🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Hong Kong Express Closing; Short Stories

Happy Friday, neighbors! It's Tony Schinella. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today.

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First, today's weather:

Cloudy with a few flurries. High: 32 Low: 19.

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Here are the top stories today in Portsmouth:

1. The Kane Company Hires Industry Andrew Ginsburg as President & COO (Boston Real Estate Times)
2. Sean Clancy to lead Portsmouth economic development efforts (Seacoastonline.com)
3. Long Story Short storytelling series at 3S to air on NHPR (Seacoastonline.com)
4. 10 things to do in N.H. this weekend: Pond hockey, snow sculpting, skating & s'mores (New Hampshire Public Radio)
5. Newmarket Principal To Parents: Don't Like Mask Rules? Use School Choice And Leave! (New Hampshire Journal)
6. Compass expands to NH: Seacoast business news (Seacoastonline.com)
7. Portsmouth Public Library: February Closings (Press Release Desk)
8. NH Chronicle: The creative way a NH nurse helps patients remember their post-op care (WMUR Manchester)
9. NH Chronicle: Super Bowl Snacks (WMUR Manchester)
10. This Weekend's Upcoming Portsmouth Area Events (Portsmouth Patch)
11. New Hampshire's Section 8 recipients face barriers to housing (New Hampshire Public Radio)
12. NH Snowstorm Update: Track Will Determine 'Bomb Cyclone Blitz' (Portsmouth Patch)
13. City Of Portsmouth: CDBG Public Service Agency Grants Available (Press Release Desk)
14. Portsmouth Area High School Athletics: This Weekend In Preps (Portsmouth Patch)
15. Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club Features NEA Jazz Master & 12x-GRAMMY® Award Nominated Pianist & Composer KENNY BARRON on Friday February 11 at 7:30 P.M. (WFMZ Allentown)
16. Names to Know: Kane Company hires Andrew Ginsburg; Christine Friese to lead Portsmouth Public Library (Seacoastonline.com)
17. Dallas Led Hotel Construction Pipeline in Q4 (Floor Focus)
18. Portsmouth Promotes Christine Friese To Library Director (Press Release Desk)
19. Chamber Collaborative Of Greater Portsmouth: 'Friends And Lovers' NH Art Association Will Celebrate The Many Facets Of Love (Press Release Desk)
20. 5 things to do this weekend: 'Women playing Hamlet,' Jerry Garcia tribute and more (Seacoastonline.com)
21. Dover housing options growing: Two big projects to bring diversity of residences to city (Foster's Daily Democrat)
22. 'It's time': Hong Kong Express owners are retiring and closing the Portsmouth restaurant (Seacoastonline.com)
23. Brick Market construction in Portsmouth will go into summer. Some abutters are unhappy. (Seacoastonline.com)

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Today in Portsmouth:

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From my notebook:

• Strawbery Banke Museum: "TONIGHT! Ice Dance International performs a FREE pop-up performance at 5:30 PM at Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond." (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆! "When any organization loses the institutional knowledge and professional skills of someone who has served them for decades, as is the case with Nancy..." (Facebook)
• Krempels Center: "This week in our Creative Expressions group, some of our members put their art skills to the test by building windchimes from beads, strings and sticks! Might want to wait until the Nor'easter passes this weekend before putting those out..." (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Professional Firefighters Local 1313: "Just a friendly reminder! Stay safe out there this weekend!" (Facebook)
• Prescott Park Arts Festival: "We are throwing it back this Thursday to our 2016 musical production of School of Rock with Camp Encore! We always have so much fun at camp. Have you seen our 2022 sessions yet? The Little Mermaid Jr, James and the Giant Peach Jr, Camp S..." (Facebook)
• Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation: "Why was 2021 a Whale of a Year? Find out at 6:30 PM tonight! Sign up to receive the Zoom link: https://blueoceansociety-97465... You'll also receive the recording if you can't make the live presentation." (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Rotary Club: "What a treat to have Brendan Dubois speak at our weekly meeting! Very engaging !" (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "Look what Strawbery Banke Museum is up to now!🥌 ⛸️" (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival: "Please join us Feb 12th, 3-5 pm for a lovely afternoon of traditional maritime song with traditional folk singers from all over the world! If you'd like to share a song, please type "Singer" in the chat or put an asterisk before your nam..." (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "Via Paul Briand for New Hampshire Business Review Like much of the country, New Hampshire has a gap in its housing market. Karen Parolek calls it "missing middle housing," the type of housing that sits in the middle between detached sing..." (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "We love it when members get along exceedingly well.😉 GoodWork Seacoast Krempels Center" (Facebook)
• Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation: "A couple of hungry humpback whales from 2011 for your #ThrowbackThursday!" (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "Do things at your own pace. Life's not a race. www.seacoastoutright.org" (Facebook)
• HAVEN NH: "This Human Trafficking Awareness Month, we encourage you to learn more about it, and listen to the powerful stories of those who have survived. Thanks to World Without Exploitation for allowing us to share these stories. If you or someon..." (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "Come help us continue to capture our LGBTQIA+ history! Send a short letter of interest, and why you might be a great candidate to mail@seacoastoutright.org" (Facebook)
• HAVEN NH: "Tons of gratitude to Myles Burr, Jamal Cooley and Krystal Wallbaum of the Artistic Thread for hosting a Rhythm and Poetry night to benefit HAVEN! This event was presented by Myles Burr and gathered by Jamal Cooley. A silent auction was h..." (Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Friday! I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow morning with a new 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...