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For the commemoration of America’s 250th, the City of Portsmouth’s Cemetery Committee has taken on the project to research and locate the gravesites of all veterans of the American Revolution who are buried in the City’s historic cemeteries. Members of the Cemetery Committee including Susana Polidura and Dee Dee Forte have now placed red, white, and blue markers at these graves in North Cemetery, the South Street cemeteries, St. John’s, Pleasant Street, and Point of Graves. For more on the City’s historic cemeteries, visit: https://portsnh.co/HistoricCemeteries

Sail Portsmouth welcomes a parade of the Dutch tall ship, the Oosterschelde, and a flotilla of other vessels to Portsmouth on Thursday, July 23 starting at 7:30 pm.

A fast-moving line of thunderstorms on June 18, 2026, which is believed to have produced a microburst over downtown Portsmouth, caused significant damage to the City’s urban forest.

City Arborist Foreman, Max Wiater, reported to the City’s Trees and Public Greenery Committee that nine trees fell in Haven Park, including six large, mature trees. Three more trees came down in Pleasant Street Cemetery, with additional damage in the Wentworth Senior Living parking lot between the two sites. Other trees in the area were damaged. No injuries were reported.

The City of Portsmouth Department of Public Works is holding a Public Information Meeting to discuss the Vaughan Mall Restoration Project on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at 6:30 pm in the Levenson Room of the Portsmouth Public Library, located at 175 Parrott Avenue.

The Community Power Coalition of New Hampshire (CPCNH) has advised its member municipalities, including Portsmouth Community Power, that the electricity supply rates for the next regularly-scheduled rate period of August 1, 2026 through January 31, 2027 will increase.