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• Airplane flying over Portsmouth wasn't Air Force One - WMUR Manchester

  18-05-2018 21:17 via wmur.com
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  Airplane flying over Portsmouth wasn't Air Force One
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  A plane that looks suspiciously like Air Force One (but isn't) flies over the Portsmouth area. Advertisement. Watch awesome night eruption of Kilauea Volcano. Loading more articles... Advertisement ...
  
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• West falls to Rock Hill in 1-0 heartbreaker

  18-05-2018 20:53
  CHILLICOTHE — When a coach, who has been a leader of the same program for more than two decades, says that a contest is arguably the finest that he’s ever been a part of, that truly is saying something special for the individuals who took part in Thursday’s Division III, Chillicothe I District Semifinal between the West Senators’ baseball program and the Rock Hill Redmen baseball program.
  And what’s even better: one couldn’t find many people, if anybody at all
  
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• Valley outduels Eastern in extras, 7-5

  18-05-2018 19:46
  The Valley Indians came to Rio Grande on Thursday night expecting to play in a softball game.
  Instead, it was a marathon.
  In a 15-inning affair, Valley was able to outlast Reedsville Eastern 7-5. Marissa Markins slapped a two RBI grounder up the gap in the middle of the field in the top of the 15th, scoring Halee Stone and Margaret Caldwell.
  Markins (1-for-7) saved her first hit of the game for crunch time, capitalizing on her chance late in the contest.
  “She’s been struggling a litt
  
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• City proclaims May 21 'Discover Portsmouth Day' - Seacoastonline.com

  18-05-2018 19:10 via seacoastonline.com
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  City proclaims May 21 'Discover Portsmouth Day'
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  PORTSMOUTH -- Hear ye! Hear ye! May 21 is officially “Discover Portsmouth Day.” A city proclamation this week honors the nonprofit Portsmouth Historical Society for what City Manager John Bohenko calls “the stunning transformation” of the former ...
  
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• Portsmouth-born Mount to train with Southgate's England squad - The News

  18-05-2018 19:06 via portsmouth.co.uk
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  Portsmouth-born Mount to train with Southgate's England squad
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  Portsmouth-born Mason Mount has been called up to train with England next week ahead of the World Cup. The attacking midfielder, who attended Purbrook Park school, was due to link up with the Three Lions' under-19 side in La Manga, Spain.and more »
  
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• Minford magic continues in walkoff thriller

  18-05-2018 19:00
  CHILLICOTHE — Over the course of the 2018 season, the Minford Falcons’ baseball program have put together some of the most incredible victories that one would ever hope to see.
  A 9-8 victory over the Wheelersburg Pirates’ baseball program on a walkoff base hit by freshman nine-hole hitter Elijah Vogelsong-Lewis and a 5-4 victory over the Waverly Tigers’ baseball program in 12 innings where Minford overcame a 4-1 deficit in the top of the 12th to win after the Tigers were
  
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• Suspicious package investigated at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth - WAVY-TV

  18-05-2018 18:57 via wavy.com
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  Suspicious package investigated at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
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  PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) -- A suspicious package is being investigated at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, officials confirm. A spokesperson with the medical center tells WAVY.com the incident was reported just before 11:30 a.m. There was no lockdown ...
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• Seacoast real estate sees 'modest' April - Seacoastonline.com

  18-05-2018 16:44 via seacoastonline.com
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  Seacoast real estate sees 'modest' April
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  PORTSMOUTH -- April marked what the Seacoast Board of Realtors described as a “modest” beginning to the spring season of residential real estate sales in the region. The Portsmouth-based board said while the area had record high residential ...
  
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• Police, firefighters and EMTs get lifesaver awards - Seacoastonline.com

  18-05-2018 16:24 via seacoastonline.com
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  Police, firefighters and EMTs get lifesaver awards
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  PORTSMOUTH -- Police officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians were honored by Portsmouth Regional Hospital Thursday night for exemplary work performed in the line of duty and often during life-or-death circumstances. The honors were ...
  
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• South Webster High School Graduation

  18-05-2018 16:23
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• Sexual risk order bans Portsmouth pensioner from Philippines, Thailand and Cambodia - The News

  18-05-2018 15:20 via portsmouth.co.uk
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  Sexual risk order bans Portsmouth pensioner from Philippines, Thailand and Cambodia
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  A PENSIONER has been banned from travelling to three countries after a judge imposed a sexual risk order. Peter Campbell-Smith, 71, of Berkshire Close, Portsmouth, has been made subject to a sexual risk order for two years. The Portsmouth Magistrates' ...
  
