Tag: Mental Health

In the span of just one day, Portsmouth police and medics were called to three very different—but equally telling—incidents, each ...

You don’t have to go home — but you do have to leave the bar. That’s the rule that landed ...

It’s a story we’ve told before—and one that keeps repeating. Local hospitals are calling police, sometimes daily, to remove people ...

What started as a simple argument over a toy in Farley Square took a frightening turn when a 9-year-old girl ...

We grow up learning that silence is polite, even noble. But there’s a difference between being thoughtful with your words ...

She’s been arrested more times than most can count—sometimes twice in one day—only to be released back onto the streets ...

Another call. Another crisis. Another young life spiraling out of control.  Police were called after reports of a violent outburst ...

Portsmouth Police found themselves racing across the city Tuesday night responding to calls that, on the surface, looked like property ...

The signs of Portsmouth’s growing homeless crisis aren’t just in the shelters or under the bridges—they're on porches, sidewalks, and ...

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