🌱 Portsmouth Daily: 3 Must-See Historic, Charming Landmarks

Morning, neighbors! Tony Schinella here with today's Portsmouth Daily.

First, today's weather:

Breezy with partial sunshine. High: 23 Low: 0.

Here are the top stories in Portsmouth today:

1. Crews work to clear New Hampshire roads of slushy, icy mix (WMUR Manchester)
2. New Hampshire Fugitive Surrenders Before Being Found: Update
3. Make Your Book a Best-Seller with Seacoast Press (The Marketing Folks)
4. New Hampshire Senate Rejects Exceptions to Abortion Ban (NECN)
5. COVID-19 Tests Now Available At State Liquor Stores: PM Patch NH
6. Shaheen & Hassan Participate in Change of Command Ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | US Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire (Senator Jeanne Shaheen)
7. Change of Command Ceremony Held at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (U.S. News & World Report)
8. Rare first edition of Harriet Wilson's book returns to New Hampshire (Seacoastonline.com)
9. Vermont, New Hampshire teams announced for 2022 Shrine Maple Sugar Bowl (Burlington Free Press)
10. Klobuchar to headline Democratic event on Seacoast (WMUR Manchester)
11. Sports Briefs: Seacoast Road Race Series dates announced (Seacoastonline.com)
12. Ten Towns: Rethinking Plastic In New Hampshire (InDepth NH)
13. Covid roundup: Cases and hospitalizations down for second straight week (New Hampshire Business Review)
14. There Are 3 Must-See Historic Landmarks In Charming Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Only In Your State)
15. 'Effort to erase past': New York Times journalist to talk NH 'divisive concepts' rules in Portsmouth (Seacoastonline.com)
16. Portsmouth residents sue city, say 'Becksted 5' acted illegally to terminate McIntyre deal (Seacoastonline.com)
17. 'It's a hardship on all of us': $700 increase? Renters weigh if they should stay or go (Foster's Daily Democrat)
18. Portsmouth Public Library: The Lieutenant Governor John Wentworth House And Five Women Named Sarah (Press Release Desk)
19. Chamber Collaborative Of Greater Portsmouth: Erik Larson: Writers On A New England Stage (Press Release Desk)
20. Stanford joins JSA Design as project architect and Orlando passes NCARB exam (New England Real Estate Journal Online)
21. Obituary: Carole E. Lovejoy - Portland Press Herald (pressherald.com)
22. NH Chronicle: The creative way a NH nurse helps patients remember their post-op care (WMUR Manchester)

Today in Portsmouth:

• Comedian Joey Carroll (8:00 PM)
• Pink Talking Fish Winter Carnival - Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (8:00 PM)
• The Rockingham Groove - Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (8:00 PM)
• Comedian Joey Carrol in Portsmouth (8:00 PM)
• Pink Talking Fish Winter Carnival (8:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Strawbery Banke Museum: "This #ThankYouThursday, Strawbery Banke thanks NEFA for a grant supporting Seacoast Skating with the Stars. Funding is in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with fundi..." (Facebook)
• Portsmouth High School Boys Basketball: "Today’s game vs Timberlane has been moved to Saturday 2/5 at 2:00. We will be celebrating our 6 Seniors before the game! #seniornight" (Facebook)
• Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire: "Parents and History lovers alike! Please enjoy this Black History crossword puzzle to help your children learn more about our some of our nation’s most influential people, ideas, and events related to the civil rights movement in the Uni..." (Facebook)
• Strawbery Banke Museum: "Meet the stars of Seacoast Skating with the Stars (SSWTS) continued! Martha Stone is the former Executive Director of Cross Roads House, a homeless shelter provider in Portsmouth, NH, where she worked for nearly 18 years. She grew up in ..." (Facebook)
• Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire: "Hey Parents and History lovers alike enjoy this lovely black history brainteaser crossword puzzle made to help any child learn more about some of our nation’s most influential people, ideas, and events related to the civil rights movemen..." (Facebook)
• Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation: "Join Seacoast Paddleboard Club this Sunday, 2/6 at 10 AM for a beach cleanup at Pirate's Cove Beach in Rye! https://fb.me/e/1kTVMGrEc" (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "♥️ JOIN US AND WEAR RED TODAY ♥️ Did you know more women die of heart disease than all cancers combined? Today is National Wear Red Day to raise awareness of heart disease and to learn steps to be healthy. https://heart.org #YouBeYou #Na..." (Facebook)
• HAVEN NH: ""The support you want in your time of need." This is such an amazing resource! The newly launched Rapid Response Access Point makes available trained and caring staff if you or a loved one are having a mental health or substance use cris..." (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "Check out which Seacoast activities made New Hampshire Public Radio Zoey's list of 10 things to do this weekend. Hint one is at 3S Artspace (and you might know the sax player... or one of them...) and the other --also musical--takes plac..." (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "You won't be iced in all weekend (we don't think!) so check out some of the local activities gathered by portsmouthnh.com featuring our A&E members. New Hampshire Art Association Players' Ring Theatre Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club New Hampsh..." (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Music and Arts Center: "Guitar Sundays: Live Guitar Performances at Portsmouth Public Library & Portsmouth Music and Arts Center This popular series from Portsmouth Public Library and PMAC (Portsmouth Music and Arts Center) is back! Guitar Sundays will continue..." (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "Save the date! Marcelo is a personal development coach and entrepreneur. He is the owner of Marcelo Vargas Coaching and founder of the Indescribable Dads program that helps (self-employed, driven men and fathers) men aspiring to create a..." (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "A highlight of journalist Nikita Stewart’s career came in 2019, when, as a contributor to The New York Times Magazine’s “1619 Project,” she wrote an essay about slavery that referenced her great-grandfather, a Black man who was enslaved ..." (Facebook)

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— Tony Schinella

About me: Award-winning journalist and broadcaster for Patch.com in NH (off and on) since June 2011. Community coverage includes Concord, Hampton-North Hampton, Merrimack, Nashua, Portsmouth, and Salem. Reachable at tony.schinella@patch.com. Career highlights available on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/an...