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• Former Portsmouth MP Mike Hancock faces censure for not taking part in vote-rigging inquiry - The News

  18-05-2018 14:57 via portsmouth.co.uk
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  Former Portsmouth MP Mike Hancock faces censure for not taking part in vote-rigging inquiry
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  FORMER Portsmouth MP Mike Hancock faces censure after not taking part in a vote-rigging corruption inquiry. The former Portsmouth South representative, who was ousted from the Lib Dems, faces losing his 'honorary associate' title at the Council of ...
  
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• CCTV released after Portsmouth flat is burgled - The News

  18-05-2018 14:42 via portsmouth.co.uk
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  CCTV released after Portsmouth flat is burgled
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  POLICE have released CCTV images of two men they would like to speak to in connection with a burglary in Portsmouth. It comes after they were seen on Hampshire Terrace on Saturday, May 14 – where a flat in Park View Apartments was broken into ...
  
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• Store closures: could Mothercare in Portsmouth shut? - The News

  18-05-2018 13:49 via portsmouth.co.uk
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  Store closures: could Mothercare in Portsmouth shut?
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  The retail giant will close the branches as part of a company voluntary agreement (CVA) after picking up a £72.8m pre-tax loss over the past year. But in an alleged 'leaked list', it has been revealed Portsmouth could be one of the sites earmarked to ...and more »
  
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• Derry City striker Ronan Curtis set to join Portsmouth - Buzz.ie

  18-05-2018 13:08 via buzz.ie
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  Derry City striker Ronan Curtis set to join Portsmouth
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  Derry City striker Ronan Curtis is set to join League One side Portsmouth on a two-year deal, according to the local papers. Pompey, who finished five points off the playoffs in League One this season, are coughing up £100,000 for Curtis. The 22-year ...and more »
  
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• Portsmouth vigil honours 60 protestors killed in Gaza - The News

  18-05-2018 12:12 via portsmouth.co.uk
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  Portsmouth vigil honours 60 protestors killed in Gaza
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  More than 25 people gathered in Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, last night to mourn Palestinian demonstrators who were killed by Israeli forces in a major protest on Monday. The events, close to the border, led to 2,200 people being injured by gunfire or ...
  
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• Portsmouth girl with cystic fibrosis delivers hundreds of letters to Downing Street - The News

  18-05-2018 07:06 via portsmouth.co.uk
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  Portsmouth girl with cystic fibrosis delivers hundreds of letters to Downing Street
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  MORE than 1,000 letters calling for a life-changing drug to be free have been delivered to Downing Street. Four-year-old Ivy Weir, from Portsmouth, knocked on the black door of number 10 and handed over the letters written by children and young people ...
  
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• Portsmouth skipper bullish ahead of Calmore trip - The News

  18-05-2018 07:01 via portsmouth.co.uk
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  Portsmouth skipper bullish ahead of Calmore trip
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  Portsmouth have captain Jack Marston back for their Southern League division one visit to reigning champions Calmore Sports on Saturday. Marston missed last weekend's abandoned game at Ventnor because of university exams. Calmore were only denied ...
  
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• Portsmouth campaigner has 'amazing time' at Buckingham Palace garden party - The News

  18-05-2018 07:01 via portsmouth.co.uk
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  Portsmouth campaigner has 'amazing time' at Buckingham Palace garden party
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  A CAMPAIGNER said she felt honoured to attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace as a thank you for her hard work getting people who died in the Second World War remembered. Jean Louth, from Portsmouth, travelled to London this week for the ...
  
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• Who is in your driver’s seat?

  18-05-2018 06:00
  Oftentimes you think nothing of getting into your car and taking off to your next destination or task. You think to yourself, “I have a sound mind, am focused and prepared for my next task or event.”
  My question is “who” is in your driver’s seat?
  If you are rested and relaxed, your brain is allowing the analytical-focused you to take control. However, if you are irritable from lack of sleep or from a challenging situation, the emotional-irritable you will often atte
  
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• Student donates to autism ‘to help people with my disability’

  18-05-2018 06:00
  Notre Dame High School student Alyssa Hiles, 17 and a junior, has a pretty good reason for having spent at least part of all her high school years so far raising money for the Autism Project of Southern Ohio.
  “I just want to help people with my disability,” Alyssa said. “It can be hard.”
  At least during a brief interview, there are few outward signs Alyssa has autism herself. Nevertheless, she attends school only with help of an aide who is with her throughout every schoo
  
