🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Assistant Mayor Apologizes For Insulting Tweet

Happy Saturday, Portsmouth! It's Tony Schinella. Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Cooler with a few showers. High: 50 Low: 39.

Here are the top stories in Portsmouth today:

1. Food prices, already rising from pandemic, increase further because of war in Ukraine (WMUR Manchester)
2. Missing Woman Alert; Massive Crash On Turnpike; And More: PM Patch NH
3. A Waterfront Cottage On Lake Winnipesaukee With Amazing View: NH Wow
4. Portsmouth, NH City Councilor Apologizes for Tweet (Seacoast Current)
5. Hiring Portsmouth Area’s Top-Rated Home Professionals Has Never Been Easier (Portsmouth Patch)
6. Construction to Begin on Caro Residential Project, New Hampshire (Construction Review)
7. Joanna Kelley, Portsmouth assistant mayor, apologizes for 'careless' tweet (Seacoastonline.com)
8. Emily Kalina Graphic Artist: Making Use of New Tech to Create and Sell Art (Digital Journal)
9. Enjoy Summer Party Cruises Aboard the Thomas Laighton in NH (wokq.com)
10. Communities slowly welcome affordable housing | Announcements (The Laconia Daily Sun)
11. Northeast Decorative Concrete, LLC In Concord, NH, Now Offering Spring Discounts On Stamped Concrete Patios in New Hampshire and Massachusetts (Digital Journal)
12. Food, toys and donations needed: Ways to help in your community (Seacoastonline.com)
13. Annual 5K, read to animals, mosquito control: Community news update (Seacoastonline.com)
14. Todd Bonita Gallery presents 30 in 30 fundraiser to benefit Seacoast Women's Giving Circle (Seacoastonline.com)
15. Podcast: Steve Duprey Talks About Major Plans For Pease International Airport (InDepth NH)
16. 🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Students Raising $10K For Tourneys; Nano-Brewery (Patch)
17. 🌱 Hampton-North Hampton Daily: Hampton Beatles Flips Home To AirBNB (Patch)
18. Insurers' 'Gaming' of Obamacare Provision Seen Boosting Premiums (Bloomberg Law)
19. Letters: Voting twice disqualifies Matt Mowers. He should drop his bid for Congress. (Foster's Daily Democrat)
20. Tuscan Market tables back in Market Square. Rules, history of sidewalk seating explained. (Seacoastonline.com)
21. 'Share the excitement': Diversions Puzzle & Games of Portsmouth to open in Somersworth (Foster's Daily Democrat)
22. Poll results: The sudsy six - Readers choose their favorite Cape Cod breweries (Cape Cod Times)
23. Out Of All The Hauntings Surrounding The Small Town Of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, This One Might Just Be The Creepiest (Only In Your State)

Today in Portsmouth:

• KILNERRY DAY - Portsmouth Renamed Kilnerry in Honor of Film (1:00 PM)
• Comedian Paul Nardizzi - Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (8:00 PM)
• Comedian Paul Nardizzi (8:00 PM)
• Comedian Jim McCue (8:00 PM)
• Randy Armstrong and Volker Nahrmann (8:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation: "Continuing our series of "Interns: Where are they now?" please welcome Corie Grewal! Hi, I'm Corie! I was an intern at Blue Ocean Society in 2015, after my freshman year at Northeastern University. I'm from Rye, NH, nestled right between..." (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Public Library (NH): "Let's talk astrology! Join us on Zoom April 19 at 7PM for a truly ✨magical✨ workshop! Kate Sheridan, local tarot reader and astrologer, will provide a basic history and overview of western astrology, including the twelve zodiac signs, th..." (Facebook)
• Krempels Center: "Krempels Center members will continue their tradition of joining together as "Team Krempels" for our 2022 Cisco Brewers Portsmouth 5K in May. They are at the heart of our legacy road race and the reason we ask for your support. Join us f..." (Facebook)
• Jeff Cote: "The old fishing shacks of North Hampton. Soon to be populated by people escaping their own toil. Quite the turnaround for the use case!" (Instagram)
• Portsmouth Youth Football: "Registration is now open! We have camps/clinics/skills & drills scheduled! we are also partnering with Powerhouse Sports NH to bring our players a dynamic workout opportunity this off-season! Please register so we can keep you as up to d..." (Facebook)
• Seacoast Eat Local: "EXCERPT: "The snow has melted and the ground is muddy underfoot as I head back up the hill. Carrying the maple syrup under my arm, I think about the coming of spring, and how maple syrup is a gift offered only in winter. It feels like a ..." (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "Listen up y'all 🌈 🌈 🌈 🌈 🌈 Portsmouth Pride Saturday, June 25 We're looking for volunteers and vendors. More info: https://www.seacoastoutright.org/pride" (Facebook)
• Cisco Brewers Portsmouth 5K: "Krempels Center members will continue their tradition of joining together as "Team Krempels" for our 2022 Cisco Brewers Portsmouth 5K in May. They are at the heart of our legacy road race and the reason we ask for your support. Join us f..." (Facebook)
• New Franklin School PTO: "So many fun things coming up! See our email for sign-up forms and more details. Also - Teacher Appreciation Days are coming up! Sign up to show some love to our NFS staff." (Facebook)
• Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire: "As we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and our political, social, and economic systems are challenged, the Trail is committed to providing safe spaces for communities to dialogue, learn from each other, reflect, and move forward with clari..." (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "Turn it up. Fun morning with the Great Bay Stewards. Read the posters to learn about this weekend’s art show! Thanks to Chamber Ambassador and photographer Don Chick for leading us this a.m. (and sharing a photo!) #greenlandnh #chamberco..." (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "🌈 Pride Volunteer Signup 🌈 We're looking for volunteers to help us with Portsmouth Pride. Can we count on you? Sign up today. It's the most wonderful time of the year! We're organizing this year's Portsmouth Pride an we're looking for ..." (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Youth Football: "Proud to offer this to the Portsmouth Community. ALL athletes will have a chance to play with us this season!" (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...