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11/28/2006

School board votes to sue town
PORTSMOUTH —The School Committee voted 4 to 3 along party lines last night to sue the town to recover a big chunk of the $1.1 million voters cut from school spending at the special Financial Town Meeting in August.

11/22/2006

Motorcyclist killed in crash with bus
PORTSMOUTH — A motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a school bus on East Main Road yesterday afternoon. The 45 students on the bus were unhurt.

Two school officials to take seats

11/21/2006

School panel to decide on revenue-recovery suit
PORTSMOUTH — The School Committee plans to decide Monday whether to sue the town to recover a portion of the $1.1 million in revenue cut by voters at a special Financial Town Meeting in August.

Tax-deferral applications available through end of Dec.
PORTSMOUTH — Applications for tax deferrals for disabled or elderly low-income homeowners will be available through Dec. 31 in the office of the tax assessor and tax collector in Town Hall or may be downloaded from the town’s Web site, according to town officials.

11/15/2006

Discussion of schools audit stirs tensions
PORTSMOUTH — The two sides warring over the school budget last night managed to fight over the one thing everyone had agreed upon – ordering a program audit to determine how efficiently the schools spend taxpayers’ money.

Receivership looming for development
PORTSMOUTH — The Freedom Bay condominium project will go into receivership next month unless its developers secure financing by Nov. 30.

11/14/2006

School board to consider suing town over deficit
PORTSMOUTH — The School Committee is expected to move closer tonight to suing the town under the provisions of the Caruolo Act to recover a portion of the $1.1 million in revenue cut by voters at the Financial Town Meeting in August.

11/11/2006

‘Remember Michael’
PORTSMOUTH — The riderless horse led the procession from St. Mary’s Episcopal Church to the cemetery plot where Sgt. Michael R. Weidemann would be buried.

GOP candidate seeks recount in House District 72 contest
Republican John Robitaille, who lost by 13 votes in his bid to unseat Democratic state Rep. Amy G. Rice in House District 72, yesterday asked the state Board of Elections for a recount, saying he was particularly concerned that the vote in Middletown might have been counted inaccurately.

11/10/2006

Deputy Chief Lynch to head Fire Department
PORTSMOUTH _ Jeffrey P. Lynch, deputy chief of the Fire Department, has been selected to succeed Fire Chief Alan T. Adams, who plans to retire effective Dec. 9.

11/09/2006

Absentee ballots give McIntyre council seat
PORTSMOUTH — Peter J. McIntyre, the lone Republican incumbent on the Town Council, has squeaked by political newcomer Mark J. Katzman, a Democrat, to retain his seat for a third consecutive term.

11/08/2006

Portsmouth Democrats lead in school board, council races
PORTSMOUTH — With 470 absentee votes still to be counted, Democrats appeared to retain control of both the Town Council and the School Committee last night, but just barely.