Summer in Portsmouth is a celebration of music, the arts, food, history, and the waters and natural beauty that surround the city. Throw in the city’s annual festivals, parades and traditions, a ...

As New Hampshire's only deep water port, the Portsmouth Harbor on the Piscataqua River was an important trading port in colonial America. The success of the port soon lead to the need for a lighthouse ...

Juneteenth celebrations across New Hampshire Thursday marked the end of slavery in the U.S. nearly 160 years ago. But participants at many events, including at a freedom walk on the Seacoast, had the ...

PORTSMOUTH — This weekend, the 34th Annual Gingerbread House Contest and Exhibition kicks off at the Portsmouth Historical Society on the New Hampshire Heritage Museum Trail. This year’s theme is ...

Portsmouth has led before and will lead again. Not by repeating the past, but by carrying forward its courage and sense of ...

Friday: Cloudy with afternoon rain, with a high of 42 and low of 37 degrees.

“I was horrified,” said Greg Eatroff, curator of the local history and genealogy room at the Portsmouth Public Library. “It’s just such a historically important building. … It was architecturally ...

Learn local historical moments and facts about Women's History Month in the Granite State. Victoria Arlen is a former Paralympic swimmer from Exeter. She earned three silvers and a gold medal at the ...