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City Council Approves Holiday Gift of 3 Hours Free Parking in City Garages Dec 11, 2023 through Jan 1, 2024

December 7, 2023

Putting a new twist on the holiday tradition of encouraging downtown shopping, the City Council voted to approve three hours of free parking in the City’s Foundry and Hanover Garages. The free parking will run from Monday, December 11, 2023 through January 1, 2024 – an extension from last year’s nine days.

Downtown employees who use the City’s discounted parking in the Foundry garage will receive an additional three hours free of charge, if needed.

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City Re-inters 1800s Remains in North Cemetery

December 6, 2023

On a providentially mild November afternoon the City of Portsmouth returned fragments of remains thought to date to between 1820 and 1950 to North Cemetery. Their gravesites had been discovered when the wall bordering the Maplewood Avenue site of the cemetery was being rebuilt. The sites were not marked and work stopped immediately when the graves were disturbed.  

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Holiday Hygge, Tuesday & Wednesday Dec 26-27

December 2, 2023

Drop in between  10-8 PM

hygge  /ˈho͞oɡə,ˈho͝oɡə/

noun: a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being (regarded as a defining characteristic of Danish culture)."

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Hygge at the Library, Friday Dec 1

December 1, 2023

Hygge for You-gge

Drop in between  12-5 PM

hygge  /ˈho͞oɡə,ˈho͝oɡə/

noun: a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being (regarded as a defining characteristic of Danish culture)."

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Film Screening: A Haunting in Venice, Thursday Dec 14

November 30, 2023

2023. PG-13. 103 minutes.

In post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to once again uncover the killer.

Refreshments will be served. Subtitles are shown whenever possible.