Denise Wheeler suggests Portsmouth Historical Society's Betty and Barney Hill exhibit shows how local history strengthens ...

Virginia lawmakers have invested $1 million in the Museum of Black Women Innovators in Portsmouth, set to honor 250 Black ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Summer in Portsmouth is a celebration of music, the arts, food, history, and the waters and natural beauty that surround the city.

PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth homeowners are being invited to apply for a historic plaque to place on their homes to identify a prominent owner and the date the house was built. Emma Stratton, executive ...

Portsmouth, Ohio blends history and innovation with murals, museums, and a thriving game design hub. Portsmouth, Ohio, where three rivers meet, blends rich history with modern innovation. From vibrant ...

The Portsmouth Historic Sites Associates will present its annual winter symposium, “Life and Death in the Piscataqua Region,” Saturday, Feb. 15. The symposium will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St ...

I was thinking again this week about how many people from Elsewhere, USA devoted a good chunk of their lives to preserving and telling Portsmouth history. There was librarian Dorothy Vaughan, of ...

“I was horrified,” said Greg Eatroff, curator of the local history and genealogy room at the Portsmouth Public Library. “It’s just such a historically important building. … It was architecturally ...