Portsmouth Struggles with Substance Abuse Crisis: A Weekend Snapshot
This past weekend in Portsmouth, substance abuse and its ripple effects played out in real time, calling police officers, EMS ...
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Friday, June 27
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Mailbox Mystery Highlights Bigger Issue as City Eyes Homeless Taskforce
At 9 a.m., a resident on Grandview Avenue made an unusual call to 911: a woman kept checking her mailbox, ...
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Tense Moments, Tough Calls: Officers Help Smooth Difficult CPS Child Removal
Child welfare cases are never easy—for families, for caseworkers, or for the officers called in to help. Just after 10 ...
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Dryer Heist at the Alexandria House!
Someone's fluff 'n fold turned into a full-blown felony after a thief swiped a dryer right out of the laundry ...
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Toilet Bathing & Trouble at Kroger: Chaos Sparks Call for Homeless Taskforce
Things got weird at the Kroger on Gay Street… again. Just before 8 p.m., a shocked shopper called 911 to ...
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GUTTED! Portsmouth Schools Axe 35 Staff – Even the Superintendent’s Former Students Get the Boot
It’s heartbreak in the hallways. Portsmouth City Schools just slashed 35 staff members in a desperate bid to stop a ...
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BUSTED ON CAMERA! Late-Night Break-In Caught on Security Footage — Cops Nab Two
It was a wild night in Portsmouth as two separate shady characters ended up behind bars — one caught on ...
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Richard Alan Chapman, 73 of New Boston
Richard Alan Chapman, 73, of New Boston, passed away on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at SOMC Hospice surrounded by his ...
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Burl Clyde Horner, 74 of Franklin Furnace
Burl Clyde Horner, 74, of Franklin Furnace, passed away on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at SOMC. Burl was born on ...
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Les D. Bradshaw, 62, of West Portsmouth
Les D. Bradshaw, 62, of West Portsmouth died Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at SOMC Hospice. He was born July 8, ...
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