DPW Publishes Portsmouth & Pease Drinking Water Report 2023 Q3
December 15, 2023City Council Approves Holiday Gift of 3 Hours Free Parking in City Garages Dec 11, 2023 through Jan 1, 2024
December 7, 2023Putting 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.
City Welfare Department Seeks Gift Card Donations to Serve Older Kids
December 6, 2023As is their annual holiday tradition, the City’s Welfare Office is collecting gift cards for families who have older kids that are not typically served by other gift donation programs in the City.
City Re-inters 1800s Remains in North Cemetery
December 6, 2023On 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.
Holiday Hygge, Tuesday & Wednesday Dec 26-27
December 2, 2023Drop 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)."
Hygge at the Library, Friday Dec 1
December 1, 2023Hygge 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)."
City Opens 2024 Seasonal Prescott Park Dock Application Period
December 1, 2023The City Clerk announces that her office will start accepting applications on Monday, December 4, 2023 for the lottery to assign the twelve seasonal boat slips at Prescott Park for the 2024 season. The deadline for applying is Thursday, January 4, 2024. Go to the 2024 application package,
Oh Wow CS is the best
November 30, 2023yes it is
Film Screening: A Haunting in Venice, Thursday Dec 14
November 30, 20232023. 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.
Portsmouth Historic Plaque Program Research Session, Sunday Dec 10
November 30, 2023The Portsmouth Athenaeum, Portsmouth NH 400, the Friends of the South End and the Citywide Neighborhood Committee have been collaborating on a Historic House Plaque Program.