Archive for the ‘Portsmouth Local News’ Category

NH Man Accused Of Stealing From Goodwill

Posted by admin on August 16th, 2010 under Portsmouth Local News  •  Comments Off

A man is facing felony theft charges for allegedly stealing close to $2,000 from a Portsmouth, N.H., Goodwill Industries store.

Push for more local food in schools

Posted by admin on August 15th, 2010 under Portsmouth Local News  •  Comments Off

NORTH HAMPTON — Earlier this year, ABC-TV aired a series in which British chef Jamie Oliver tried to change the eating habits of residents of a town in West Virginia that had been dubbed the fattest city in America.

Headphones TNG

Posted by admin on August 14th, 2010 under Portsmouth Local News  •  Comments Off

New Hampshire green-tech nerd Aaron Fournier has an undeniable pitch for his new company, Thinksound, and its line of cool-daddy wood-grain headphones: “You wouldn’t want stereo speakers that are made out of plastic,” he says.

N.H. sculptor’s Lincoln cast could be restored

Posted by admin on August 13th, 2010 under Portsmouth Local News  •  Comments Off

CORNISH, N.H. (AP) — A plaster cast used to create a larger-than-life statue of Abraham Lincoln has been boxed up in Cornish for decades, but it could get put back together for an exhibit in honor of the former president’s 200th birthday.

Dover police log

Posted by admin on August 12th, 2010 under Portsmouth Local News  •  Comments Off

Police report making the following arrests June 25 through July 1. Bruce C. Whitehouse, 58, no known address, was arrested June 25 and charged with indecent exposure and lewdness.

Teen jumps from balcony during beach drinking party

Posted by admin on August 11th, 2010 under Portsmouth Local News  •  Comments Off

HAMPTON — A teen was taken to the hospital after jumping from a second-story balcony Sunday morning during what Hampton Police say was an underage drinking party on P Street at Hampton Beach.

2 in crew of Pearl sub held in N.H.

Posted by admin on August 10th, 2010 under Portsmouth Local News  •  Comments Off

Authorities in New Hampshire arrested and charged two crew members of a Pearl Harbor-based nuclear submarine with beating a man unconscious and threatening a witness on a Portsmouth, N.H., street.

York students embrace culture, arts at concert

Posted by admin on August 9th, 2010 under Portsmouth Local News  •  Comments Off

YORK, Maine — Students danced and banged on the drums all day Friday, a culmination of an artist in residence program with renowned musician Randy Armstrong and Indian dancer and instructor, Jasmine Shah.

Fired Up!: A Symposium on Portsmouth’s Newest Public Art Sculpture

Posted by admin on August 8th, 2010 under Portsmouth Local News  •  Comments Off

Art-Speak, the City of Portsmouth’s Cultural Commission, and the Portsmouth Fire Department, are inviting the public to a symposium on the process and progress of the city’s newest piece of public art, ‘Vigilance,’ being installed this summer at the Central Fire Station.

Spinnaker Point rec center open as warming shelter

Posted by admin on August 7th, 2010 under Portsmouth Local News  •  Comments Off

Spinnaker Point Adult Recreation Center is available for showers and as a warming center for Portsmouth residents. It is open until 8 p.m. Friday, and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Phone: 603-766-1483 or 603-766-1484.