🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Poet Laureate; Headstones To Be Cleaned; More

Hello, people of Portsmouth! Tony Schinella here with a brand-new issue of the Portsmouth Daily.

First, today's weather:

Periods of rain. High: 50 Low: 46.

Here are the top stories in Portsmouth today:

1. Many older hotels in New Hampshire not required to have sprinkler systems (WMUR Manchester)
2. City of Portsmouth Cemetery Committee Plans Headstone Cleaning Project in North Cemetery May 7, 2022 (City of PORTSMOUTH NH)
3. NH Public Safety Career Fair Held Saturday
4. Portsmouth Public Library: We're Hiring (Portsmouth Patch)
5. Harmony Montgomery Update; Indictments; Car Crash; More: PM Patch NH
6. Wow House: 888 Greenland Road In Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Portsmouth Patch)
7. NH High School Students Can Work Out For Free, Win Scholarships (Patch)
8. Diannely Antigua named 13th Portsmouth poet laureate, vows to 'uplift marginalized voices' (Seacoastonline.com)
9. NH High School Students Can Work Out For Free, Win Scholarships
10. New Hampshire's 2022 Fair Schedule is Out Now (wokq.com)
11. Report Expected To Show Mass. Department Failed Missing NH Girl
12. Portsmouth school district names three finalists to lead Robert J. Lister Academy (Seacoastonline.com)
13. NEW BOOK RELEASE: LIFTING THE LAYERS TO VIBRANT HEALTH (PR Newswire)
14. Nutrient Removal Goals are met by the award-winning Peirce Island WWTF (Water & Wastes Digest)
15. Real Estate Roundup For Portsmouth Area (Portsmouth Patch)
16. Navy investigating vandalism involving submarine at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (WMUR Manchester)
17. Denis K. Sheahan Elected to Massachusetts Bankers Association Board of Directors (PR Newswire)
18. 🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Food Truck Festival; Pretzel Company Rising; More (Patch)
19. 🌱 Hampton-North Hampton Daily: Food Truck Fest; Waterfowl Hunting (Patch)
20. 🌱 Merrimack Daily: Coronavirus Update; Sports; Obits; More (Patch)
21. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to conduct anti-terrorism exercise. Local residents may hear it. (Seacoastonline.com)
22. ‘Beachy and fun’: Nick’s Beachside Grille opening at former 1652 site at York beach (Seacoastonline.com)
23. Magic of children's book illustrations: Portsmouth exhibit features world-class artwork (Seacoastonline.com)
24. We need less about Belichick and more about budget from Portsmouth mayor: Letters (Seacoastonline.com)
25. Portsmouth's $133M budget proposal features 27 new jobs: What it means for your taxes. (Seacoastonline.com)

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Today in Portsmouth:

• Ash & Eric Album Release Concert w/ Tyler Allgood (7:00 PM)
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You're officially in the loop for today! See you tomorrow 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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