January 29
USING YOUR PIX
I know I can Right Mouse and save some of the picture I would like. Can this be done with your permission. If not then I will go the other way and order after I hear from you. Thanks
CAL in California

EDITOR’S REPLY: Although it is technically possible to right-click and copy a picture from most any web to your hard drive doesn’t necessarily make it OK to do so. Anyone who keep a picture for their own personal use is fine. Using it in any other way – on a web site, in an email, etc – can become a problem. The real problem is not limited use of an image, but the fact that images can then be transferred to other people who do not know where the picture came from. They may then use it for commercial purposes – a real no-no. Even if a picture is in the public domain, the person who reproduced it still owns the scan. In our case, we often have agreements with the owner of the original image that prevent us from allowing it to be re-used elsewhere, and we have to enforce that agreement. So when in doubt, always email the web site you are considering and ask for permission by describing the image and including the URL of the page from which you wish to copy. Or, if you copy an image, keep it on your hard drive permanently and keep a record of where you obtained the image.

January 29
MORE FRIENDS OF KEN
Hi Ken: I live in Andover, MA bur after hearing of your forecasts, I've become hooked! What's the southern limit of your forecast and do you think you could stretch it just an inch or two on your weather maps !!!!! Seriously, I'm usually able to extrapolate our weather from your forecasts and, in any event, enjoy it very much. Sincerely
Mike Morris
http://www.seacoastnh.com/weather/index.html

EDITOR'S REPLY: And that's not all. We were at a party just last night when a former Navy pilot stopped us at the buffet table to ssy that Ken's weather is the best online. It's getting harder and harder to mingle in public without hearing about that SeacoastNH.com Weatherman.
http://www.seacoastnh.com/weather/index.html

January 24
FLORIDA LOVES KEN’S WEATHER
Just wanted to say how much I enjoy your daily column. I live in Rye but spend a few winter months in Florida. Your article is one of the first ones I read every day. You do a great job with both the general weather descriptions as well as the more technical aspects. I think you are the only local person who takes the time (and energy) to write such an extensive piece. Wanted you to know there are some out there who appreciate what you do. Bye for now,
Sheila
http://www.seacoastnh.com/weather/index.html

January 21
WENTWORTH MUG DEPICTS “SHIP”
Hi, a little help please. I have a LARGE white mug which features a black and white photo and the words "THE Wentworth BY*THE*SEA Portsmouth, New Hampshire". Can you help me approximate the vintage and, perhaps, the value of this item? I can send file(s) of digital image(s) of this item if that will help. It is 4-3/4"H x 3-1/2" diameter(TOP), 4-1/4" diameter(BASE). Only one side is decorated as described above. The other side is plain. The top rim is trimmed in gold. REAL gold?

The photo on this item is a distant shot taken from above and a bit to the right of what appears to be a pier which leads up to an oval multi-story, many-windowed building on the beach. The beach seems to lead ot a swimming area defined by a semi-circle wall. The Wentworth proper is fully visible off to the right in the background. Beyond that appears to be a bay and perhaps some islands. I'll appreciate any help you can offer with this.
Tyler of Kettering, Ohio

EDITOR’S REPLY: We’ll be happy to show the photo to a couple of local Wentworth by the Sea fans to track down its time period. Sounds like either the Ship or the salt water pool area which is currently being changed to fit the new ownership. The hotel will reopened in 2003 after being closed more than 20 years. We don’t get into assessing artifacts and hope you will either treasure the item or donate it to a Portsmouth historical archive. Sounds like this item shows the area built after the 1920s, so it would date between 1920 and 1980. But let’s take a look at your picture to see. You can follow the progress of the old and new hotel on our special WBS section. The first link shows “The Ship” and pool. Following is the copy that appeared in the brochure after the new facility was built in the 20s.

“Securely anchored on the projecting cliff is a building in the form of an old-fashioned passenger boat, called "The Ship", and connected with which is the large cement-lined swimming pool. There are two lower decks with dressing rooms for bathers; and on the salon deck, an auditorium seating 300 persons and having sixteen private boxes. Here a spacious stage provides the setting for impromptu entertainments or concerts and, on four evenings a week, the latest releases in sound motion pictures. From the promenade deck, surrounding this salon and overlooking the swimming pool, the magnificent water view may be enjoyed while listening to the lively music of the dance orchestra which accelerates the tempo during the popular morning bathing hour. The pool is under professional supervision, making it safe for the aquatic activities of the youngsters, and providing opportunity for those wishing instruction.”
http://seacoastnh.com/wentbysea/ph2.html
http://seacoastnh.com/wentbysea/

