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Wasnt fire alarms that woke the family up. It was ammo. 19 02 30 i have between two and three thousand rounds in there so it made a lot of boom. The closet in the master bedroom was filled with lots of ammunition. Thats where the fire started. 19 01 22 i popped my head up and all i saw was red. I mean the whole closet was red, and at that point i knew that it was get the hell out of there time. Kirks father is also a volunteer firefighter and he arrived on scene to help get the fire under contro...

Anna Packer passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the The Daily Item on 2024-05-06.

The town of Packersfield, N.H., was formed in 1774. It was named for Thomas Packer, the high sheriff of Portsmouth, who was one of the largest landowners in the area

Few places in the world have as ghostly a reputation as New England. It’s the region that gave us Stephen King and the Cthulhu Mythos. It also has some of

Mayor Robert Restaino secured a spot in the November election Tuesday night. Earlier that evening, he unexpectedly ended an interview with 2 On Your Side.

For 10 years, long ago, there was an elk outside my bedroom window. It never moved. The life-sized bronze statue stood on a pedestal in front of the Elks Lodge in downtown Portsmouth. I lived across from 93 Pleasant St. I was so fascinated by the giant metal deer that I never paid much attention to the three-story brick building that loomed behind.  I didn’t know it had been a private home and a hotel, and I didn’t believe the rumor that George Washington slept there. Until last week, I ...

Board Chairman Dexter Legg called the proposed project at 93 Pleasant St. by developer Mark McNabb “terrific.” “I’m really excited about it, I think we all are,” Legg said. He also referenced a comment that Gov. Chris Sununu made recently during a State of the State address to the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth. “I’ll paraphrase him: ‘You can’t say you support business if you don’t support affordable housing’ and this is so necessary for Portsmouth and for th...

wscott@heraldstaronline.com The Brooke High School SkillsUSA Chapter has thanked the community for supporting the most successful food drive among those spearheaded by SkillsUSA chapters throughout West Virginia. The group also was recognized for its “sculpture” of much the food into a small Christmas tree and fireplace, complete with donated socks for Christmas stockings. With the food are, from left, Kendrick Fish, vice president; Madison Ely, club reporter; Jason Polgar, president;...