Press Releases/What’s New

The City of Portsmouth presents the annual fireworks display on Thursday, July 3, 2025 at South Mill Pond with a rain date of Saturday, July 5. This celebration is an alcohol-free, family-friendly event. The City has not allocated funds for fireworks in next year’s budget. Unless a private donor steps forward to sponsor the event, this year’s celebration will mark the final Independence Day fireworks display.

On June 26th, 2025, at 3:57pm, the Portsmouth Police Patrol Division responded to the area of 2021 Lafayette Road for a report of a motor vehicle accident with entrapment. Upon arrival, it was discovered a white work van heading southbound on Lafayette Road veered across northbound traffic, subsequently driving through a residential fence before colliding with multiple vehicles parked in a private driveway. 

The City's Planning & Sustainability Department and the Housing Blue Ribbon Committee invited community members to a public meeting on Thursday, July 10. The meeting featured a presentation by RKG Associates on their findings related to the City’s workforce housing incentives policy.

The Department of Public Works Parks & Greenery Group continues to apply a variety of measures intended to control the impact Canada Geese are having at Four Tree Island, Prescott Park, and Bohenko Gateway Park.

As the Seacoast experiences wet conditions conducive to the proliferation of mosquitoes, the City of Portsmouth is continuing its annual mosquito control program, active since April. The program includes larval monitoring and the application of larvicide in identified risk areas, such as wetlands and salt marshes. The City’s consultant Dragon Mosquito Control, Inc.