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Political dinosaurs and fireballs
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOften as an amateur and aged student of politics, I get distressed when I see the dismal state of our current national politics and international...
$600M oil refinery blocked 50 years ago: 'It would have destroyed the Seacoast of NH'
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 4 months agoDURHAM — Fifty years ago this week, a plan to locate a $600 million oil refinery in Durham was...
Peter Joseph ready to serve as York’s next town manager: Vows 'transparency, trust and honesty'
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoYORK, Maine — The Selectboard has hired a new town manager in Peter Joseph, a veteran public...
Rooks: Mainers should not be fooled by 'The Great New Hampshire Tax Myth'
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSince Paul LePage is running another anti-income tax campaign for Maine governor, it’s time to dust...
When FDR visited Portsmouth and Naval Shipyard. 1932 visit to city documented in recent photo...
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWithin days of receiving the Democratic party nomination for president, Franklin D. Roosevelt...
Rooks: New Hampshire's primary has seen better days. Here are the reasons.
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNew Hampshire’s long reign as the nation’s premier presidential primary may be coming to an end. For...
Marathon swim from Isles of Shoals to Rye Beach comes 50 years after oil refinery fight
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 10 months agoRYE — A 6.5-mile event featuring 20 expert swimmers going from the Isles of Shoals to Rye Beach on...
Story behind first segregated professional baseball team and its ties to South Florida
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo Sports· 7 days agoIn 1946, one year before Jackie Robinson's debut, Branch Rickey hired Fred and Ray Dobens to run the...
Nightclubs, hook-up spots, an accepting church: Examining Portsmouth's LGBTQ+ history
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA Portsmouth Historical Society walking tour titled “‘Gay’ Old Times: Stories of Portsmouth’s LGBTQ+...
Nikki Haley says Trump tried to "buddy up with dictators" while in office
CBS News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFormer U.S. ambassador to the U.M. Nikki Haley has drawn a line between her foreign policy chops and the former president's ahead of the New Hampshire primary.