🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Business Briefs; Holiday Updates; And More

Portsmouth NH

15 December, 2021

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Happy Wednesday, people of Portsmouth! It's Tony Schinella. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in Portsmouth today. First, today's weather: Becoming cloudy. High: 41 Low: 39. Here are the top stories today in Portsmouth: New Quilt Exhibit At GBCC's Gateway Gallery Now Through February (Press Release Desk)Wreaths Across America Makes Stop In New Hampshire: PM Patch NH CMA Female Vocalist of the Year is Coming to the Portsmouth Music Hall in New Hampshire (wokq.com) Coronavirus Cases Down 6 Percent Recently In Rockingham County: CDC (Portsmouth Patch) New Hampshire Guard delivers for Operation Santa Claus (United States Army)Restaurants Open On Christmas Day 2021 In New Hampshire Portsmouth Public Library: December Holiday Hours (Press Release Desk) Bottomline Technologies exploring possible sale (New Hampshire Business Review) NH awards $1.8M for wetlands, streams | WaterWorld (WaterWorld) BANKW's Alexander provides guidance on recruiting in these tough times (New Hampshire Business Review) Chamber Collaborative Of Greater Portsmouth: What Do You Think? Portsmouth DPW Survey Invites Public Comment On Proposed Fleet Street Ar ... (Press Release Desk) Great Bay Community College's new president is Cheryl Lesser. Here's why she was selected. (Yahoo News) Pallas Capital Advisors Continues Impressive Growth Trajectory; Highlights Successful Year and Outlook for 2022 (PRNewswire) Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra to perform 2 Holiday Pops! concerts (Seacoastonline.com) Charge dropped against woman accused of threatening Portsmouth councilor Josh Denton (Seacoastonline.com) Here's why Rockingham County homes remain highest cost in NH even while sales decline (Seacoastonline.com) 'A history mystery': Local writer pens novel shedding light on Portsmouth's Black heritage (Seacoastonline.com) Al Bailey's 'Muppets' Christmas display has Ocean Road in Portsmouth lit up (Seacoastonline.com) 'It's horrible': Seacoast NH high school basketball coaches don't like shortened season (Seacoastonline.com) Today's Portsmouth Daily is brought to you in part by our friends at GoodRx — the best way to save money on your prescriptions. GoodRx helps you locate the lowest prices for medications at local pharmacies, so you're not overpaying. Works for pet medications too! To see how much you can save, go to GoodRx.com. Today in Portsmouth: Chamber Open Doors: Member Orientation sponsored by Cambridge Trust (8:30 AM) Sewer Commission at the WWTP - Langdon Library (9:00 AM) Virtual Open House - December - Granite State College (9:00 AM) A Sinatra Christmas with Rich DiMare (6:00 PM) From my notebook: Strawbery Banke Museum: "Walking through the grounds at Strawbery Banke this week, visitors may notice many hardy plants still growing in the Museum's historic gardens. Several crops at the Museum still produce beautiful colors, edible roots, and seeds in early ..." (Facebook) Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation: "Did you know... glitter is made of the same plastic as single-use water bottles? Learn more about glitter and some eco-friendly alternatives: https://www.blueoceansociety.org/blog/what-do-glitter-and-plastic-water-bottles-have-in-common/" (Facebook) Krempels Center: "The fall edition of Krempels Center's newsletter is now available online! Click here to view: https://bit.ly/3EUG7mo What's Inside? + Updates from Krempels Center 🧠 + Letter from the Executive Director ✍️ + Recap of the 2021 King Challe..." (Facebook) Seacoast Outright: "All I want for Christmas is for YOU to be YOU! 🎄🌈🎄 #YouBeYou #LGBTQ+ #BeAnOutrighter #HappyHolidays" (Facebook) Portsmouth Music and Arts Center: "Thank you Rob Harbeson for all that you do for PMAC, along with Market Square Architects! 👏" (Facebook) Seacoast Outright: "📚 From our friends at the Portsmouth Public Library 📚 The library's LGBTQ Book Club meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 PM. This book discussion is for those who identify as LGBTQ, or who simply want to learn more about LGBTQ..." (Facebook) Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire: "Our guest poet for tomorrow's Black Life is Matter poetry event is Kyle Flemings, an Educator at Dayton Early College Academy who specializes in Creative Writing and Creative Writing Pedagogy. Flemings started a spoken word collective ca..." (Facebook) The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "Are you new to the Chamber? Or would you like to know more about our website, eBlasts or events? Sign up to join us for Chamber Open Doors led by Ben and Nate. It takes place either in person (come to the Chamber!) or via Zoom. Here's th..." (Facebook) Portsmouth Public Library (NH): "Have you seen our awesome and helpful collection of Reference books? 😍 You can peruse them, read them, and reference them 😉 here in the library. Even if you could check them out, we doubt you'd want to - they aren't exactly *light* rea..." (Facebook) Seacoast Outright: "TUESDAY GAMES NIGHT Games Night - all games all the time! Scattergories, Among Us, Pictionary, and Code Names. Kids get to pick. Join us every Tuesday from 7:00pm - 8:30pm. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/4Tjs3CkMHGnd... #YouBeYou" (Facebook) Portsmouth Historical Society: "Thanks to Kait Smith, our Gingerbread Committee Chair!" (Facebook) Portsmouth Public Library (NH) Youth Services: "Our popular Babysitting Course is coming back! Open to students in grades 6-12, this five-session course is free and covers a lot of ground! We'll go over business basics, emergency preparedness, child development, and so much more, and ..." (Facebook) From our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Events: Brighten The First Day Of Winter With 15 Percent Off FTD's Sunniest Blooms (December 21) New Years Eve - Interactive NightLife Experience (December 31) Add your event Loving the Portsmouth Daily? Here are all the ways you can get more involved: Send a friend or neighbor this link so they can subscribe Get your local business listed in front of readers Send me a news tip or suggestion at [email protected] Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! See you all tomorrow for another update. — Tony Schinella About me: Award-winning journalist and broadcaster for Patch.com in NH (off and on) since June 2011. Community coverage includes Concord, Hampton-North Hampton, Merrimack, Nashua, Portsmouth, and Salem. Reachable at [email protected]. Career highlights available on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/an...