Thursday, August 30, 2007 – Richard J. Ducey, 58, recently of Fritz Creek, Alaska, died August 30th 2007 after a long battle with cancer caused by his exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange. He had been a resident of Concord and Barnstead, New Hampshire for over 25 years. He attended Pinkerton Academy, Derry, New Hampshire [...]

Friday, August 24 –Well, there goes the ballgame. Old timers can hang out the “For Sale” sign. The New York Times has discovered Portsmouth. The article appeared in today’s “Havens” column in the “Escape” section. Those categories indicate to me, not that life is so great here, but that it sucks everywhere else.
Portsmouth, of course, [...]

Friday, August 24 – Well, it’s publication day. An image of the front page of our Volume 251, No. 24 appears at right.
We should be working on the mailing labels, and clearing away the debris so the labeling crew can fold the papers so as to meet the Post Office’s latest set of deranged regulations [...]

Wednesday, August 22 — I was standing in line at Piscataqua Bank the other day when the teller, without a word of warning, began telling me how much she loves the New Hampshire Gazette. I mean loves the thing. Says she rushes around town looking for it every other Friday. I believe she even used [...]

August 21 – It’s a beautiful day in old Po’town, but the first Iron Butt Rally riders to arrive at Federal Cigar said their first dry pavement began about fifty miles back. They left St. Louis, MO yesterday about 10:30 a.m.
Rob Nye, said to be the “biggest techno geek” of the bunch, is shown here [...]

Monday, August 20 – The 2007 Iron Butt Rally began in St. Louis, MO yesterday. Tomorrow, some of the participants will be coming through Portsmouth to earn bonus points by picking up a copy of the New Hampshire Gazette at Federal Cigar on Ladd St.
The Iron Butt Rally is an eleven day, 11,000 mile-plus endurance [...]

Friday, August 17 – “You shall know a man by the company he keeps,” wrote Aesop long ago. So, what do we know about Senator John Sununu, based on this photo published in the August 10 issue of The Messenger?
Well, we know that Senator Sununu (at left; R-NH) looks fairly relaxed, comfortable, and happy considering [...]

Friday, August 10 – Come and get ‘em, folks. The Shopping Cart is clicking right along, the mailing crew is fired up … we got us a system here.
It’s too late to get your hands on any of this batch right here, of course. These guys are already on their way to readers in forty-six [...]

Wednesday, August 7 – So, how we doing on that regular posting thing? Oh, yeah …
Well, here’s our excuse:

Almost done: sixteen pages of truly free press; due at the printer’s on Thursday afternoon, and on the streets the next day, multiplied by about 5,500, given away free, supported by small advertisers and subscribers. No [...]