Seats first to go in Portsmouth High auditorium renovations

New lighting, sound systems come next

By Jim McGaw
Posted 6/27/19

PORTSMOUTH — It was out with the old inside the Portsmouth High School auditorium, as the original, 50-plus-year-old wooden folding chairs were ripped out Thursday, June 27, to make way for new cushioned seats that are arriving in about three weeks.

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