🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Holiday Happenings; Ugly Sweater Events

Portsmouth NH

16 December, 2021

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Hello, people of Portsmouth! Tony Schinella here with your brand-new copy of thePortsmouth Daily. First, today's weather: Mostly cloudy; breezy, mild. High: 56 Low: 52. Here are the top stories in Portsmouth today: AroundNH: Dig out those tacky tops for two Ugly Sweater events in Manchester (The Union Leader) 'A history mystery': Local writer pens novel shedding light on Portsmouth's Black heritage (Seacoastonline.com)Student Scores In NH Dropped During Remote Learning: PM Patch NH Sen. Shaheen talks about $15 million for PFAS health study, what EPA should do, inflation and COVID (Seacoastonline.com) Celebrate the season: Holiday events around the Seacoast (Seacoastonline.com) Shaheen Announces Key NH Priorities in Defense Bill Heading to President's Desk | US Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire (Senator Jeanne Shaheen) NH Realtors Association's new president wants to focus on affordable housing (New Hampshire Business Review) City's solar plan poised to start early 2022 (The Ellsworth American) Wow House: 43 Holmes Court In Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Portsmouth Patch) Culture - Museums: Portsmouth News and Information (Portsmouth) (AboutMyArea) Obituary: Katherine (Kat) Maria Crabtree | Obituaries (Berlindailysun) Portsmouth Area Adoptable Pets Of The Week: Cammie, Charlie, Langston & More (Portsmouth Patch) New Hampshire Guard delivers for Operation Santa Claus (AF.mil) Launch of New Coverage Map and Planning Tools Simplify IoT Solution Deployments Using the Senet and Helium Networks (Yahoo Finance) Portsmouth's Victoria Park awarded millions in funding with new meeting space and kitchen planned (Hampshire Live) Legendary Bobby Rush shares his story ahead of show at Jimmy's in Portsmouth (Seacoastonline.com) Public can weigh in: Will Portsmouth approve $10 million purchase of Community Campus? (Seacoastonline.com) Greenland to hold NH's first vote on effort to ban voting machines. What's behind it? (Seacoastonline.com) Portsmouth Public Library: Shakespeare Discussion Group: Twelfth Night (Press Release Desk) Portsmouth Public Library: Embroidery 101 Workshop (Press Release Desk) POLICE LOG: Dec. 15, 2021 | News (The Daily News of Newburyport) Today's Portsmouth Daily is brought to you in part by Newrez, a leading nationwide mortgage lender. Make a smart move for your future and refinance with Newrez today. Call 844-979-1707 to connect with a Newrez loan officer. Newrez, LLC (NMLS #3013) Today in Portsmouth: Business After Hours Hosted by 3S Artspace (5:00 PM) Stage Door Cabaret series: Sharon Jones Quartet (6:00 PM) Sharon Jones Quartet - Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (6:00 PM) Sharon Jones Quartet (6:00 PM) All City Holiday Concert Snow Date - Portsmouth School District (7:00 PM) From my notebook: Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation: "Baby humpback whales drink around 50 gallons of milk per day! The milk is very high in fat and calories. If you wanted to consume the equivalent, you would need to drink over 2 bathtubs filled with eggnog! Happy Holidays!" (Facebook) Portsmouth Historical Society: "📣📣VOTES ARE IN! It's time to reveal our People's Choice Award winners! Most Attention to Detail is Lindsay Carrol's Castle in the Clouds !" (Facebook) Portsmouth Professional Firefighters Local 1313: "Please help us congratulate Firefighter Nolan Godfrey on completing his probationary year! Every new firefighter must pass a year long probationary period that serves as their initial training to become familiar with all of the various a..." (Facebook) Strawbery Banke Museum: "Visitors to the upcoming third and final weekend of Candlelight Stroll Under the Stars can peek through the window to find this c. 1830 rainbow silk dress (1999.25) on display in the Rider-Wood House parlor. The fabric for this dress was..." (Facebook) Friends in Action: "Holidays are the best! What a vibe Kelsey, Kasey and Jill are serving up this year! Thanks for making us smile friends!" (Facebook) New Franklin School PTO: "NFS's own Darwin will be getting his Wish from Make A Wish tomorrow. And before that, we're encouraging as many people from our NFS family who can make it, to attend Darwin's car parade. See photos for details on the parade. And the arti..." (Facebook) The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "The Chamber Collaborative has a beautiful office to rent in its Visitor Center at 500 Market St., Portsmouth. Move-in ready with brand new furniture including bookshelves (not pictured.) Available Jan. 1, 2022. The office is 9' by 9' wit..." (Facebook) Portsmouth Music and Arts Center: "We Have an Announcement to Make!📣 Free Music and Art Week is back, January 2022! Presented by Service Credit Union.🎉 Watch the video announcement from Jaime Yates of Service Credit Union and PMAC's Russ Grazier with all the details.👀 ..." (Facebook) Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire: "We are very much looking forward to tonight's Black Life is Matter poetry event. Reminder that this event has moved fully virtual. Information, including registration at our website: https://blackheritagetrailnh.org/poetry-events/" (Facebook) Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire: "Check out this great article from NHPR! Tonight's poetry event has been moved fully virtual. Details on our website. https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2021-12-14/the-four-black-poets-a-n-h-teacher-recommends-you-read-right-now" (Facebook) The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "We popped into MONA Portsmouth today and Mary Liz from member services told us several interesting tidbits about the inaugural exhibition by Markus Linnenbrink: THEREARESPACESTHATBREATHE. And then we couldn't resist taking a group photo ..." (Facebook) Seacoast Outright: "Have you been, yet? Check out this important art show from our friends at 3S Artspace and Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire now until January 2. ICYMI, SO Board member Yasamin Safarzadeh is among the artists! #VisionandVisibility" (Facebook) Seacoast Women's Network: "SWN enjoyed a fun and festive holiday party last night! See you all in 2022!! 🥳" (Facebook) Portsmouth Music and Arts Center: "Look at Audrey's smile! We are so glad to have her as a part of the PMAC family and learning violin with our teaching artist Taylor! We are grateful to have such a great partnership with Continuum Arts Collective #community #violinlessons" (Facebook) Seacoast Outright: "Thank you to @CornerstoneWestEnd for welcoming us for our holiday get together this last Sunday! Fun was had by all in a safe and affirming space. AND the amazing food and beverages! Thanks and #happyholidays @affirmingspaces @renaissancene" (Facebook) Seacoast Outright: "Thank you to @CornerstoneWestEnd for welcoming us for our holiday get together this last Sunday! Fun was had by all in a safe and affirming space. AND the amazing food and beverages! Thanks and #happyholidays @affirmingspaces @renaissancene" (Facebook) Pro Portsmouth: "Map, Parking & Street Closure information for First Night. https://proportsmouth.org/parking-street-closures/" (Facebook) Seacoast Outright: "Support Seacoast Outright this holiday season and all year long. Choose Outright as your Amazon Smile charity and a portion of all eligible purchases will be donated directly to our organization. https://smile.amazon.com/ch/02-0470822" (Facebook) Denyse Richter, Neighbor: "Seacoast Board of Realtors Wows 2021 Charity of Choice Step Up Parents with Whopping Donation Seacoast, NH, December 15, 2021 - On December 2, 2021, the Seacoast Board of Realtors presented its 2021 Charity of Choice, Step Up Parents, ..." (Patch) From our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Events: Comedian Jim McCue and friends (December 18) 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] You're officially in the loop for today! I'll be in your inbox tomorrow morning with your next 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...