🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Girls Ski Team Win; Treehouse Has To Go

Hey, neighbors! It's me again, Tony Schinella, your host of the Portsmouth Daily.

First, today's weather:

A snow squall this afternoon. High: 35 Low: 15.

Here are the top stories today in Portsmouth:

1. Missing Teens Found; 13 Netted On Drug Charges; More: PM Patch NH
2. Chamber Collaborative Of Greater Portsmouth: Valet Service Returns To C&J Bus Lines (Press Release Desk)
3. Kerry Sienkiewicz | News, Sports, Jobs (Nashua Telegraph)
4. NH lawmakers tackle energy efficiency, vaccines and beyond (Valley News)
5. Priscilla Whitehouse Obituary (Seacoastonline.com)
6. NH COVID vaccine sites changing hours in Rochester, Stratham, and more around state (Seacoastonline.com)
7. 12 Bucket List Worthy Restaurants To Try In New Hampshire, One For Each Month Of The Year (Only In Your State)
8. Spaulding High School debuts in N.H. Debate League (Seacoastonline.com)
9. Man Skied 65 Hours Straight to Win This New Hampshire Event (wokq.com)
10. IN THE STATES: Democrats On Offense Over Plans to Lower Costs, Fight Inflation (Democrats.org)
11. A Home Overlooking Little Harbor And The Piscataqua River: NH Wow (Portsmouth Patch)
12. HCA, Atlantic Orthopaedics finish ASC in New Hampshire (Becker's ASC Review)
13. Charting a path through an uncertain data transfer landscape (IAPP)
14. Latest Radio News, Talk Shows, Sports, Hosts, Personalities (All Access Music Group)
15. Chamber Collaborative Of Greater Portsmouth: World Class Wine Knowledge And Appreciation Classes Now Offered In Portsmouth (Press Release Desk)
16. Thomas Plante Sr. (Villages-News)
17. 39 Concord Dos Amigos Burritos Employees Stiffed $62K In Tips
18. Ginny Brophey | People Moves (insideradio.com)
19. They Won State! Congrats Portsmouth High Girls Ski Team (Seacoast Current)
20. 'I'm blown away': Gilley's cook has unpaid cancer bills. Portsmouth restaurants helping. (Seacoastonline.com)
21. Sorry, kid, Portsmouth says. Your treehouse has gotta go. Here's why (Seacoastonline.com)
22. Seacoast man struggles after bout with transverse myelitis, extremely rare spinal disorder (Foster's Daily Democrat)
23. Court Log: Feb. 18, 2022 | News (The Daily News of Newburyport)

Today in Portsmouth:

• Comedian Jim McCue (9:00 AM)
• Skin Nectary Open House (4:00 PM)
• Comedian Jim McCue (8:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Portsmouth Professional Firefighters Local 1313: "We are so proud to announce that we have TWO of our members participating in the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Battle of The Badges Hockey game this year! Former NHL and UNH Wildcats goalie Brian Foster and returning player ..." (Facebook)
• Prescott Park Arts Festival: "This is a staff appreciation post! ❤ We have the best team at the Festival and the most fun together. Here’s a recent pic from last Friday when Jill put “Red Buffalo Plaid Day” in the calendar and everyone played along. 🐃 🤪 We are work..." (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Public Library (NH): "As we gear up for Portsmouth’s 400th Anniversary Celebration, we’re also taking time to consider the quieter sides to our city, including our cemeteries. While the burial grounds seem like places of finality, silence, and rest, they are ..." (Facebook)
• Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire: "Happy National Care Givers Day and in honor of Black History Month today we celebrate Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first African American woman in the United States to earn an M.D. Dr. Crumpler directly challenged the prejudice that pre..." (Facebook)
• Strawbery Banke Museum: "All Northern Industrialists, including Ichabod Goodwin, profited from business ventures directly or indirectly tied to cotton and the slave-based economy of the South. By the 19th century, the U.S., using enslaved labor, produced more th..." (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "From the Vine to Wine, the Seacoast’s only wine education and experience school, is launching an 8-week wine certification class starting on March 15, 2022, in Portsmouth. This is the first wine knowledge and appreciation course offered ..." (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "Druid Rising is Catherine Mulligan. Catherine lives in the real world: having built a high level career as a global executive over 25 years in New York City financial services, she combines the groundedness of a business person with the ..." (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "Welcome to the Chamber Collaborative, Seven Rivers Paddling! We hope to explore one of those rivers with you soon. Learn more at https://portsmouthchamber.org/list/member/seven-rivers-paddling-portsmouth-12567" (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "PROTECT OUR TRANS COMMUNITY FROM THIS BILL! NH House bill (HB 1180) would weaken the state’s discrimination protections. Its purpose is to negatively impact the ability of trans people to participate in activities or be placed appropriat..." (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "Artists from New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts submitted drawings created within the last two years that responded to the theme – “on the edge.” On the Edge implies a balancing act, a change in direction. The edge can be structural..." (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "Seacoast Outright is looking for new facilitators to help with our youth groups. We're looking for folks for Tuesday Game Nights (on Zoom), and Friday Youth Group at South Church in Portsmouth. NH. Seacoast Outright will be offering a tw..." (Facebook)
• HAVEN NH: "For Black History Month this February, and Women’s History Month in March, HAVEN honors Influential Feminists who have led the way and inspired others to speak their truths and to blaze their own courageous paths. This month and every mo..." (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "An air cargo facility at the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease is part of a broader vision Paul Brean, executive director of the Pease Development Authority, sees for the region. That view encompasses Portsmouth Harbor and the ro..." (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Music and Arts Center: "Give back in our local community! PMAC has been selected as the beneficiary of the @Hannaford Bloomin' 4 Good Program! Each time the $12.00 Bloomin' 4 Good Bouquet with the RED CIRCLE sticker is purchased at the Hannaford at 800 Islingto..." (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Music and Arts Center: "Thank to everyone who made our Free Music and Art Week event a success. First, we want to thank Service Credit Union for their support of this event. Our teaching artists made themselves available during what is usually a "light" week be..." (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...