🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Music; Fireworks; Obits; Sports Updates; More

Hello there, Portsmouth. I'm here in your inbox today to get you caught up on everything you need to know about what's going on around town. Hope you all have a great day.I'll get right to it.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy. High: 65 Low: 57.

Here are the top stories in Portsmouth today:

1. Men Indicted On Rape Charges After Incidents In Rye, Seabrook: Court (Portsmouth Patch)
2. Kyshona Celebrates the Solstice With Uplifting New Single 'Rise the Tide' (Broadway World)
3. 2022 4th of July fireworks dates, times in New Hampshire (WMUR Manchester)
4. This is How You Know It's Summer in New Hampshire (wokq.com)
5. Charles “Charlie” Prescott Sanborn Obituary (Foster's Daily Democrat)
6. James H. Goodwin, Sr. Obituary (Seacoastonline.com)
7. St. Nicholas Greek Festival in Portsmouth NH returns June 24 and 26 (Seacoastonline.com)
8. Roger Brown's State of Sports: Windham looking for a new baseball coach (The Union Leader)
9. Portsmouth Area Real Estate Roundup (Portsmouth Patch)
10. Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club Features 8x-Blues Music Award Nominated Guitarist, Singer & Songwriter ANA POPOVIC on Friday August 19 at 7:30 P.M. (69News WFMZ-TV)
11. THICK announce new LP 'Happy Now' & tour, share “Loser” (Brooklyn Vegan)
12. Podcast: Roger Wood Talks The Future Of News With InDepthNH's Paula Tracy (InDepth NH)
13. John Walter Parker (The Lincoln County News)
14. Bygones: In 1982, 'Rent-a-Kid' service launched in Duluth (Duluth News Tribune)
15. Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club Features 3x-Blues Music Award-Winning Guitar Legend ERIC GALES on Sunday August 21 at 7:30 P.M. (Yahoo Finance)
16. 🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Juneteenth Celebrations; Obituaries; Biz Notes (Patch)
17. 🌱 Hampton-North Hampton Daily: Missing Kiteboarder A False Alarm (Patch)
18. 🌱 Merrimack Daily: Sports Updates; Obituaries; CiderFeast; More (Patch)
19. Events - Portland Press Herald (Press Herald)

Today in Portsmouth:

• Taste - A Plate for Change Event - Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• HAVEN NH: "HAVEN is excited to announce the hiring of four new members of our team! First, we would like to introduce our NEW Shelter Case Coordinator. Rheanna is a recent graduate of UNH with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Justice Studies. R..." (HAVEN NH via Facebook)
• Krempels Center: "Doug Bohlman was presented with this “bunny plaque” at the Community Campus on Friday as a thank you from members and staff for his three years of service on the Board of Directors. Doug is well-known and loved in our community for facil..." (Krempels Center via Facebook)
• Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire: "The office will be closed today so the staff can take a much-needed break! Thank you to everyone who Celebrated Juneteenth this past week with us." (Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire via Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "“This is kind of like an iceberg that breaks apart. The ripples are going to have a huge impact across Portsmouth,” Mayor Deaglan McEachern said during a tour of the 100,000-square-foot Community Campus building." (The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth via Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "Ten Thousand Villages - Portsmouth has reopened around the corner at 15 Vaughan Mall. Stop by soon to explore the artisan-crafted items from around the world." (The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth via Facebook)
• Prescott Park Arts Festival: "We just heard it's #WorldMusicDay! And the first day of Summer?! What better way to celebrate than by getting excited for The River House Restaurant Concert Series in the park all summer long. We kicked it off last week with an unforgett..." (Prescott Park Arts Festival via Facebook)
• Portsmouth Public Library (NH): "We've got a fresh exhibit up in the Levenson Room! This month, we're featuring the Art & Poetry Challenge from @racialunityteam! The exhibit features artwork and poetry by New Hampshire residents around the theme of #Equity. Work was sub..." (Portsmouth Public Library (NH) via Facebook)
• Strawbery Banke Museum: "Grab a lawn chair or blanket and join this evening for Tuesdays on the Terrace: EJ Ouellette & Crazy Maggy from 5:30-7 PM! For more information and tickets, visit StrawberyBanke.org/music-series" (Strawbery Banke Museum via Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "Our Linktree is handy! Now with HOT DEALS and MEMBER TO MEMBER DEALS https://linktr.ee/portschamber 🚨🚨Full-time Events Specialist job listing 🚨Events 🚨Member to Member Deals 🚨Hot Deals 🚨Open Jobs at Member Businesses 🚨Member Direc..." (The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth via Facebook)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed! I'll see you soon.

— Tony Schinella

About me: Award-winning journalist for Patch in NH (off and on) since May 2011. Sites: Amherst, Concord, Exeter, Hampton-North Hampton, Londonderry, Merrimack, Milford, Portsmouth, Windham. Email: tony.schinella@patch.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/an...

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