🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Mask Mandate Update; Outdoor Dining In 2022?

Get on up, Portsmouth! It's Tony Schinella. Here's everything you need to know to get this Wednesday started. Here's what's going on today in town.

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First, today's weather:

Not as cold, becoming breezy. High: 41 Low: 40.

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Here are the top stories today in Portsmouth:

1. Crashes; Fugitive Surrenders; Food Donated; More: PM Patch NH
2. Division I girls basketball semifinals: Bedford surges in second half, beats Portsmouth (The Union Leader)
3. Search Warrant Executed At Portsmouth Hotel Nets Two Arrests
4. Should Portsmouth keep outdoor dining in 2022? Not everyone agrees. (Seacoastonline.com)
5. Wow House: 100 Cardinal Lane In Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Portsmouth Patch)
6. Portsmouth ends mask directive, backing off ordinance, too, as COVID cases decrease (Seacoastonline.com)
7. Youth mental health expert speaks to U.S. Senate committee about challenges New Hampshire children face (WMUR Manchester)
8. St. Elizabeth Seton School in Rochester, NH to Close (Seacoast Current)
9. Search Warrant Executed At Portsmouth Hotel Nets Two Arrests (Jeffrey Hastings)
10. George Dishong Obituary (1933 - 2022) - Jaffrey, NH - Monadnock Ledger-Transcript (Legacy.com)
11. Retired Manchester Firefighter Brings Black History To Light (InDepthNH.org)
12. Coffee shop changes name (Yahoo News)
13. UMaine Process Development Center unveils new capacity for renewable packaging research - UMaine News (University of Maine)
14. Fire in MA Industrial Park Causes Millions in Damage (FireEngineering.com)
15. Angelique Kidjo Drops Music Video For 'Do Yourself' Featuring Burna Boy (NYSMusic)
16. Podcast: Roger Wood On The Woes Of NH Dairy Farms (InDepth NH)
17. NH's Shaheen Speaks in Support of Ukraine on Senate Floor (Seacoast Current)
18. 'Time to pass torch': Mary Lyons to retire as Portsmouth High principal with fond memories (Seacoastonline.com)
19. Chamber Collaborative Of Greater Portsmouth: 36th Annual Omer T. Lassonde Juried Exhibition Call For Art (Press Release Desk)
20. Chamber Collaborative Of Greater Portsmouth: Survey: How Can Career And Technical Education (CTE) Serve Our Students? (Press Release Desk)
21. Portsmouth Public Library: Planner Society Presents: Learn To Journal Visually (Press Release Desk)

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Today in Portsmouth:

• New and Unusual Ornamental Plants (9:30 AM)
• NH Art Association to hold auction from its permanent collection (11:00 AM)
• Online Math Accuplacer Workshop - Granite State College (6:00 PM)
• Planning Board at Town Hall - Langdon Library (6:00 PM)
• Erik Larson - Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (7:00 PM)
• The Poor Rich: A Work in Progress - Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (7:00 PM)
• Erik Larson: The Splendid and The Vile (7:00 PM)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Wednesday! See you 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...