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Appledore Island, in Maine, is the largest of the Isles of Shoals, at 95 acres (38 ha).Formerly known as Hog Island, and prior to that as Farm Island, it is approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) from east to west, and 0.6 miles (1.0 km) from north to south.
Star Island is one of the Isles of Shoals that straddle the border between New Hampshire and Maine, approximately 7 miles (11 km) from the mainland. It is the largest of the four islands that are located in New Hampshire at 38 acres (15 ha) [ 1 ] and the second largest overall, after Appledore Island .
Laighton later built a hotel on Smuttynose. [2] The lighthouse was rebuilt during the Civil War with granite walls two feet thick. [2] It was automated in 1987, but fell into disrepair and was rescued by the efforts of The Lighthouse Kids, a group of schoolchildren who pressured the New Hampshire legislature to provide $125,000 to repair the ...
Fuss and O'Neill, representing New Hampshire Group LLC and Anagnost Investments Inc., goes before the ZBA (Thursday, 6 p.m., City Hall) to discuss plans for Revo Casino and Social House at 1279 ...
The Brook’s casino floor offers more than 500 gaming machines, table games, including blackjack, roulette and craps, a live poker room and stadium gaming experience, featuring live dealers and ...
A church was established in 1640. Near 1700, the entire settlement on this island moved to Star Island in New Hampshire to escape taxes imposed by Massachusetts (of which Maine was then a province). The heyday of the island was the artists salon that thrived there in the late 19th century, before the advent of artists' colonies as we know them ...
Jul. 12—A plan to convert a former Sears into a two-story casino will now go before the Nashua Planning Board next month. The hearing, which was set for Thursday, is now set for Thursday, Aug. 3.
White Island State Historic Site in Rye, New Hampshire, protects 5 acres (2.0 ha) of White Island and the Isles of Shoals Light, an 1865 lighthouse and keeper's cottage. [1] Access to White Island is by boat.