THIS IS TRULY WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. New Castle, Portsmouth and Rye are all part of the place where the first settlement in New Hampshire of Europeans occurred. I’ll tell you the story.

NEW CASTLE — An extremely rare, cotton candy lobster was discovered by a local lobsterman Sunday off the shores of New Castle, a once-in-a-lifetime catch estimated to be 1-in-100 million.

NEW CASTLE — A beachfront home with direct views of the Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse and the Coast Guard Station has smashed the record for the highest-priced single-family home sale in the ...