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• Strength in numbers

  18-05-2018 06:00
  Led primarily by the Greater Ohio Policy Center in Columbus, some 30 representatives of private, public, nonprofit and philanthropic sectors from across the state came together during the past several months and produced and signed a document entitled “A Vision for Ohio’s Reinvention Cities,” a planning paper made public Thursday.
  One of the signatories was Portsmouth Ward 1 Councilman Sean Dunne, who said the overall idea is to give Ohio’s smaller cities a much bigger, u
  
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• Senators push for pension solutions

  18-05-2018 06:00
  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) Thursday to chair the third hearing of the bipartisan, joint House-Senate committee tasked with solving the pending pension crisis threatening small businesses and 1.3 million workers and retirees nationwide. More than 60,000 Ohio workers and retirees are at risk.
  During the hearing, Brown questioned Thomas Reeder, executive director of the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC), on exactly what
  
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• Senate passes resolution to preserve net neutrality

  18-05-2018 06:00
  WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted in favor of the reinstatement of net neutrality rules in order to protect the right to a free and open internet.
  Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), who joined a petition last week to force a Senate vote overturning the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) repeal of net neutrality rules, was among those voting to reinstate net neutrality. The resolution now moves to the House.
  “Net neutrality is about keeping the internet access
  
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• Jerusalem is a beloved piece of land

  18-05-2018 06:00
  President Trump’s name will be stamped on a piece of the Holy Land.
  According to a 2018 newspaper article in the Jerusalem Post, a small area near the United States Embassy in Jerusalem will be named “United States Square in honor of President Donald Trump.” www.jpost.com.
  Why the bestowing of honor on an American leader? On Dec. 6, 2017, President Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; an event long awaited by pro-Israel American Jews, the nation of Israel and ev
  
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• It’s not too early for back-to-school immunizations

  18-05-2018 06:00
  The Portsmouth City Health Department recognizes that the school year is coming to an end, but would like to encourage parents to have their children immunized for the 2018-19 school year now to avoid the back-to-school immunization rush. Parents of kindergartners, seventh graders and students entering college are encouraged to review their children’s immunization record to ensure they are ready for the upcoming year.
  Back-to-school vaccinations help protect Ohio’s children and famil
  
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• Haspel’s torture record violates American values

  18-05-2018 06:00
  When you find yourself wounded in enemy territory, as I did after my Blackhawk helicopter was shot down in Iraq, you develop an elevated understanding of the threat of torture by those who may capture and hold you prisoner. How you are treated is affected by how brutally your own nation treats individuals in its custody, which is why it’s so important that the United States leads in recognizing that torture is illegal under our own federal law and the law of armed conflict that our nation
  
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• Edgewood Manor thanks local law enforcement

  18-05-2018 06:00
  On behalf of National Law Enforcement Week, Edgewood Manor of Lucasville dropped off some special sweets to the hard-working individuals at the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office to show their appreciation.
  “For National Law Enforcement Week, we at Edgewood Manor wanted to do something special for our local law enforcement,” Edgewood Manor Director of Admissions Cindy Stevens said. “We would like to thank the Scioto County Sheriff’s Department for all their hard work, d
  
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• Committee approves bipartisan legislation for veterans museum

  18-05-2018 06:00
  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) applauded
  The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday passed bipartisan legislation, the National Veterans Memorial and Museum Act, which would designate the Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus as the National Veterans Memorial and Museum. This museum will provide an important venue to honor America’s veterans and educate the American people about their sacrifice.
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• Portsmouth board endorses zoning change for apartment complex - Seacoastonline.com

  18-05-2018 05:26 via seacoastonline.com
  Portsmouth board endorses zoning change for apartment complex
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  PORTSMOUTH - The Planning Board voted 5-2 to recommend that the City Council rezone a 10-acre property off Bartlett Street, where developers want to build as many as 120 apartments near the North Mill Pond. The board recommended the City Council ...
  
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• Barrington edges Portsmouth in boys lacrosse; Mt. Hope beats Middletown in girls lacrosse - WPRI 12 Eyewitness News

  18-05-2018 05:06 via wpri.com
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  Barrington edges Portsmouth in boys lacrosse; Mt. Hope beats Middletown in girls lacrosse
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  Barrington edges Portsmouth in boys lacrosse, 14-13; Mt. Hope beats Middletown in girls lacrosse, 15-3. Continue Reading. Copyright 2018 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, ...
  
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• Trial continued for Portsmouth firefighter accused of starting dumpster fires - WAVY-TV

  18-05-2018 03:44 via wavy.com
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  Trial continued for Portsmouth firefighter accused of starting dumpster fires
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  CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) -- A Portsmouth firefighter accused of burning trash dumpsters behind a Chesapeake grocery store will be back in court in July for a preliminary hearing. His attorney requested a continuance Thursday, in order to have more time ...
  
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