Residents celebrate Portsmouth UK’s new mayor
PORTSMOUTH — Yesterday was the big day for the local contingent that’s visiting its sister city of Portsmouth, England. Several town officials and members of the Portsmouth 375th Steering Committee began the day at Portsmouth Guild Hall for the lord mayor “making” ceremony, a public event with several hundred people in attendance. “During this impressive hour-long [...]
Read More →Firefighters take ‘We Love Portsmouth’ photograph
PORTSMOUTH — Roberta Stevens was relieved to see the “We Love Portsmouth” human heart photograph finally come together Sunday afternoon. The Portsmouth 375th Steering Committee had originally planned the picture at a soup-and-salad fund-raiser on Feb. 17, but a snowstorm forced the group to cancel the event. “I made 80 bowls of soup and I’ve been [...]
Read More →Maps, flag design reveal Portsmouth’s forgotten past
PORTSMOUTH — Denise Wilkey is being very careful. In front of her is a crinkled, yellow document — already ripped in several places — which she’s trying to unroll on her pottery studio work table without adding to the damage. It’s an original map, from 1860, showing Aquidneck Island and its outer vicinity. “It’s cool because [...]
Read More →Portsmouth Compact unified town’s early settlers
PORTSMOUTH — It doesn’t look like much: a nearly indecipherable scrawl of just 76 words, followed by 23 signatures. Like Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, however, the document’s brevity is one of its strengths. What’s undeniable about the Portsmouth Compact is that it established the settlement of this town 375 years ago this week — March 7, 1638, to [...]
Read More →No more tickets for Portsmouth Compact lecture tonight
PORTSMOUTH — All tickets for Jim Garman’s lecture tonight, March 7, about the Portsmouth Compact and the town’s founding, have been taken. The lecture starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Portsmouth Free Library. But don’t fret. Due to the high demand, according to the Portsmouth 375th steering committee, a second free lecture has been added for [...]
Read More →Three mayors from sister cities to visit Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — With an English lord mayor coming on top of historical lectures, tours, concerts and dances, claim boils and tractor pulls, canon salutes and parades, Portsmouth 375th celebration volunteers have their work cut out for them. At their meeting Thursday, volunteers shored up plans for numerous events while suggesting ideas for more. Their first [...]
Read More →In Portsmouth, storm says ‘no soup for you!’
PORTSMOUTH — The winter storm has forced a cancellation of the Portsmouth 375th Committee’s soup, salad and bread lunch scheduled for today, Feb. 17. The lunch had been planned for noon to 2 p.m. at St. Barnabas Church Hall. The event will not be rescheduled and refunds for tickets will be offered. Details will be available [...]
Read More →Human heart in Portsmouth postponed
PORTSMOUTH — There will still be soup and salad, but no heart on Sunday. Due to expected cold temperatures and strong winds forecast for Sunday, Feb. 17, the Portsmouth 375 Committee has decided to postpone until a later date a planned photograph of local residents forming a “human heart.” The soup, salad and bread portion [...]
Read More →As Portsmouth turns 375, call goes out for party planners
PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth turns a ripe old 375 years old in 2013 and a committee is hard at work to make sure the town receives a fitting birthday party. Plenty of good ideas have surfaced so far, said Doug Smith, the man who launched the 375 Steering Committee. The challenge will be finding people to [...]
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