January 20
WHO SIGNED THE DOVER COMBINATION?
Hi, I find your newsletter fascinating. I made a quick visit to Strawberry Banke in early September and was impressed by the openness and friendliness of the staff. My ancestor Henry Becke who arrived in 1635 was a signer of the Dover Combination. It turns out that my lawyer here in Toronto also is descended from Robert huckins also a siner of Dover Combination. I wondered if you have any info on the people who signed and reasons for such or references about the Combination or could include such in a future Newsletter. Henry's son Caleb, a mariner, had a son Caleb who moved first to New York City and thence to Schenectady. My Beck ancestor moved to Upper Canada(Ontario) around 1846 and he was my ggrandfather.
Marian Beck Archbold

EDITOR’S REPLY: Thanks for the history. We’ve had this question before, and learned from the Dover Public Librarian that the full text and names of the signers are available in the New England Historical & Genealogical Register vol. 33 p. 91. For more on the Dover and Exeter Combinations check letters in our archive from June 2 and February 24, 1999 in our mail archives or contact the Dover library from our link in SeacoastSearch.com.
http://www.seacoastnh.com/mail/indexarch.html

January 16
MISSING ROCHESTER & DOVER POTTERY OUTLET
Hi! As a native from Rochester who has also lived in Dover and Somersworth, I am now relocated to California. Whenever I'm home visiting Mom and my brother, I take a trip to the Salmon Falls Pottery outlet which I love. I know they must have a web site available but I can't find it. Your site has information and a map but I was wondering if you could possibly tell me how to locate their website or a site from a Dover or other local merchant where I can purchase some of their pottery. I don't really want to wait until my next trip will most likely be months from now. I'm homesick. :) Thank you for your help!
Lynn Renard

EDITOR’S REPLY: When in doubt, always check SeacoastSearch.com first. Andy’s pottery factory is located there under it’s official name of Salmon Falls Stoneware. Just type in the name, any portion of the name, or “pottery” and you’ll find it – or look under SHOPPING in Gifts and Factory Outlets or in the ARTS PAGES section. Our super search engine also lists another 350 web sites from Rochester, Dover and Somersworth – about 2,100 in all from the entire Seacoast region.
http://www.seacoastsearch.com

January 15
IDAHO REMEMBERS PORTSMOUTH
Our children were born in Portsmouth. Shortly after heading west, my husband had three heart attacks. Ironically, SeacoastNH.com was launched the same year we moved into our new home and began rebuilding our lives. It has been a favorite website for all of us here in Idaho. Our warmest memories are as you describe them every month, but your description of First Night was right on the money for our family.

In Porstmouth, we spent very little time indoors. We well remember playing "monster" on Rye beach or sitting outside the Cafe Brioche stuffing ourselves (and the pigeons) with pastry. We practically lived on the tennis courts and survived off the many wonderful restaurants. We enjoyed watching the plays at Prescott Park and the big ships as they drifted in with the fog. Sometimes, we simply enjoyed walking the cobblestones and feeling the special history that fills the air in one of the quaintest seaports in all of the world. There are so many memories and our family, way our here in Idaho, thanks you for keeping them alive.

We hope to return next summer to revisit those cherished memories. Until then, keep up the great work on our favorite web site.
Daren & Darcy Jack of Eagle-Idaho

January 15
FRIENDS OF KEN
Tell Ken Mitchell to relax....he is still the very best weatherman- forcaster ...........a great sense of humor and makes the study of meterorlogy so interesting i want to study the weather ! I plan my days by his words (almost)..........Thanks for the daily reports........best reading on the net.
Sydney from Cape Neddick
http://www.seacoastsearch.com/feature82.htm

January 15
MARCH OF TIME RECYCLED
I am an art director at a multimedia company in Boise Idaho. We were looking for old newsreel footage to use in a short 2 - 3 minute presentation. I came across the March of Time videos in the library and was wondering if we could use some of the footage from the news reel. Also, I was wondering if you own the rights to the newsreels or if they are in public domain, and if you don't own them, would you know who I could contact?
Randy Jamison

EDITOR’S REPLY: We’d guess the answer is NO to use of the VHS footage since it is not in the public domain. We assume the original footage and the rights are owned by Time-Life who produced the films for 16 years or so. March of TIME was a Time Magazine spin-off, first to radio, then to film. About three dozen videotaped collections were produced on VHS a few years back, but the company that bought distribution rights seems to have disappeared. At least we can find nothing about them in our search so far. You can find the VHS copies on eBay under "March of Time" always, sold by a couple of people who seem to have a giant pile of them. To get the real info, you want to obtain the book “The March of Time” by Raymond Fielding. He's the only author we know who has done a detailed book about these influential news shorts, and he talks about the location of the film archive today. We imagine there is a very formal fee structure in place for use of the footage. Having just paid $650 the other day for 20 seconds of wildlife stock video footage for a video production, we know how costly it can get. Our interest online is solely in producer Louis de Rochemont who lived here in Seacoast, NH.
http://seacoastnh.com/louis/filmography.html

