The spring breeding season got off to a promising start for New Hampshire’s state and federally endangered piping plovers, but as the 2009 summer came to a close, just two chicks had fledged. This year, a total of five pairs of the shorebirds returned to coastal beaches in Seabrook and Hampton, an increase from the three pairs that have ...

Hurricane Bill spins away from the coast of New Hampshire on August 23, 2009 causing ten to fifteen foot high waves.  The beach was closed to swimming due to rip tides and high surf.  Here's some footage. 

To protect the public from the possible consumption of contaminated shellfish, officials from the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) and the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department have closed New Hampshire's Atlantic coastal waters, and the waters of Hampton/Seabrook Harbor, to the taking of all species of molluscan ...

Four pairs of piping plovers have returned to the New Hampshire seacoast this spring to nest and raise their young. These state-endangered and federally threatened migratory shorebirds have been nesting each year at locations on Hampton and Seabrook beaches since 1997, when they were first discovered by a jogger running on the beach. "We ...

The start of May brings the start of the farmers’ market season.  Seacoast Growers’ Association’s weekly Portsmouth Farmers’ Market opens Saturday, May 2, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Five additional markets open the first week of June in Dover, Durham, Exeter, Hampton and Kingston.Rain or shine, over 50 local vendors can be ...

Old Fisherman's Hut - settlement of Hampton was 1638 photo: copyright 2008, Lisa Martineau

Fish House, built circa 1638 during the settlement of the town photo: copyright 2008, Lisa Martineau

Hampton Town Hall, 1844 photo: copyright 2008, Lisa Martineau

Beach Wall at North Beach with Blue Sky 08/18/08

watching the tide come in.....