Wednesday,
January 13, 1999



Close to the action
1/13/99 - PORTSMOUTH - Brittany Childress is always looking for action. The 19-year-old Portsmouth native, born with Down syndrome, set her eyes on City Hall when scouting around for volunteer work...

Parent voices problems with bus driver
1/13/99 - PORTSMOUTH - A school bus driver who swears, demeans and in some cases physically moves students cannot be tolerated, said parent Nancy Peyser at last night's School Board meeting, describing some of the longstanding complaints about a Dondero School driver.

Rye voters get first look at town budget
1/13/99 - RYE - Voters will get their first look at the proposed 1999-2000 town budget at a public hearing at 7 p.m. today in the Rye Junior High School.

Sununu to visit Pease
1/13/99 - PORTSMOUTH - U.S. Rep. John E. Sununu, R-N.H., will tour Pan American Airlines' facility at Pease International Tradeport today.

Dole organizer stops at Geno's
1/13/99 - PORTSMOUTH - If you want to win the Republican nomination for president, you have to start by winning over the folks at Geno's Coffee Shop on Mechanic Street.

Permit parking possible
1/12/99 - PORTSMOUTH - City planners have warned against it, but lower Hanover Street neighbors coaxed the City Council last night to consider emergency permit parking for residents squeezed out by new construction and commuters hunting for free parking spots.



Portsmouth Police Log
1/13/99 - PORTSMOUTH - Portsmouth police made the following arrests and conducted the following business recently

Brittany Childress recently received an award from Portsmouth Mayor Evelyn Sirrell in recognition of her three months of work on scrapbooks chronicling Sirrell's tenure as mayor.
Staff photo by Ryan Mercer




Winnacunnet boys give Trinity the slip
1/13/99 - HAMPTON - The surprise in Hampton last night wasn't that the Winnacunnet High School boys basketball team picked up a Class L victory against Trinity, but how it did so.

Lancers leave PHS at a loss
1/13/99 - PORTSMOUTH - There are 0-5 teams and then there are the Clippers.




Return of passenger railroad to Seacoast an achievement
1/12/99 - On Monday, Maine Gov. Angus King drove a golden spike into a railroad tie, symbolically signaling the start of construction on the passenger rail link between Portland and Boston.





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