In a town where most people are just one degree of separation from each other, the tragedy at the Portsmouth American Citizens Club has touched everyone.

Police are investigating whether any 'criminal factors' were involved in the collapse. PORTSMOUTH – Kim Paquette, 59, went to high school here but lives over the bridge in Tiverton now.

Police are investigating whether any 'criminal factors' were involved in the collapse. PORTSMOUTH – Kim Paquette, 59, went to high school here but lives over the bridge in Tiverton now.

Police are investigating whether any 'criminal factors' were involved in the collapse. PORTSMOUTH – Kim Paquette, 59, went to high school here but lives over the bridge in Tiverton now.

15-year-old Kelly Nevitt was killed and several others injured when the stairs at the Portsmouth Portuguese American Citizens Club collapsed on June 7. Since then, community members and strangers have ...