PORTSMOUTH and#8212; Heavy rains led to flooding under the Bartlett Street bridge Thursday afternoon, temporarily stranding a single vehicle.

SAN DIEGO and#8212; Manny Ramirez will be back in big leagues tonight after a 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy. His return should be nothing short of a spectacle.

Women in the United States and especially in New England love to complain about men and the whole dating scene. But with so much attention being focused on the Middle...

In reviewing my current tax bill, I noted our taxes increased by 7.9 percent from 2008 to 2009 on the same valuation. Over that same period of time, depending on...

Fireworks displays celebrating the Fourth of July are scheduled throughout the Seacoast this weekend. Displays are planned in Rochester and York, Maine on Friday; in Dover, Greenland, Rye and Kennebunk,...

PORTSMOUTH and#8212; Another wet forecast has forced the city to postpone the fireworks display scheduled for tonight. It will be held Sunday evening.

Patty is a spayed 5-year-old Maine Coon cat. She has been good with children of all ages, other cats and dogs.

SEABROOK and#8212; After months of speculation and legislative hearings, Seabrook Greyhound Park will no longer be obligated to offer live greyhound racing as a prerequisite to showing and#8212; and taking...

Portsmouth

EXETER and#8212; It was easy to see that Adam Myerson really enjoyed winning the men's title at the 27th annual Exeter Criterium.

NEW CASTLE and#8212; The state has removed its high-bacteria advisory at New Castle Town Beach, after test results returned Thursday afternoon indicated the levels had dropped dramatically.

York, Maine

EAST KINGSTON and#8212; A local woman has seemingly been duped out of $1,500 by a company that claimed it could ease her mortgage troubles.

BRENTWOOD and#8212; A judge has denied a request for early release from prison for a man who caused permanent injuries to a former liquor commission officer by crashing into him...

BIDDEFORD, Maine and#8212; Ann M. Dealy, 90, died Sunday, June 28, 2009, at St. Andre's Health Care Facility in Biddeford, Maine.

PORTSMOUTH and#8212; Police Chief Michael Magnant is leaving the Portsmouth Police Department after 30 years to become administrator for the town of Rye.

PORTSMOUTH and#8212; Phyllis Ruth Breton, 101, died Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at the Edgewood Centre.

June 30

NORTHWOOD and#8212; Raymond E. Caron, 89, died Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at the Pleasant View Center in Concord after a long period of failing health.

In "Public Enemies," two threats to law and order loom over Depression-era America. One is John Dillinger, a gallant bank robber, and his gang. The other is a new national...