Josh Ritter rarely writes about himself. The singer-songwriter is more at home building narratives and dipping into the lives of fictional characters in his songs....
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Dover sues state over education funding
Dover officials believe the state of New Hampshire shortchanged the city nearly $14 million in education funding during the last seven years, and the city...
Evolving experiments
The Seacoast’s dance scene has had its ups and downs in the last few decades. But a number of local artists are working to revive...
Medical pot meeting scheduled
The state Department of Health and Human Services is hosting a public meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 1 to discuss a proposed medical marijuana cultivation site...
Filing period open for municipal elections
The Seacoast’s municipal election season is about to begin. The filing period for city council, school board, and other races opened in Portsmouth on Aug....
Waste not
When Alex Freid was a student at the University of New Hampshire, he noticed dumpsters overflowing with perfectly good furniture and other staples of dorm...
True hand
For some people, it’s the mountains. For Seacoast native Lisa Noonis, it’s the ocean that moves her. “It’s just a vital force for me,” she...
Eight-Bit Junkyard
“Back to the Future” (Nintendo) Thirty years ago this summer, “Back to the Future” debuted in theaters. The massive hit led to two more films,...
Laughing in the dark
Old Man Gloom is an experimental sludge metal juggernaut with a reputation for monkeyshines that’s almost as well known as their innovative output. The unpredictable...
Drop in the bucket
Robert Marquis started working for the Swansea, Mass., water district in 1976. “We’ve been through a few things,” he says. Over the last four decades,...
Convening of Congress
It started as a small backyard gathering of musicians in 2010. That gathering became an annual tradition, taking place at The Stone Church in Newmarket...
Debate over Prescott Park stage
Portsmouth city councilors continued to discuss plans for expanding and moving the stage for the Prescott Park Arts Festival at a workshop meeting on Monday,...
In the moment
If you want to see Colony of Light, a collective of more than a dozen artists who gather once a year to create an ongoing...
Group seeks Portsmouth-Provincetown ferry
A group of local business people, elected officials, and others want to establish a ferry service between Portsmouth and Provincetown, Mass. The group, called Promote...
Video Vault
“The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” 20th Century-Fox, 1964 Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Ellen Farner, Marc Michel Director: Jacques Demy The plot: It is the late...
Executive Council meets in Dover
A group of local business people, elected officials, and others want to establish a ferry service between Portsmouth and Provincetown, Mass. The group, called Promote...
Keeping watch
with Type 1 diabetes The American Diabetes Association estimates that 1 to 3 million people in the United States have Type 1 diabetes, and more...
Day and Night
“The Sins of Dracula.” “Murder University.” “Frankenstein in a Women’s Prison.” These are just a few of the movies that soundtrack artist Timothy Fife has...
The kids are alright
And The Kids describe their creative interpretation of indie pop as “accessible unconscious existential indie glitter popsicle crisis music.” The trio, made up of Hannah...
Full of feeling
Christopher Volpe might change how you feel about local landscape paintings. The difference is in really feeling something. His paintings often start outside, en plein...
Somersworth passes panhandling ordinance
City councilors in Somersworth voted 6-3 in favor of an ordinance that limits panhandling in the city. The new ordinance prohibits passing items to or...
Durham sells former town hall
Town administrator Todd Selig announced last week that the town has closed on the sale of the former Durham town hall for $650,000. According to...
The feminine side
Terie Norelli was a state legislator in the late 1990s when New Hampshire lawmakers passed a bill “without any hoopla” requiring insurance companies to provide...
A long, happy trip
For even the hardiest touring superstars, playing over 100 shows in a year is a test of endurance. For Baltimore’s transcendent psych-drone duo Darsombra, every...
Saving summer
Thwop. It’s the sound that is the only barrier between you and summer in the middle of a snowstorm. Thwop. It’s the sound that is...