January 15
LIVED WITHLOUISA MAY & KEN IN WALPOLE
I found your site while searching for the mailing address of my old high school. I grew up in Walpole NH, born in 1965, and now live in NC with my husband and three daughters. Thought you might like to know that Louisa May Alcott, the author lived in Walpole NH. She once lived in the house of a family friend of ours when I was growing up. I remember a plaque on the house that said "Alcott". Also filmaker Ken Burns lives within a mile of my parents in that town now. I worked in the local grocery store as a high school student and waiting on him. During that time, he was working on a film about the Brooklyn Bridge (if memory serves me right) and had the help of a couple who lived in MA. Once or twice a week, they would bring me their baby to babysit while they work with Ken Burns on the film. If this is any info you are interested in, I hope that I have helped you. Feel free to contact me.
Raylene Sperling (Houghton)

EDITOR’S REPLY: This sounds like one for Link Free or Die. Any info on how long Louisa lived in NH? We’ll claim anyone who spent time here as our own as long as they turned out famous. We’re even now watching KB’s “Mark Twain” on PBS. We’re waiting for him to discover Portsmouth.
http://www.seacoastsearch.com/nhlinks/people/index.html

January 15
HULL OF A SHOALER
I am trying to locate the burial place for one of my ancestors. His name was Joseph Hull and he is said to have died in 1665 on the Isle of Shoals. Any information on him or where he might be buried would be greatly appreciated.
Wendy Jones, West Valley City, Utah

EDITOR’S REPLY: We don’t do genealogy, but you should certainly contact ISHRA (the Isles of Shoals Historic Research Assoc) to join and work with their members. There are very few graves on the Isles of Shoals, just a couple dozen headstones on all nine islands combines, but there may be records available if you can find an avocatiional researcher, or hire one locally. Shoaler Bob Tuttle of ISHRA responded online to a letter about a Joseph Hull from the Isles in a letter of Nov. 3 1998, which you can click to in our mail archives below.
http://www.seacoastnh.com/mail/mail1198.html
http://www.seacoastnh.com/shoals/ishra.html

January 13
LOST BOUNDARIES REMEMBERED
I cannot add much to your interesting articles on "whistle stop at eaton falls" and “lost boundaries” but I remember the film crews for "eaton" outside the north church in Portsmouth and scenes being filmed. I remember them mostly because my aunt (Betty Lou Vancour) and three of my brothers and sisters (Maloney) were in one of the scenes as extras. Additionally, in “lost boundaries” I believe a local family was an integral part of the movie. I believe the father and son were named Johnson and were of mixed descent. What at the time was referred to as "mullato" or something like that. I also remember that one of the local cab drivers was given a small part as a "bad guy". Your article has spurred me on to see if I can find the films. My brother works at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and has access to many old films as part of his teaching job. Thanks again for your articles on these two movies,
Herb (Pat) Maloney, an old puddledocker

EDITOR’S REPLY: Thanks for the memories. Details of the “Making of List Boundaries” is on a separate part or our web site (click below). You can buy Lost Boundaries online, but Whistle has never been commercially released (yet) on video. You can click on the link and order online from Amazon.
http://seacoastnh.com/louis/lostsum.html
http://seacoastnh.com/louis/lostfilm.html

January 13
Z IS FOR ZEB
My son is doing a project which he has to use the ABC to tell some thing about New Hampshire. He can not find any thing that starts with the letter "Z". Can you help please. Person Place or Thing that starts with the letter "Z"
Jerry F of Portsmouth, NH

EDITOR’S REPLY: Nope, we’ve never been asked that one before. We can’t think of anything in the Seacoast, but Zeb's General Store in North Conway comes to mine. The web site is www.zebs.com. Zeb is a person, place and a thing, so it should certainly qualify.

