PORTSMOUTH — J. Mark Ryan didn’t heed his own doctorly advice.
Last year, the Town Council member felt pretty confident while competing in the Project Purple Dodgeball Tournament …
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By Jim McGaw
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1/29/18
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PORTSMOUTH — In a 4-3 vote Monday night, the Town Council granted a three-year contract extension to Town Administrator Richard Rainer, Jr., who first came aboard as manager in July …
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By Jim McGaw
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1/25/18
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PORTSMOUTH — In their interview of a brain scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, second-graders at Hathaway School demonstrated that their gray matter was working just …
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By Jim McGaw
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1/23/18
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PORTSMOUTH — The pins told the story.
Stuck onto a street map of Portsmouth displayed at Town Hall Tuesday night, a cluster of them showed where the biggest concentration of coyote …
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By Jim McGaw
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1/17/18
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth High School boys’ varsity indoor track team had a good day at the Providence Career & Technical Academy, sweeping its dual meet against Rogers and …
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1/17/18
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PORTSMOUTH — The school district is ramping up efforts to keep students safe on local school buses.
In light of several school bus accidents involving other vehicles in recent months …
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By Jim McGaw
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1/10/18
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With three state lawmakers sitting before them, members of the School Committee and Town Council Monday shared their wish lists of legislative priorities going forward.
Among the top items on …
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By Jim McGaw
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1/10/18
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PORTSMOUTH — Last month, Margie Brennan was excited to see the Portsmouth High School Drama Club’s production of “Harvey,” Mary Chase’s play about Elwood P. Dowd …
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By Jim McGaw
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12/22/17
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PORTSMOUTH — John Maedke, Evan Beese and Emmaline Wilson had to deal with a problem most Americans don’t worry about but which afflicts millions of people the world over: dirty …
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By Jim McGaw
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12/19/17
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PORTSMOUTH — The School Committee has unanimously approved a policy that authorizes the continued use of trained drug-sniffing dogs in periodic searches of students’ lockers and …
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By Jim McGaw
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12/14/17
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