maine, is a New England Patriots fan through and through. So when he couldn't root for his team this year in the Super...
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Portsmouth news briefs
PORTSMOUTH — I Eat Locally, a Web site offering half-price gift certificates to about a dozen Seacoast restaurants, has chosen Families First Health and Support Center to receive a portion...
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City Council to hold work session on capital improvement plan
PORTSMOUTH — A city spending plan totaling more than $186 million over the course of the next six years will be presented to the City Council tonight, but the council...
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Rye to buy Goss Farm for $1.3M
RYE — A piece of the town's past may become a fixture of the future as the Board of Selectmen agreed to a purchase and sale agreement for the development...
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Alleged carjackers to appear in court today
STRATHAM — Two Maine residents are scheduled to be arraigned this morning in Hampton District Court on multiple felony charges, including the alleged Feb. 5 carjacking of a Stratham resident...
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SAD 35 crunches numbers
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — There was an audible sigh of relief as the School Administrative District 35 School Board learned last week that the projected reduction in state subsidy would...
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TIF district mulled in South Berwick
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — As the town considers its options for creating a Tax Increment Finance district, representatives from several town departments joined Town Manager John Schempf at a presentation...
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Sen. D'Allesandro renews push for video slots in New Hampshire
CONCORD — Senate Finance Chairman Lou D'Allesandro has tried unsuccessfully a dozen times in as many years to get reluctant New Hampshire lawmakers to expand gambling.
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Celtics overtaken by Magic
BOSTON — The Orlando Magic needed less than 48 hours to go from a terrible third quarter to a terrific one.
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Web site for recycled building stock starts today
Not long ago, I wrote about the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Dover, a very cool place where people can find recycled and overstocked building material. And one of my...
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York County news briefs
OGUNQUIT, Maine — The Lincoln Day Dinner, held by the York County Republican Committee, will be held Thursday, Feb. 25, at Jonathan's Restaurant, 92 Bourne Lane. The event begins at...
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