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Happy Wednesday, people of Portsmouth! It’s Tony Schinella. Let’s get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note.
First, today’s weather:
A bit of afternoon snow. High: 38 Low: 28.
Here are the top stories in Portsmouth today:
- Our Gourmet: Get your Irish on at Dwyer’s Pub in Portsmouth (The Union Leader)
- NH Fire Officials Investigating Fatal Car Explosion: PM Patch NH
- Salem NH Small Business IT Management – Malware/Phishing Security Service Update (Digital Journal)
- Milford, Portsmouth Eateries To Donate Money For Ukraine Relief (Patch)
- Runaway goats taken into custody by Exeter police – again (Seacoastonline.com)
- Nashua Swears In New Assistant Fire Chief, William Atkinson (Patch)
- Roosevelt’s way in 1905 shows way to end war in Ukraine in 2022 (Chicago Sun-Times)
- New York City’s 210-220 E. 22nd Street Installs Position Imaging’s Smart Package Room (DC Velocity)
- Maine Man Indicted On Drug, Trying To Bribe Trooper Charges: Docs (Patch)
- Gas prices reach record high in New Hampshire (WMUR Manchester)
- Service Credit Union Launches Loan to Offer iBOT Mobility Device to Members (The Bakersfield Californian)
- Cisco Brewers’ 2022 Plans Include Fresh New Packaging and a Remastered Grey Lady Wheat Ale (Brewbound.com)
- Emergency Dog Rescue in Boston Reminds New Englanders the Ice is Not Safe (wokq.com)
- After Being Featured, Fugitive Of The Week Surrenders To Marshals (Patch)
- 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent (Becker’s Hospital Review)
- Portsmouth Area Real Estate Roundup (Portsmouth Patch)
- Chamber Collaborative Of Greater Portsmouth: PMAC’s Spring Fever For The Arts Party To Celebrate At The Envio This Year (Press Release Desk)
- 2 New England cities ranked among best places in America at solving Wordle | (Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News)
- Kelly Wintermote (Powell Tribune)
- Steward Partners Global Advisory Welcomes Ramapo Wealth Advisors, a New Jersey-based $600 Million Team (PR Newswire)
- Wordle: How good are Alabamians at solving word puzzle? Answer may surprise you (AL.com)
- Democrats hunt for the right campaign stars | TheHill (The Hill)
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Today in Portsmouth:
- Ask the Expert: Navigating Student Loan Repayment With Confidence (6:00 PM)
- Mixed Media, Collage, Gel Printing and more!!! (6:00 PM)
- Long Story Short: Out There – Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (7:00 PM)
- Game Time Trivia Wednesdays at the Thirsty Moose (7:00 PM)
- The Shaking Earth (7:00 PM)
From my notebook:
- Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire: “Staff and volunteers celebrated International Women’s Day by laying sunflowers at the Portsmouth African Burying Ground in honor of enslaved women, female ancestors, and the women struggling and suffering in Ukraine.” (Facebook)
- Strawbery Banke Museum: “Horticulture volunteers encountered an unexpected discovery in the Sherburne Orchard last season. A Long Pie pumpkin grew into one of the Roxbury Russet apple trees. Long Pie pumpkins originated from one of the earliest species, Cucurbit…” (Facebook)
- Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation: “On #InternationalWomensDay2022 we’re grateful for our energetic, enthusiastic team of women scientists and the role they play in inspiring future generations of leaders through our science education and internship programs! Learn about o…” (Facebook)
- Krempels Center: “Happy one year anniversary to our phenomenal Program Assistant, Carli! Carli is often the first smiling face that welcomes our members when they arrive to Krempels Center each day. We are so lucky to have such an intelligent and kind per…” (Facebook)
- Prescott Park Arts Festival: “Happy International Women’s Day! We are always celebrating the incredible female voices that grace the Festival stage. Here are just some of the incredible women who performed at Prescott Park last summer. Not to mention our phenomenal E…” (Facebook)
- HAVEN NH: “This International Women’s Day, HAVEN honors all the trailblazing women who founded our Violence Prevention Education and Support Services programs. Now in our 43rd year, HAVEN continues to innovate new ways to create change in our commu…” (Facebook)
