Somersworth like all cities is filled with interesting people and here we aim to take a look at some both from the past and also from the present.
The other day I could be found at the Somersworth Market Basket and it was there that I was struck by just how many pumpkin spice products there are on the market nowadays. They were seemingly everywhere. Now at the risk of upsetting people, I have to admit I don’t actually like pumpkin spice but […]
Pumpkin Festival set for Oct. 9 and Civics 101 Read More »
One of my most cherished memories with my grandmother was when I was about 5 years old and she took me to see the Wizard of Oz, my first ever movie experience. Of course, it would not be my last but my love for that particular movie has never waned and to this day, I
There’s no place like home Read More »
It’s been 100 years since the building that takes up a large portion of Main Street in Somersworth was completed and it has stood the testament of time over all those years. Although its uses may have changed over the years, most of us that recall the days before 2015 when the iconic General Electric
Foundational Main Street buildings undergo changes Read More »
It’s easy to think that hydropower is something new, but the truth is without hydro, Somersworth as we know it today would not exist. It was a form of hydro power that powered the mills without which Somersworth would likely have never evolved into the industrial hub that it would become by the mid 1800s, thanks
Water proved to be Somersworth’s power house Read More »
SOMERSWORTH – Jules Bisson Park, like all our city parks, has an interesting history. For anyone who is not sure where the park is located, it can be found on River Street and Indigo Hill Road, behind Emerald City Laundromat on Main Street. The park itself first came into the hands of the City of
These 2 City Parks Have Stood The Test Of Time Read More »
Mast Point Dam today is a park owned by the city of Somersworth and open to all residents, but it was not always that way. The history of the dam itself is as old as Somersworth as we know it, thanks to the Great Falls Manufacturing Company. In 1823, entrepreneur and quaker Isacc Wendell would
Dam! Mast Point Park has interesting history Read More »
There was a time in Somersworth where cars were something that only the rich could afford and public transport ruled the streets, quite literally. That public transport came in the form of street trolley cars and for nearly 40 years the trolleys would be the chosen and often the only mode of transport in the
Central Park, Willand Pond and A National Night Out Read More »
Did you know that July is Parks and Recreation month? Please don’t feel bad if you didn’t because neither did I until recently when this little factoid popped up on one of my social media networks. When it did, it got me thinking about all the parks we have here in Somersworth and our fabulous
The Pines have a noble history in Somersworth Read More »
As a writer I often find myself asking the question why? It’s one of the fundamental questions of writing that we are taught in elementary school, but it’s something that we so often forget to ask ourselves as we reach adulthood. Writing reminds me constantly to ask that question and for that I am grateful.
History, including Somersworth’s, repeats itself Read More »
I hope everyone who enjoys the heat is doing just that: enjoying it. For those of you like me that prefer it a little cooler, relief I am told, is on the way. When the going gets hot, we tend to call one of the three first responder services in the city and continuing on last
Fire stations have served the city faithfully throughout the years Read More »
