Portsmouth Daily Times

3 days ago | portsmouth-dailytimes.com | Paul Boggs

WEST PORTSMOUTH — The West High School softball squad has, throughout its history, been highly successful in Southeast District tournament competition. They welcomed the Ripley Blue Jays to the Southeast District by making Monday's matchup a short one — raining on the Blue Jays' parade once the rain finally stopped on the West side. kAm%92EVD 3642FD6 E96 7:7E9\D66565 $6?2E@CDV D9@CE H@C< @7 E96 q=F6 y2JD H2D 2 7:G6\:??:?8 >6C4J\CF=6 D9FE@FE[ 2D (6DE H@? `_\_ :? 2 s:G:D:@?

3 days ago | portsmouth-dailytimes.com | Joseph Pratt

Portsmouth Little Theatre has been deep into bootcamp rehearsals of its 2024/2025 season closing show "M*A*S*H." As the community voices anticipation, it may have the theatre thinking it may be their most popular show after a season of saying the same thing with titles like "Misery," "A Christmas Story," "Clue," and "Shawshank Redemption." Like some of those popular shows, the theatre announced that demand for tickets was so high that they were forced to add a fifth show to accommodate the...

3 days ago | portsmouth-dailytimes.com | Joseph Pratt

Monitoring funding coming from Capitol Hill can be a whirlwind right now. Last week, we reported on a series of events that impacted Trillium Project’s $50,000 Second Glance Project National Endowment for the Arts funding, which was canceled, then permitted withdrawal, then uncertainty in a disbursement before the group decided to accept that they would not likely be receiving such previously promised funding.

3 days ago | portsmouth-dailytimes.com | Joseph Pratt

Over the weekend, many in the community celebrated Mother’s Day Weekend with those they love. While the day has come and gone, it is hard not to look at some of the most influential mothers in history, not only on a global scale, but on a local level. One of those women made such a sacrifice that she is a household name in the Portsmouth community almost 100 years later leaving behind a legacy in her 90-year-old daughter.

4 days ago | portsmouth-dailytimes.com | Lori McNelly

Portsmouth City Council decided Monday not to move ahead with a resolution to make the city an LGBTQ+ sanctuary city. Despite revised language the new resolution did not make it out of the city manager’s meeting discussion phase. All members of council voted against the measure to move it to a regular council meeting except Councilman Sean Dunne, who introduced both versions of the resolution. kAmx7 2AAC@G65 3J 4@F?4:=[ DF49 2 C6D@=FE:@? H@F=5 92G6ik^AmkF=mk=:m!C@4=2:>65 E96 4:EJ 2 D276 92G6?