Organizers invite anyone who has participated before in the annual Christmas Bird counts on Ocracoke or Portsmouth Island, or ...

If early colonists had been better birders, the Portsmouth island that overlooks the mouth of the Elizabeth River might be known today as Heron Island. Instead, settlers named the spot for the ...

Countless people have gazed across the water off Portsmouth's South End and wondered who lives in the house on Round Island. They've wondered how the island residents get back and forth from the ...

A speck of an island off the coast of North Carolina has held a special place in Robin Kent Pittman's heart. Quaint Portsmouth Island, located several miles west of Cape Hatteras along the Outer Banks ...

WAS BETWEEN 5:30 AND 7:30 A.M. ON DECEMBER 30, CALL MANCHESTER POLICE. ERIN: RIGHT NOW IN PORTSMOUTH, STATE POLICE SAY FOUL PLAY IS NOT SUSPECTED AFTER A BODY WAS FOUND OFF THE SHORE OF FOUR TREE ...

PORTSMOUTH — The city's newly established Public Art Review Committee is launching a process to plan, create and install a signature work of art on city property at Peirce Island using funding from ...

Stepping into the uninhabited town of Portsmouth is like stepping back through time. Although its former residents have long since disappeared, the homes and buildings remain much as they were in this ...