🌱 Patch AM: City Of Portsmouth Evaluates Stormwater Funding Options

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In today's newsletter:

• Portsmouth weighs new stormwater fees tied to roofs and pavement
• Can you help solve Portsmouth's still-unsolved 1986 triple-fatal arson?
• Portsmouth hiker dies on Mount Major despite extensive rescue efforts

Also on today's calendar: Free Wellness Workshop and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Clouds giving way to some sun, with a high of 68 and low of 51 degrees.
• Tuesday: Cooler with a shower or two, temps: high: 56, low: 53.
• Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 69 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• City Of Portsmouth Evaluates Stormwater Funding Options (patch.com) — Portsmouth officials are exploring a new Stormwater Enterprise Utility that would base fees on each property's impervious surfaces, aiming to shift costs off homeowners and better match charges to runoff impact. Consultants from Raftelis are updating financial models, developing rate options, and planning public outreach, including surveys, web tools, and potential community meetings, before the City Council decides on any change.
   

• 1986 triple-fatal arson case in Portsmouth remains unsolved (wmur.com) — Portsmouth residents are being reminded that a deadly 1986 arson at 314 Islington Street, which killed Joseph Poulin, Terry Giles, and later Linda Plummer, remains an unsolved homicide case. Investigators say the fire was intentionally set while crews handled a false alarm elsewhere, and they're asking anyone with information to submit tips to New Hampshire's Cold Case Unit.
   

• Portsmouth Hiker Dies After Medical Emergency on Mount Major (patch.com) — A 46-year-old Portsmouth man died Sunday after suffering a medical emergency while hiking Mount Major in Alton, despite extensive CPR efforts from fellow hikers, rescuers, and hospital staff. Emergency crews used an off-road vehicle to bring him down the trail and transported him to Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro, where he was pronounced dead; authorities are withholding his name pending family notification.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Portsmouth

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 16
• Free Wellness Workshop →
  120 Broadway, Dover
  2:00 pm
Sunday October 18
• New England Fall Organ Festival →
  First Parish Cong Church, 218 Central Ave, Dover
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday October 12
• Resin Art Workshop: Create Your Own Charcuterie Board →
  Seacoast ArtSpot, 2992 Lafayette Rd Unit 3, Portsmouth
  5:30 pm
• Resin Art Workshop: Bamboo Charcuterie Board! →
  Seacoast ArtSpot, 2992 Lafayette Rd Unit 3, Portsmouth
  5:30 pm
Thursday October 15
• Langdon House Parlor Entertainments: A Victorian Frightful →
  Langdon House, 143 Pleasant St, Portsmouth
  7:00 pm
Friday October 16
• The Sound Inside →
  New Hampshire Theatre Project, 959 Islington St, Portsmouth
  7:30 pm
Saturday October 17
• OCT. 17/18 11th Annual Great New England Fall Craft & Artisan Show -Milford, NH →
  The Hampshire Dome, 34 Emerson Rd, Milford
  10:00 am
• The Sound Inside →
  New Hampshire Theatre Project, 959 Islington St, Portsmouth
  4:00 pm
• Langdon House Entertainments: A Victorian Frightful →
  Langdon House, 143 Pleasant St, Portsmouth
  4:00 pm
• Rebecca Donahue and friends →
  McCues Comedy Club - Portsmouth, 580 Portsmouth Traffic Cir, Portsmouth
  8:00 pm
Sunday October 18
• OCT. 17/18 11th Annual Great New England Fall Craft & Artisan Show -Milford, NH →
  The Hampshire Dome, 34 Emerson Rd, Milford
  10:00 am
• The Sound Inside →
  New Hampshire Theatre Project, 959 Islington St, Portsmouth
  2:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Seaweed is super under-appreciated in art and cuisine, I think.
  The other week I got to use the Risograph at WrongBrain's Print Shop in Portsmouth and I used it to edit and print this photo I took of some seaweed… (Nextdoor Beechstone)
• Has anyone else noticed that their tv picture gets darker in the evening?
  We are using xfinity and I am wondering if it is caused by more people turning on their tvs in the evening. (Nextdoor Summit/Jenkins)

• TJX posted a job opening for cleaner/Maintance Associate in Portsmouth. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Rye

• Greater Seacoast Housing Summit on Nov 10, 2026 (businessdailynetwork.com)
• John E. Sununu's path back to the Senate runs through a very different New Hampshire (bostonglobe.com)

Newington

• Granite Staters Rally Against Sig Sauer Aiding Israel with Weapons (indepthnh.org)
• Chalk Walk winners crowned in Newington (bristolpress.com)

Stratham

• Malark Leads Men's XC to Ninth at New England Championships - University of New Hampshire Athletics (unhwildcats.com)

Ok Portsmouth! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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