Are there 3 or 4 islands in the "Isles of Shoals"?
Kayleigh

(Editor's Reply: There are NINE Isles of Shoals in all. DR) IN MAINE: Duck, Appledore (originally Hog Island), Smuttynose (or Haley's), Malaga, Cedar
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: White, Seavey, Lunging (or Londoner's) and Star

Thought you'd like to know that I put a student onto your site this morning. He's doing a US History project and liked the idea of John Paul Jones with all the local aspects.
Cynthia
Somersworth High School Library

Thank you so much for Celia Thaxter information. I "found" her in 1994. I have since found my relatives, the Joslins, were on the Isles of Shoals in 1630s. Looking forward to visiting the Isles this summer, 97 during the Celia weekend. We are having a conference in Texas in April 16-21 on Celia, "Texas Discovers Celia Thaxter". Jane Vallier will be keynote speaker. I can't wait to get back to New Hampshire.
Linda Anderle

Hi guys - As one who wrote not too long ago about missing my hometown, I have a potential opportunity to move back north (perhaps Portsmouth) to work in Cambridge, MA. Would be interested in hearing from any readers who make a daily commute into Boston area - regarding car traffic, other modes (bus, train) how they handle it, etc. Thanks for posting and keep up the good work.
Paul

My husband and I would love to move to the Seacoast area. Can you give me any good job search hints, i.e. websites, newspapers, organizations? Do you have a hidden section here on this website?
Jennifer

(Editor's Reply: I'd start with the two local newspapers, Foster's Daily Democrat and The Portsmouth Herald. Or you can wait a few months and look into our Training and Employment homepage, currently under production. And readers with others? JDR)

Dear Sirs,
You do not list one of my favorite fine restaurants in the Portsmouth area on your page. Please consider adding CAFE MIRABELLE, specializing in french cuisine. They are located at 64 Bridge Street, Portsmouth (603) 430-9301.
Thank you, Theresa

(Editor's Reply. Oops. JDR)

Can you give me the name(s) of any of Celia Thaxter's book(s) of poems? I would like to purchase same. (We have an "Island Garden").
Thank you, Allan.

(Editor's Reply: You guys make us work hard. Here is the most complete list we could find, courtesy Portsmouth Public Library. JDR)

CELIA THAXTER BIBLIOGRAPHY

Poems, 1872
Among the Isles of Shoals. 1899
Drift-Weed. 1879
Poems for Children. 1883
The Cruise of the Mystery, and other Poems. 1886.
Idyls and Pastorals, 1886
Yule Log, 1889
My Lighthouse, and Other Poems,1890
Verses,1891
An Island Garden. 1894,
Stories and Poems for Children, 1895
Letters of Celia Thaxter, 1895
The Poems of Celia Thaxter, 1896
The Heavenly Guest,
Sandpiper, and Sandalphon..
Maize, the Nation's Emblem.

I would just like to thank you on your terrific web-site. I am a descendent of Josiah Bartlett and have become increasingly interested in the lives of my ancestors. Your web-site was an excellent source of information which has propelled my research into new directions.
Thank you very much. Daniel

Have just recently found you on the web and enjoying it tremendously. Am wondering if you have listings of events that are going on throughout the seacoast area on a weekly/monthly basis, or is that information contained in the newsletter?
IHersom@aol.com

(Editor's Reply: We never tire of plugging our own ARTS calendar, provded by Portfolio Magazine. As to getting a newsletter -- click here. DR)

Dear Sir/Madam,
I would like to know, of all the hotels/motels listed in your Hampton Beach directory, which ones allow dogs (in the summer)?
PontiacSun@aol.com

(Editor's reply: We did a little checking and discovered that the Bluejay Motel is "pet friendly," but wants friendly pets in return. Mary, the motel owner, asks that visitors with kennel trained animals call ahead. "We've taken dogs, birds, cats," she says, "but please, no ferrets, tarantulas and iguanas! People seem to be traveling with some strange pets nowadays. We prefer the traditional ones, the smaller the better." You'll find the Bluejay on our Motels & Motor Inns page. JDR)

I visited Hampton Beach a few years ago and arrived then purely on accident and had a great time I would like to return there this summer with my family and would like more information on the area/beaches and the hotel/motel prices. I am from Stratford, Conn. Thank you,
Kim

I'm looking for the address (e-mail, address) for Hampton Beach Chamber of Commerce and fax number.
Mario L
URL http://granby.mtl.net

(Editor's reply: Glenn French and his staff at the Hampton Beach CC can be reached trhough the following hi-tech methods:
Voice: 603-926-8717
Fax: 603-964-7293
E-mail: hamptoncc@aol.com
Site: www.hamptonbeach.com

You can reach ALL the seacoast chambers of commerce currently on-line by going to our BUSINESS section and clicking Chambers of Commerce.)

