Keyword: Island Park
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No ‘sissies’ at frigid Portsmouth polar dive
PORTSMOUTH — Despite several New Year’s Day polar plunges being either canceled or postponed due to the freezing temperatures on Monday, the show went on as planned at Island … more
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Hannah Wertens of Portsmouth sings “God Bless America” at Fenway Park in August. You can hear her sing it herself on New Year’s Day.
They’ll be diving for Hannah Wertens in Portsmouth Jan. 1
PORTSMOUTH — John Vitkevich hasn’t even met Hannah Wertens, but he knows a good cause when he hears one. Hannah, a 14-year-old freshman at Portsmouth High School who’s … more
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Thrive Coffeehouse owner Kristen Kidd with her husband, Brandon Kidd, and their daughter, Meredith, under a tree sculpture and mural that’s the centerpiece of their new cafe, expected to open in September.
Owner hopes new Portsmouth coffeehouse will Thrive
PORTSMOUTH — If you’ve lived in Portsmouth long enough, you know the building at 706 Park Ave. as the place where you bought goldfish, guppies and mollies for your home … more
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Letter: Floating water park won’t work for Island Park
To the editor: On Aug. 3 you wrote a whole article regarding Dave Gallagher's dream of putting a floating water park in Island Park. You should hear the other side now. Have you ever come to … more
This Wibit inflatable water park is similar to one that local resident Dave Gallagher hopes to locate in the waters off Park Avenue in Island Park.
Inflatable, floating water park proposed for Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — Dave Gallagher wants to bring summertime amusements back to Island Park in the form of a inflatable, floating water park. more
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“There’s something magical down here that I haven’t felt anywhere else where I’ve lived,” says Mike Macfarlane, new owner of Tremblay’s Bar & Grill in Island Park. “It’s like a little Key West of the North — eclectic, nice, everybody gets along.”
Is Portsmouth's Island Park trending upward?
PORTSMOUTH — Island Park is in Mike Macfarlane’s blood. His grandparents met at the old dance hall at Cashman’s Amusement Park before the 1938 Hurricane blew it all … more
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On Friday police installed this digital sign on Cottage Avenue that tracks how fast drivers are traveling along the narrow street, which is posted for 15 mph. “We had one person going 51 and another going 60,” said Patrolman Patrick O'Neill, the town’s traffic officer.
Portsmouth girls make plea to make street safer
PORTSMOUTH — Standing on a step stool so they could reach the microphone, three young girls who live along Cottage Avenue pleaded with the Town Council Monday night in hopes of getting … more
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A section of Riverside Street overlooking Blue Bill Cove in Island Park has developed into “chaos” over the last few years due to short-term rentals, a resident complained to the Town Council Monday night.
Should Portsmouth reign in short-term summer rentals?
PORTSMOUTH — Susan Panaggio lives on a one-way circle on Riverside Street in Island Park. In the 31 years she’s been living on the street along Blue Bill Cove, Ms. Panaggio said … more
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This vintage, colorized postcard of “The Bullet,” the Island Park amusement park’s famed rollercoaster, is from Town Historian Jim Garman’s collection.
Portsmouth's Island Park was a tourist magnet before '38 storm
PORTSMOUTH — Ah, to be in Island Park before the 1938 Hurricane. All the ladies and gents got dressed up in their Sunday best to promenade in and around the amusement … more
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Barker’s merry-go-round was the first building at the Island Park amusement park. A trolley station is at right. This photo was taken around 1911.
What was Portsmouth like a century ago?
PORTSMOUTH — The copper works, the coal mine, the trolley stops, Bristol Ferry School, Barker’s Merry-go-Round, the fairgrounds and roller rink across from St. Barnabas Church … They're all gone. more
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