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Mr. Riley Responds …

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Sunday, June 26, 2011 — Yesterday’s post about Courage, New Hampshire certainly stirred up a few people. Frank, Juan and S. Cavallaro seemed most irritated by it. To his considerable credit, James Riley, the man behind the movie, posted a very civil reply: Heah, guys, chill. I’m on your side. This is a well researched, well documented drama. Samuel Adams wrote about British soldiers who searched for deserteres in New Hampshire in 1769 and you can look up the Londonderry incident [See note below. — The Ed.] on your own. I happen to have commited the sin, apparently, of believing in limited, Constitutional government and …

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Making It Up As They Go Along

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Saturday, June 25, 2011 — Since the plot of the new Tea Party-sponsored movie Courage, New Hampshire: The Travail of Sarah Pine, takes place in 1770 and involves British soldiers, and the only British soldiers in New Hampshire then were stationed at Fort William and Mary, we naturally assumed that the film was set right here in Portsmouth. The reader may well imagine with what relish we anticipated dismantling a film purporting to represent this town in those days, when Daniel Fowle himself was running this, the Province’s only newspaper. But no, once again, we were outsmarted. The makers of Courage cleverly dodged that musket …

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Dreary Day, Great View

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Thursday, June 23, 2011 — It’s a dreary day, but we’re happy to see that the view from PortsmouthNH.com‘s Harbor WebCam is no longer obscured by scaffolding and green mesh. We frequently check it while we should be writing instead. Between that and the Hellenic Shipping News’ Live Interactive Ships Traffic Worldwide Map, it’s a wonder we ever get the paper out.

William Marvel to Speak at Portsmouth Athenæum

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011 — William Marvel, whose column appears in the Gazette, will speak Thursday, June 9th, at the Portsmouth Athenæum, on the topic, “New Hampshire to Normandy: The First Cruise of the Kearsarge,” in conjunction with the Athenæum’s current exhibit, “Fire on the Water: Portsmouth’s Kearsarge Sinks the Deadly Confederate Raider Alabama.” In his talk Mr. Marvel will describe “the ship, the origin of the name of the ship, the history of the ship itself, the first crew, and certain members of the crew. It will be an exercise in trying not to bore an audience with the relatively boring experience of the …

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Sail Portsmouth 2011

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Friday, May 27, 2011 — Our Newsreel Division strolled down to the new wharf on Bow Street this morning to film the arrival of the barkentine Gazela Primeiro, which will be in town until Monday as the centerpiece of Sail Portsmouth 2011. The little tug seen pulling ahead of her from about :12 to :24 is Bob and Natalie Hassold‘s Tug Alley Too. The low-slung vessel with the tall, raking mast, visible from :25 to :31, and again towards the end of the clip, is the gundalow Captain Edward H. Adams, under tow. Finally, the big gray fireboat is the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s tug U.S.S. …

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Men At Work

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Men At Work from NewHampshire Gazette on Vimeo. Wednesday, May 11, 2011 — Normally quiet Penhallow Street has been a scene of intermittent chaos since last fall, as contractors and city workers have worked to re-route various subterranean utilities, but yesterday took the cake — and the cookies, and the sandwiches, and the soup. Ceres Bakery closed early so these boys could make way for a spiffy new granite step.