As New Hampshire's only deep water port, the Portsmouth Harbor on the Piscataqua River was an important trading port in colonial America. The success of the port soon lead to the need for a lighthouse ...

NEW CASTLE — Two recent January storms caused extensive damage to the base of the historic Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse and an adjacent 1903 oil house. The storms hit almost back to back on Jan. 10 ...

COMES TO PORTSMOUTH HARBOR. IT’S A TRAGIC, TRAGIC INCIDENT. THE PORTSMOUTH HARBOR SEES 200 SHIPS COME AND GO FROM THE HARBOR EVERY YEAR. THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SAYS IT HANDLES 3.5 MILLION TONS OF ...

PORTSMOUTH — Ten years after the Memorial Bridge avoided catastrophic damage when it was struck by a 600-foot tanker in 2014, experts in bridge design and safety say the major bridges in Portsmouth ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Multiple agencies worked together to remove a sinking boat in the harbor Monday morning, according to Portsmouth police. The removal was a coordinated effort involving Portsmouth’s ...

Portsmouth Harbor is narrow, and this weekend its ships are tall. Tall ships are returning to the Granite State’s seaport, led by the U.S. Coast Guard’s barque Eagle, followed by schooners ...

The tall ships sailed into Portsmouth on Friday to kick off this year's Sail Portsmouth event. The Parade of Sail kicked off Friday morning, with visiting tall ships escorted up the Piscataqua River ...

A Russian flagged vessel reportedly with 13 crew still aboard is listing 'significantly' outside of Portsmouth Harbor may have to await further rescue attempt, as the weather forecast is poor with ...

PORTSMOUTH — Three tall ships sailed into Portsmouth Harbor Thursday greeted with cannon fire and by hundreds of spectators on land and sea cheering the Parade of Sail. They will remain in the city ...

With a single piper playing bagpipes on deck, a restored World War Two amphibious vehicle landed on Gold Beach in Normandy on Thursday, exactly 80 years after the allied landing that started the ...