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Alcatraz of the East Gets a Second Life | Concord News
Once called “The Alcatraz of the East,” the shuttered Portsmouth Naval Prison—home to over 83,000 sailors and Marines—is sparking a bold new idea: transform its historic halls into a modern sailor campus. Senator Jeanne Shaheen’s push for $5 million in federal funding aims to launch a feasibility study to repurpose Building 93, currently empty for decades, as a recreation and support hub for Navy personnel stationed at the nearby shipyard—especially during submarine maintenance cycles. Could this ghost of naval history become a vital, living base for today’s service members? Listen in…
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