- Portsmouth Public Library (NH): ““Look, I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O’Connell, but I am proud of what I am. I… am a librarian.” — Evelyn, The Mummy Happy #InternationalWomensDay from PPL! Did you know that ove…” (Facebook)
- Help Come Home: “Good Afternoon and Godspeed! As we travel through America we often see first hand its Brokenness and Why. America will never be destroyed from the outside…If we falter and lose our Freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves be…” (Facebook)
- The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: “Chamber Ambassadors are more than the folks who check your registration (and hand out little red tickets) at the Business After Hours. 🎟️ 🎟️ Ambassadors are the best of us. The ones who really enjoy being in the Chamber and letting oth…” (Facebook)
- Seacoast Eat Local: “March is maple month – so we’ll be sharing maple sugaring facts all month long. #sweet! ❄ Maple syrup comes from the sap of sugar maple trees (though the sap from other maples like red and silver maples works as well, but it will have a …” (Facebook)
- Seacoast Outright: “Today is International Women’s Day. Help us celebrate our accomplishments while working on plans to shatter more glass ceilings. https://www.internationalwomen… #IWD #ChoosetoChallenge #IWD2022 #YouBeYou” (Facebook)
- The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: “Has Portsmouth Music and Arts Center or its people made a difference in your life? Here’s a chance to enjoy yourself– and give back to a vital Seacoast cultural center. #springfeverforthearts 🌺 🎷” (Facebook)
- Pro Portsmouth: “Today, we salute the many women who have influenced and helped sustain our organization – in particular, Market Square Day founder, Monika Aring, and, her daughter, Antje Aring Bourdages, who serves as our Board President. #International…” (Facebook)
- The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: “We’re looking for a very good intern! Do you know any in-state UNH students? Have we got a summer for them! READ: https://portsmouthchamber.org/internship” (Facebook)
- The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: “Save the date: Especially if you’re of a certain vintage! The Portsmouth Brewery has been rocking beer lovers’ worlds for 30 years now. Back in the day, it would host local rock musicians in the Jimmy Lapanza Lounge, and one of those ban…” (Facebook)
- Portsmouth Rotary Club: “If you’re a high school student now is the time to apply for a Scholarshir from the Portsmouth Rotary https://www.portsmouthrotary.org/sitepage/rotary-scholarships” (Facebook)
- Seacoast Outright: “It’s Voting Day in many #NewHampshire towns. It’s important for you to vote for people who will protect #LGBTQIA rights in the coming years. Our own #NH state govt. has already passed bills targeting #trans kids. Who’s next? VOTE!” (Facebook)
- Seacoast Mother’s Association: “Happy International Women’s Day!” (Facebook)
- HAVEN NH: “Honored to work alongside and learn from these amazing women every single day. 💜” (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)
- The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: “Here’s hoping the slopes were dope! #chamberskiday #mountsunapee” (Facebook)
- PPMtv – Portsmouth Public Media: “🎥We are busy working on a new set of videos, where you will the PPMTV team and discover what we can do for you and your next project! 💻Coming soon!🪄” (Facebook)
- Seacoast Outright: “It’s Voting Day in many #NewHampshire towns. It’s important for you to vote for people who will protect #LGBTQIA rights in the coming years. Our own #NH state govt. has already passed bills targeting #trans kids. Who’s next? VOTE!” (Facebook)
- Seacoast Outright: “It’s Voting Day in many #NewHampshire towns. It’s important for you to vote for people who will protect #LGBTQIA rights in the coming years. Our own #NH state govt. has already passed bills targeting #trans kids. Who’s next? VOTE!” (Facebook)
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— 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 tony.schinella@patch.com. Career highlights available on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/an…