January 08
D-SQUARED ON OILY-VEY
Nice job re: Oily Vey in today's paper! (“How Aristotle Onassis Lost Great Bay”) I think one of the reasons the play works so well is that it reminds those of us involved in the real event -- those who were totally immersed in the thing -- how much FUN was mixed in with the stress and fear! It was the best and the worst of times, as they say. Thanks for your continuing excellent work. I hope this piece inspires others to teach history as cleverly as Ed Valena has done.
Dudley Dudley, Durham, NH
http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please010602.html

January 08
OLD ROUTES, NEW DIRECTIONS
Isn't the route numbers in that map outdated? The portions in the map labeled 101C and 111A have been route 27 for several years. If the map is catering to visitors, they won't see many signs for 101C :)
Thomas May in Hampton

EDITOR’S REPLY: Those maps were created for our video at enormous expense in 1995 and translated to the Web in 1997 with tons of hours of work. We hate to admit they are getting old. Rather than re-do them, we’re working on a scheme to replace our entire TOURING section with a more efficient online system. More on that in the near future.
http://www.seacoastnh.com/101nh/maps.html

January 08
ANOTHER OLD AX
I have a pre-historic ax which was found by my grandmother in the early 1930's while she was plowing a field in Berry, Illinois. She had also found various arrowheads and interesting looking rocks along with the ax.I took the ax to a local fossil dealer and he told me that the rock the ax was made from was only found in Pennsylvania or the Northeast. He thought it was very interesting that the ax was found in Illinois because it was not like the ax's that where made by tribes in that area. The ax is 8 inches long, black in color, and in absolute mint condition. It looks very similar to the ax you have a picture of on your site. My question is how I go about finding the value of it and who might be interested in buying it. I would be more than happy to e-mail pictures of it and get, if need be, any more information from my grandmother that she can recall. She is getting old!! Thank you very much for your time and information!
Joe C or Sarasota, FL

EDITOR’S REPLY: It’s really too bad that the local universities and archeological societies cannot find an avenue by which to review artifacts for private owners. But our state governments, especially here in NH, provide almost no funding for historic preservation and public education. Our stance is very clear – we suggest readers donate such items to local museums and historical societies, and we do not support the buying and selling of such items. You best bet is to contact the local archeological society or simply check eBay for the going rate. Without clear records made during excavation, the value of most such artifacts is hard to determine.
http://www.seacoastnh.com/history/prehistoric/guideart.html

January 08
SEEKING IRISH ARTILLERY
I would like to be able to contact The Royal Irish Artillery that participated in June 2000 reception. Please notify me as to how I could contact them Thank you.
Joe Monahan

EDITOR’S REPLY: We’re guessing this reference comes from our coverage of the “Battle of Wagon Hill” photo tour. For more info on any re-enacted battles locally, check out the 1st New Market Militia web site below.
http://www.seacoastsearch.com/feature45.htm
http://www.seacoastnh.com/history/rev/bunkerhill.html

January 05
RELATED TO THE GUV
it is interesting to find a newsletter about where my ancesters came from, i am a decendent of john wentworth former governer of n.h. and on my mothers side capt.rogers of the mayflower, the wentworth history is of interest to me plus the new england life style, now that i am a transplant here in the south it is a good relaxing past time and reading.
Tom Wentworth from Jasper, GA
http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please121501.html

January 03
SISTER SEAPORT TALKS TROLLEY
Would like information about the Ogunquit Trolley service. Is there a point of contact? We are researching the possibility of having a similar seasonal service here in Mystic,Ct. I am doing the initial fact finding. Any info would be super. Thank you. Happy New Year!!!
Pam from Mystic, CT

EDITOR’S REPLY: Ahoy! We’re not that familiar with the Ogunquit people, but we know Paul Reardon of Seacoast Trolley quite well and have forwarded your request to him. Our Trolley links page is available in SeacoastSearch.com, and below. We’re hoping to do a Mystic tour this summer, so let’s keep in touch. We’ve added you to our monthly e-mail list per your request.
http://www.seacoastnh.com/trolleys

January 01
WAS THERE A LIGHTHOUSE? I GUESS.
Hi Was there ever a light house on the coast of NH? Thanks. Always enjoyed NH
Barbara Richmond of Morrisville, NY

EDITOR’S REPLY: Was there? You mean, is there? NH has three ocean bound lighthouses, all here in SeacoastNH.com. The Fort Point Light in Newcastle (similar to our logo) can be found in New Castle, NH at the Coast Guard Station. White Island Light is on White Island at the Isles of Shoals, and will be featured in an upcoming AS I PLEASE essay in January. (See our Shoals section in HISTORY). And finally, Whaleback light is situated in the Piscatagqua River between Kittery and Portsmouth. We’ve never done them justice online, but stay tuned for a whole new web site in 2002 that will detail these and other places to visit in the Seacoast region. For more local info, try this link:
http://www.lighthousefoundation.org/