🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Finding His ‘Princess Bride’; Gas Prices Rising

Get on up, Portsmouth! It's Friday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around town today.

First, today's weather:

Fog in the morning; sunshine. High: 69 Low: 62.

Here are the top stories in Portsmouth today:

1. MindStir Media is the best book publisher in LA according to the International Business Times (EIN News)
2. Looking for Companionship, He Found His ‘Princess Bride’ (The New York Times)
3. Hit the Decks event draws crowds to Portsmouth (WMUR Manchester)
4. Charles McLaughlin Obituary (2022) - Lowell, MA - Lowell Sun (Legacy.com)
5. NH Senate Kills Retirement Aid To CommunitiesInDepthNH.org (InDepthNH.org)
6. InSync Training Announces Virtual Training Certifications and Services Expansion to Australia (Benzinga)
7. Goodwork joins Dover Chamber, Eversource earns award: Seacoast business news (Foster's Daily Democrat)
8. Goodwork joins Dover Chamber, Eversource earns award: Seacoast business news (Seacoastonline.com)
9. Helen Luff Obituary (1931 - 2022) - Midland, TX - Midland Reporter-Telegram (Legacy.com)
10. Maine, NH weather forecast to heat up over the weekend (Seacoastonline.com)
11. Portsmouth Weekend Weather Forecast (Portsmouth Patch)
12. Portsmouth Area Calendar: Check Out What's Happening This Weekend (Portsmouth Patch)
13. Portsmouth's Prescott Park Arts Festival announces new musician (Seacoastonline.com)
14. City Of Portsmouth: City Manager Presents FY23 Proposed Budget To City Council (Portsmouth Patch)
15. Portsmouth Prospective Homeowners: See 5 New Houses On The Market (Portsmouth Patch)
16. Arts With A Mission Launches New Initiative To Raise Money For Veteran Art Therapy Programs in New Hampshire (The Union Leader)
17. Seacoast Gas Prices on the Rise Again (Seacoast Current)
18. Roger Wood Talks Pros and Cons of Cargo Aircraft Operation Proposed for Pease (InDepthNH.org)
19. Education Department Announces 161 Students to be Honored as 2022 US Presidential Scholars | US Department of Education (US Department of Education)
20. Museum hopping is one way to get to know the Granite State (The Boston Globe)
21. Who Vandalized Portsmouth, NH Police Memorial to Fallen Trooper? (Seacoast Current)
22. Portsmouth High baseball's 89-game win streak still a US record a decade later (Seacoastonline.com)
23. Portsmouth NH Tuscan Market reopening in Market Square with seating (Seacoastonline.com)

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Today in Portsmouth:

• Donate and Shop The Fabulous Find: Supporting Cat Tales for the Month of May (6:00 AM)
• Comedian James Dorsey (9:00 AM)
• Fairy House & Gnome Home Spring Celebration (9:00 AM)
• Children of the Grim - Players' Ring (7:30 PM)

From my notebook:

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Events:

• UU Church Plant & Yard Sale with the Wholly Rollers playing LIVE (May 14)
• Spring Fling Art Fair! (May 14)
• Add your event

You're all caught up for today! See you all tomorrow morning for another update.

— 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...

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