Dear sir:
Have just recently found you on the web and enjoying it tremondously. Am wondering if you have listings of events that are going on throughout the seacoast area on a weekly/monthly basis, or is that information contained in the newsletter?
IHersom@aol.com

(Editor's Reply: Putting listings in a newsletters is agreat idea, but not for us. You need only click to the Portfolio Calendar on our page, or try Fosters.com for their Showcase listing or our friend Doug's list on Port City Online. JDR)

This might be a silly question but I'm looking for a couple of good restaurants in the Portsmouth area for a 40th Wedding Anniversary, small party of 6 or 8 maybe, no function room needed. Any suggestions? I am not at all familiar with the area other than how to get there. Moderate price restaurants with a good menu preferred.

Thanks in advance for your help!!!

Kelly M

(Editor's Reply: We're not crazy enough to start a war with potential advertisers, so we sent Kelly our thoughts via e-mail. We invite our readers to do the same. Show her why the Boston Globe just praised Portsmouth for its array of eateries. JDR)

Will you let me know about the historical house of the treaty of Japan and Russia in 1905 in Potsmouth. Certainly the President of the US intervened at that time there, and the treaty was succeeded. What mansion? It's location?

Thanks
Shoji Sugita

Expert's Reply: There is no mansion related to the Treaty of Portsmouth. The discussions between the parties and the actual signing took place at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. The conference building still exists and one room is devoted to the treaty story. The parties stayed at the Hotel Wentworth in New Castle, NH. The building has been closed for a decade, but within the past few days, a plan was announced to remodel and reopen the old hotel.
-- Peter Randall

(Editor's Note: Peter Randall is author of "There Are No Victors Here: A Local Perspective on the Treaty of Portsmouth, Portsmouth Marine Society Press.JDR)

Do you do PSA? I am prez of Altrusa Int'l Inc of Portsmouth NH USA. We are a non profit women's service organization and are now selling tickets to the 9th annual Taste of the Seacoast. Taste of the Seacoast is a wonderful event being held on Sunday April 20-, 1997 at Yoken's Conference Center Rt. 1 Portsmouth NH from 5-8 pm. you are able to sample dishes from area restaurants and meet the chefs who prepare them. Tickets are $22 in advance and all proceeds go to local charities. This event is held in conjunction with the Portsmouth Chapter of the American Culinary Federation and is a wonderful event. Call Cathy Youngs at 800-639-3001 for tickets or more info.
Robin F

(Editor's Reply: Sorry Robin, but we don't run PSAs. JDR)

This is Bill Millios from Back Lot Films, Inc. in Manchester. I saw the press release about your website in yesterday's Union Leader and I just checked out your page. Looks great - you guys did a real nice job.

I don't know if you heard about our film or not but last year we shot a 16mm feature called "Old Man Dogs" throughout NH. We should be getting our answer print back in about two weeks and we'll be premiering in late April at the Coolidge Corner in Brookline.

Our web page is at http://members.aol.com/BMillios. Take care - Bill.

Tonight I discovered your web site. I found out about it in Interface Magazine. I'm not a "heavy duty" web browser, because I am frequently disappointed by most web sites because they advertise with lots of hype and don't come through. Your page held my interest and I have spent more time than usual surfing through it. I will be back for sure to explore the whole thing as my time permits. Great job. We visit the seacoast frequently so I feel I will be checking out the page frequently.
Bob M

(Editor's Reply: We've gotten a nice flurry of response from the thumbs up review of our site in the March 1997 issue. We've watched with interest as this regional periodical has grown into an attractive and informative journal. You can find them on-line at, surprise, www.interfacemonthly.com JDR)

SeacoastNH continues to ripen like a fine wine. You know we check it every week because IT'S FUN TO LOOK... We have a web-page we'd like you to link to from historic houses/Ladd-Gilman House, and historic sites/American Independence Museum, and we could do a link to you too, if you like...it's http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~aim. It's still being improved, but basic information is there...We will also have festival information on it soon, so we you could link Exeter Revolutionary War Festival to it... Thanks, Carol
American Independence Museum

Really nice work! Can I use your photos (with credit) in my personal web page?
Thanks
dpower@nh.ultranet.com

(Editor's Reply: We really wish we could offer usage, but that is not currently possible. We have the very best photos in the area because our contributors are top professionals who make their living in photography. Photo Gallery images are copyrighted and may not be used even with attribution. If you are interested in licensing their use for a small fee, let us know. You can certainly download the photo for use on your own computer, but not if the picture is to be reproduced, transmitted, viewed or printed. That's copyright law. The internet is confusing in that it appears the information and images are easily available, but, like pictures in a book, they can only be used when the artist is compensated in some way. You might call the artist on your own or simply make a link from your page to ours so your friends can see the whole page. And many thanks for asking. JDR)

Ask the Experts:
Could you please generate a list of prominent women in the seacoast?
Carol M.

