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9:08 a.m. Personal injury accident reported on Commercial Avenue. 10:32 a.m. Property damage accident report taken on Bartlett Street.

A South End teen accused of burglarizing a New Castle home, while on bail for a charge alleging he burglarized a Portsmouth home, waived his right to a speedy trial and won't get in front of a judge until January.

Duncan McDougall went to Brazil, but the students of Maude H. Trefethen School could not figure out how he got there.

In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, Members of Coast Guard Station Portsmouth Harbor decorate the Fort Point Lighthouse in New Castle, NH, with a wreath for the holidays, Tues., Dec.

Maude H. Trefethen School students will attend a book delivery and storytelling presentation by the Children's Literacy Foundation at 8:30 a.m. Friday.

In response to a "confidential report" revealing numerous police department inadequacies, all town police officers have been trained to use handguns and tactical rifles, the town has withdrawn from the regional SWAT team, there is new policy regarding the police chief working paid details and new police operating procedures have been written.

Last December, Lisa Freyenhagen and Deck Robblee worked as volunteers at a Portsmouth High School shelter following one of the most devastating ice storms in state history.

Share + Dec 5, 2009 12:45 pm US/Eastern NEW CASTLE, N.H. Months before the former police chief in New Castle, N.H., was charged with stealing money from charity, a consultant hired to analyze his performance concluded he lacked the skill and judgment to do his job.

Four months before former Police Chief James Murphy was arrested on a felony charge alleging he stole charity money, a pair of consultants published a "confidential report" saying Murphy's subordinate officers were carrying weapons they weren't trained to use, that Murphycollected private detail pay while on salary and that he spent too much time ...

DECEMBER EXTRAORDINARY CINEMA: Dec. 3: Bright Star, . Dec. 6: A Christmas Story , 1 p.m. The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth.

The town's residents gave their overwhelming support to the purchase of Mill Island, Long Rock Island and Birch Island, voting Tuesday to allow the Board of Selectmen to issue $150,000 in bonds to purchase the land.

Selectmen are considering increasing the cost of graves in the town cemetery, as recommended by Department of Public Works Manager John Starkey.

Jesse Brooks sought revenge just as his multi-millionaire father did when they planned the murder-for-hire killing of their one-time mover in 2005, prosecutors said today during closing arguments.

Local lawyer Jay Nadeau has been retained by the Town of New Castle to work as its prosecutor.

The Fire Department lived in the same crowded fire station since it was built in the '70s. The lunch and meeting "rooms" were a table beside the fire engines.

A city native facing seven charges, some alleging he taunted police officers while jogging, petitioned the District Court for exceptions to a ban prohibiting him from Portsmouth.

A teenager convicted of drug possession in connection with a student's overdose death claims in a federal lawsuit that the New Castle School District and the city's police department violated civil rights laws by conducting an "intentionally negligent" investigation into the overdose.

While on bail for a charge alleging he burglarized a city home, Storm Addison broke into a New Castle home, stole valuables, fled on a "gas-powered bicycle" and failed to stop for police, according to court records.

New Castle's former police chief has been indicted by a grand jury for stealing approximately $8,000 from a food drive fund for roughly four years, according to indictments released this morning.