Portsmouth Bar The Page to Close Down

Last call at The Page will be Thursday night after the restaurant owners announced they will close their bar for good.

Jon Wells, the general manager of The Page, confirmed Thursday evening the bar will close one week before the retaurant's parent corporation, New Adventure Entertainment, LLC, was scheduled to have a hearing before the New Hampshire Liquor Commission to see if it would retain its liquor license.

"It's official tonight is the last night that The Page will be open," the bar wrote on its Facebook page. "Come down for Game 7 of Spurs vs Heat and enjoy $3 for ANY beer!"

Some Portsmouth area residents posted comments that they felt it was the right thing for The Page to do.

"It's what they deserve," wrote Molly Sinclair.

"Glad to hear it. It is too bad someone had to lose their life for it to happen...," wrote Hilda Cheney in reference to the death of Jonathan Krantz.

The Page's parent company is also facing felony charges in Rockingham County Superior Court after the corporation was indicted by a Rockingham County Grand Jury in May.

New Adventure Entertainment, LLC, was indicted for serving alcohol in a restricted area on the night of April 5, which was the Stadium Lounge. The parent corporation was indicted for allowing alcohol to be consumed in the restricted area. The offenses took place on the same night that Joshua Krantz, 24, of Dover was assaulted by Zachary O'Neill, 24, of Dover.

If convicted, New Adventure Entertainment, LLC, could face a $100,000 fine and lose its liquor license, but Reams previously said there would be no jail time.

Krantz, 24, was found dead in his Dover apartment on Saturday, April 6, after Portsmouth Police say  while dancing in the Stadium Lounge on the night of April 5. 

An investigation by Portsmouth and Dover police revealed that the cause of death was a fractured skull, resulting in an acute epidural hematoma. The manner of death – homicide, natural causes, etc. – has been marked as pending investigation by the state medical examiner's office.

 at the Rockingham County Jail after he was charged with a felony of first degree assault. During the course of the Portsmouth Police investigation into Krantz's death, police found The Page staff was serving alcohol in the Stadium Lounge, which is a restricted area, according to New Hampshire Liquor Commission statutes.

The bar's liquor license was scheduled to expire on May 31. The Portsmouth City Council recently voted to petition the state agency to revoke the restaurant's liquor license after Portsmouth Police Chief Stephen DuBois prepared a report that listed dozens of police calls related to The Page since the establishment opened in July 2007.