(Editor's Reply: Wish that we could, but our time is at a premium here generating last month alone, nearly one new web page per DAY! Have you checked out our selection of Seacoast women in our History Themes section which is clickable from the Home Page? These are selections from a book by Olive Tardiff of Exeter. We hope, over time, to add dozens more and welcome any suggestions from readers. Always remember that, as the site grows, we are in search of advertising sponsors to support the cost of generating new content. Currently we have sites in mind for poet Celia Thaxter and Christine Otis Baker, the Dover woman who survived the "Cochecho Massacre." JDR)

Outstanding. One of the best resources I've found so far on the Internet. As a resident of Portsmouth who relocated back to the area recently, I am eager to learn more and more about my hometown. If you have a newsletter of some form could you please email information about it to me.
Rikfab@aol.com

(Editor's Reply: We are thankful and thrilled about the incredible number of newsletter subscriptions we are receiving per day. For future subscribers, please make sure to type in your email address correctly. Otherwise, we may lose you in cyberspace. JDR)

I had trouble locating the black history pages. I think you should make it much clearer how to get to them from your homepage. I also suggest that you list at least that portion of the page on some other internet black history pages, see: www.EverythingBlack.com. I was very impressed by this site. I suggest that Clarence Cunningham be added to the elders page, Valerie, Congratulations, Good work!
kirbyr@sas.upenn.edu

(Editor's Reply: Actually the Black History site is linked to the home page. Simply click on Theme Sites from the front page and you'll see all the history theme sections. Also, all pages are just two clicks from any other by using the Site Map. I'm currently making a bunch of black history links to outside sites and thanks for your suggestion. TD.)

Have tried several times to get into you NH history web page. It is not to be found anywhere. I have used WebCrawler, Yahoo, Altavista, none seem to connect. I use a local server in Dover (ttlc). I would really like to see your pages. Any ideas how I can?
astone@ttlc.net

(Editor's Reply: We get this fundamental question a lot, and we have discovered the problem. Not all the search engines have us indexed even at this writing. The easiest way to surf to us is to type our web address into the "Address" or "Location" field of your particular browser. Of course, you'll never see this. We'll try calling you on the telephone. Sometimes old tech works best. TD)

(1) ANN FROM NYC

Please send me brochures on hotels and motels oceanfront and places and things to do.
Thank you

(2) NANCY FROM QUEBEC

Hi! I may decide to go to the state of New Hampshire (seacoast) this coming summer. I would like to receive more information about:
- BEACHES (Hampton and others)
- LODGING (hotels and camping, with "rates" if possible)
- WHAT TO SEE AND DO (in the coastal area)
- WATER AND AIR TEMPERATURE (July and August)
- LOW AND HIGH TIDES (July and August)
- ROAD INDICATIONS
Please send by mail:

(3) RICHARD FROM COLORADO

My wife and I are traveling to NH in late May to early June. Please send info to:

(Editor's Reply: We get a lot of these requests and wish we could send the stuff requested. We are currently forwarding these names and attached addresses to the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce which has a quick turnaround response and a nice brochure. But the fact is, with the Seacoast Council on Tourism now defunct, there is really NO central place for visitors to find detailed info about visiting the region. We think this is a shame and are willing to meet with local organizations and businesses that want to remedy the situation. We have LOTS of ideas, but need help. JDR)

(Broadcast last week on morning show)
The New Hampshire shoreline is the shortest of any non-landlocked state. Still, The Seacoast is long in history. Now you can delve into the stories and traditions binding the 25 towns and cities of the region on the Seacoast NH website at www.seacoastnh.com.

The Seacoast NH website is full of "cultural tidbits" ranging from Sharon Stone being cast in the movie version of a novel written by a local writer to what's up with the elusive Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. The social and political articles aim to put current events into a historical perspective...with some of it being out- and-out history. One section chronicles the presence of African- Americans in the region back to colonial times. It is an excellent sketch, with abundant links for further research. If you like visiting the Strawberry Bank Museum in Portmouth or reading YANKEE Magazine, you'll find this definitely appealing.

Seacoast NH is an start-up venture. The writing and graphics are top-notch....Though it's very much a work-in-progress with its focus not so clear as its feel. You can tell that the people behind this are passionate about their New England home. Also, they've definitely identified a need for a more refined sensibility that uses all the bells and whistles of the latest technology while remaining grounded in our past.

Critics say that the WEB is the embodiment of our disposable society. For a different, more rooted use of the medium, check out www.seacoastnh.com If nothing else, you'll be glad to find there's more to the New Hampshire seacoast than tourist traps punctuated by a nuclear powerplant.

Carl Lindemann