High Street in Portsmouth’s Olde Towne neighborhood is seeing a new wave of small businesses, with two of the newest filling vacant units and becoming part of the city’s mission to bring value back downtown.
Half Full Bookstore, owned by former public librarian Tiana Skinner, opened in December 2025 on the corner of High Street and Washington. Right next door, Samuel Lowry opened Track Team Headquarters, a music and clothing brand, last month.
Skinner said opening in Olde Towne was a deliberate choice…