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  • How Portsmouth plans to ensure every public school student eats well
  • Remember when Portsmouth’s 10-miler was run in paper-thin shoes?

Also on today's calendar: Stuffed Animal Puppets- It's Alive for Adults! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)


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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cloudy with a few showers, with a high of 57 and low of 49 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cool with periods of rain, temps: high: 56, low: 50.
  • Friday: Cloudy, showers around; cool, with a high of 56 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Portsmouth takes aim at school food insecurity (seacoastonline.com) — Portsmouth city councilors have unanimously launched a School Food Insecurity Task Force to tackle how many local students struggle to afford meals, despite the city’s affluent image. The group will work with the School Board and staff and report preliminary findings by year’s end, aiming to ensure no Portsmouth public school child goes hungry because of cost.    

• Who Says Minimalist Running Shoes are New (roadtrailrun.com) — A longtime runner looks back at racing in ultra-thin Onitsuka Tiger shoes during the 1970s, including a hot Portsmouth NH 10-miler he finished in about 54 minutes. His memories highlight how minimalist footwear was standard decades before today’s trends, with Tigers carrying him through road, cross-country, and mountain races.    


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Rye

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  • Costco targets 2027 opening at former Fox Run Mall site (nhbr.com)

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