Portsmouth News

The 5th New Hampshire Regiment of Civil War role players will pitch camp on the lawn of "Puddle Dock" at Strawbery Banke Museum in downtown Portsmouth on Saturday and Sunday, June 16 and 17, and present a glimpse of camp life and American Civil War history over the course of the weekend.

Thumbs up to Portsmouth police patrolman Robert Lukacz and Deputy Chief Stephen DuBois, who are training to compete in the 200-mile Untamed New England Adventure Race to raise money for the Child Advocacy Center of Rockingham County.

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1, on a charge of receiving stolen property. 10:23 a.m. - A caller reported a male with dark hair, wearing a blue shirt with a vest tie has a book bag and is handing out leaflets to a worldwide event about positive thinking.

Beer UP is an attempt to examine as many of the fine craft brews across the country as possible.

Two officers in Portsmouth, N.H., were summoned to a parking lot at the Pease International Tradeport for an uncooperative turtle that wouldn't move from beneath a row of cars.

Childcare provided. Fellowship and Church School follow concluding at noon. Ample parking.

A host of New Hampshire senators will be leaving elected office at the end of the year, but Hampton Sen.

Courtesy photo State Sen. Nancy Stiles, R-Hampton, announced this month she will seek re-election in the fall.

Mark Bodi of the New Hampshire State Liquor Commission was recently named chairman of the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association board at the organization's annual conference in Marco Island, Fla.

She was born Nov. 16, 1935, the youngest of four children to Margaret Helen Reardon, a first generation Irish American and Vincent Taccetta, a Sicilian immigrant who at age 9 passed through Ellis Island on his way to Portsmouth.

The Players' Ring theater in Portsmouth ends its 20th season June 1 with William Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens," directed by Glenn Provost.

John Huff/Staff photographer Rockingham County Attorney Jim Reams tells of the importance of cooperation between bar owners, customers and police in promoting responsible drinking at a public release event for a new drink coaster with a QR code that a person can scan with a smart phone to access a website with information on drinking responsibly at ... (more)

The newborn baby dropped off at Portsmouth Regional Hospital early Saturday morning still remained there Tuesday evening.

After filling downtown Portsmouth with music, art and family fun for more than three decades, Market Square Day has become a staple of summer on the Seacoast, according to Barbara Massar, executive director of Pro Portsmouth.

Summer school runs from July 2 to July 31. The school district is offering classes in English , earth/physical science, biology, American studies 1 and 2, geography, algebra, geometry, general math, Spanish 1 and advanced Spanish.

State Sen. Nancy Stiles' efforts to protect Hampton, Portsmouth and other municipalities from hundreds of thousands of dollars in new "spiking" pension costs have been approved by the House and Senate.

Web site Michelle is the Digital Media Producer for The Telegraph and NH.com. She spends her workdays searching for things to do in New Hampshire and then putting them into the NH.com event calendar.

Chief David J. Ferland of the Portsmouth Police Department, working with the New Hampshire State Police, will continue the effort to apprehend drunk drivers in the City of Portsmouth and other seacoast communities by conducting additional sobriety checkpoints starting this weekend.

A small business featuring athletic wear is set to fill the open retail space of the former EarthTec on Congress Street in Portsmouth.