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 →Local delegation tours Portsmouth, UK
PORTSMOUTH — There must be a pub on every block in Portsmouth, says Doug Smith. That would be Portsmouth, England, where a contingent of local residents are visiting through Wednesday. Their common goal: To invite the port city’s future Lord Mayor designee, Lynn Stagg, back here to help the town celebrate its 375th anniversary Labor Day [...]
Read More →Spring cleaning for Founder’s Grove in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — Three hundred and seventy-five years later, the family of Anne Hutchinson is still touting the benefits of medicinal herbs. “This is an old-fashioned pharmacy,” said Michael Ford, pointing to an herb garden at the Anne M. Hutchinson Memorial Park at Founder’s Grove, which was cleaned up Saturday by members of the Portsmouth Garden Club [...]
Read More →Portsmouth park on Wounded Warrior’s stop
PORTSMOUTH — Those cleaning up the Anne M. Hutchinson Memorial Park at Founder’s Grove Saturday got a surprise visitor decked out in heavy motorcycle gear. Bruce Garry, a member of the Wounded Warrior Project, hopped off his motorcycle and walked into the park around 11:30 a.m., then asked someone to take his picture posing in front [...]
Read More →Portsmouth 375th busy on Saturday
PORTSMOUTH — It will be another busy weekend for the Portsmouth 375th celebration. First, the 375th Steering Committee is helping to promote the Portsmouth Free Public Library‘s annual spring fund-raiser, “Touch-a-Truck,” which starts at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 4, at Glen Park. The event gives youngsters a chance to get up close and personal with all [...]
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 →Portsmouth Compact visits hometown after 374-year absence
PORTSMOUTH — In her first appearance here since 1639, the Portsmouth Compact made a brief but memorable visit before more than 200 adoring fans today. After a ceremony in the Town Council chambers, curious onlookers gathered around to take a peek at the treasured document, which established the settlement of Portsmouth 375 years ago today: [...]
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 [...]
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