RYE — Proprietors at Rye Harbor were given one-year extensions to operate their shack businesses in 2026, while Tighe & Bond, ...

Lobster traps at the pier at Rye Harbor in Rye, New Hampshire. The fate of some harborside businesses in Rye — including a whale watch, lobster pound and charter fishing operators — remain in limbo ...

Conflicts of interest. A pattern of favoritism. Special relationships. Long before Geno Marconi was placed on leave from his post as the state’s director of Ports and Harbors — and before he and his ...

The state says a lawsuit filed by the owners of a popular Rye lobster shack against the Pease Development Authority, claiming they were targeted by former Port Authority Director Geno Marconi in a ...

RYE — A new lawsuit from Rye Harbor Lobster Pound’s co-owners alleges the Pease Development Authority and its executive director, Paul Brean, the New Hampshire Port Authority and longtime state Ports ...

Commercial fishermen, shack business owners and town residents are making their voices loud and clear: Dramatic changes to the Rye Harbor facility would not be welcome. Lucas Raymond, a local ...

REPORTING IN WASHINGTON. I’M AMY LU. LET’S TURN NOW TO OUR U LOCAL HOT SHOT TONIGHT. HOW ABOUT THIS SCENE? WOW. THE SUNRISE OVER RYE HARBOR THIS MORNING. SHARE YOUR SHOTS OF LIFE HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ...

Pilot whales don't typically summer in Rye's Milton Harbor. Until one did. A pilot whale, one presumes, could summer wherever it wants. For five days in August 1993, a sickly wayward whale trekked ...

THEY THINK THEY ARE ALREADY PAYING ENOUGH AT HAMPTON AND RYE HARBORS, COSTS COULD BE GOING UP IN THE NEW YEAR. ACTING PORT AUTHORITY DIRECTOR MILES GREENWAY IS BEHIND THE PROPOSAL. IN IT, HE WRITES ...

The Rye Harbor Lobster Pound at Rye Harbor off Ocean Boulevard in Rye, New Hampshire. (Dan Tuohy photo 2025 / NHPR) (Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to reflect that Geno Marconi authored ...

The fate of some harborside businesses in Rye — including a whale watch, lobster pound and charter fishing operators — remain in limbo months out from the summer season, as their annual leases with a ...