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Portsmouth Herald
STRATHAM – The Old Town Hall was recently named to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places.
Built in 1877 by Stratham resident Hezekiah Leavitt, the Old Town Hall is situated on Portsmouth Avenue in what was then the town center. The distinctive French Second Empire style building was the home of the town’s civic, cultural, and social life for nearly 120 years.
As Stratham’s commercial activity moved further south on Portsmouth Avenue and the former elementary school on Bunker Hill Avenue became the seat of town government, the Old Town Hall moved into private hands. After several decades, the deteriorating building came perilously close to meeting the wrecking ball.
Charlestown, 1935: A cold-water flat, a 7-year-old boy, and a bully called âShoveâ
At 93, the author recalls a city gone by, the fear he felt there, and the satisfaction of getting revenge on his childhood tormentor.
By Tom SheehanUpdated April 24, 2021, 3:00 a.m.
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A bird s-eye view of Charlestown in the early 20th century.Library of Congress/Wikimedia Commons
I awakened slowly, and the first reality that hit me was not the chill in the small bedroom of the cold-water flat, not the dingy surroundings, not the fact that there was no school for the day. I shivered. Reality was my arch tormentor, the boy we called âShove,â standing
Multiple Businesses Moving Into Old Kmart Building in Watertown
There has been a lot of construction activity going on at the old Kmart building on Straits Turnpike in Watertown over the past few weeks.
I drove by this morning and I was surprised to find that one of the new businesses seems to have already opened their doors up for business. Universal Fitness, which up until last week operated out of the Steelebrook Plaza on Watertown Avenue in Waterbury, has become the first place to officially open their doors in the converted old Kmart building at 595 Straits Turnpike in Watertown.