Just Ask Nora! Beloved Seacoast Native on Buying Portsmouth City Lifestyle Magazine + Building a BIG Social Media Brand!

<p>Local media has a bad reputation these days.</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/justasknora/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Nora Happny McMorran</a> wants to do something about it. </p><p>The beloved former host of &quot;Just Ask Nora,&quot; a social media series started in the late 2010s, Happny McMorran is now on a quest to turn <a href="https://citylifestyle.com/portsmouth" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Portsmouth City Lifestyle magazine</a> into a local force for storytelling.</p><p>A few months after acquiring the magazine, the longtime Portsmouth resident joins <a href="https://www.instagram.com/troy_farkas/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">host Troy Farkas</a> to discuss her decision, and how she plans on making the magazine a desirable read.</p><p>Plus, the two talk about the origins of Just Ask Nora, her dad&#39;s career as THE go-to Portsmouth blacksmith, living in Norway during her 20s, meeting her now-husband at Carl&#39;s Meat Market, the strength of the Seacoast nonprofit scene, working for HAVEN, and more!</p><p>To check out the digital version of the magazine, you can visit <a href="https://citylifestyle.com/portsmouth" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">citylifestyle.com/portsmouth</a>.</p><p>SUPPORT SEACOAST STORIES:</p><ul><li>Follow Seacoast Stories on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/seacoast-stories/id1750552627" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> or on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3zg7za9HHoJeuQN3JVTJHN?si=93f6aabdddf442a4" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> to get our new episodes every week.</li><li>Join our FREE online community, <a href="https://seacoaststories.com/community?from=community-nav" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠The Local Thread⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>, here</li></ul><p><br></p><p>UPCOMING EVENTS:</p><ul><li>Seacoast Stories PUB CRAWL in Portsmouth! Join us on Saturday, September 26 for an afternoon of connection and FUN. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seacoast-stories-pub-crawl-tickets-2000035216171?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠Get your tickets here.⁠</a></li><li>Seacoast Stories Dinner Club pres. by ⁠<a href="https://sweathouz.com/portsmouth-book-now/?utm_source=seacoaststories&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=fall2026_portsmouth&utm_content=podcast" target="_blank