Portsmouth News

9:42 a.m. - Took a report of a theft of an iPad from a classroom at Portsmouth Middle School.

Spurred by a victim who contacted police, authorities in Portsmouth are investigating what they believe is an organized prostitution ring with ties across the Eastern Seaboard, from New Hampshire as far south as New Jersey.

N.H. Fish and Game officers Jeff Marston and Josiah Towne, right, gathered with town officials, hunters and land owners with property abutting the woods near Stratham Hill Park Friday to discuss hunting in the area.

President Obama said, "It gives me great confidence that such dedicated and capable individuals have agreed to join this Administration to serve the American people.

A series of public meetings to hear comments from the public on draft recommendations for New Hampshire's rail system is scheduled for February and March.

William A. Schmigle, 92, died Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, at the Mark Wentworth Home in Portsmouth, where he happily resided since May.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. &#8212 Fishermen and federal officials grappled Friday with the increasingly bleak prospect of finding some way for the historic industry to avoid collapse amid troubles with the health of Gulf of Maine cod.

Gilda Alice Martineau, of Main Street, Gonic, died peacefully Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, surrounded by her loved ones, after a courageous 10-year battle with cancer.

The region can expect one of its coldest weekends yet over the next couple of days as temperatures move into the single-digits following about a month of unusually mild weather.

She was a member of Corpus Christi Parish and a former member of the St. Catherine Women's Club, Sons of Italy, and Senior Friends.

Some local organizations need help year round, not only at the holidays. As a result, and given the continued difficulties of the economy, Foster's will continue the Donations List all year.

Two Hampton men who went on a shoplifting spree last March - stealing from department stores in Newington, Greenland and Portsmouth - have been sentenced in state prison.

An investigation into a multi-state human trafficking operation, which included crimes in Portsmouth, was launched Tuesday when a victim told her story to another New Hampshire police agency, said Deputy Police Chief Stephen DuBois.

A Greenland man is charged with ten crimes following his Wednesday arrest by officers from two local police agencies and federal U.S. Marshals deputies.

10:49 a.m. - Investigated a report of a man sitting in an idling car for over an hour in the area of Curriers Cove.

A bill that would strip the city of its water rights to the town of Greenland cleared a major hurdle in the House on Wednesday.

It will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Great Bay Community College, 320 Corporate Drive in Portsmouth.

Families of individuals with early stage Alzheimer's disease or dementia are invited to attend.

The days-long Memorial Bridge float-out project brought out the best of hometown experts.

Legislators in the House tabled two bills yesterday that would have relieved school districts across the state of the obligations of federal education standards - and relieved their revenue sheets of millions of dollars in federal education funding.