Anya Mortiz, a 56-year-old retiree, learned about color blending, layering and underpainting in the Hawthorne library’s watercolor painting class for adults. But more importantly than that, she gained ...

HAWTHORNE – Don’t mark your calendar for the next book sale at Louis Bay 2nd Public Library. The calendar would have little room for anything else. In a departure from the annual used book sale ...

HAWTHORNE — The borough has closed its library and municipal building to the public due to a sharp increase in confirmed cases of COVID-19. The health precaution was initially taken last week, but ...

Editor's Note: This monthly series titled At The Athenaeum to highlight the treasures contained the collections of the Portsmouth Athenaeum. The series will appear the second Sunday of each month.