🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Prison Once Dubbed 'Alcatraz Of The East'

Morning, people of Portsmouth! Tony Schinella here with a fresh Portsmouth Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy with a shower. High: 48 Low: 31.

Here are the top stories today in Portsmouth:

1. 'Close to finish line': COVID cases wane in NH, Maine. When is time right to remove masks? (Foster's Daily Democrat)
2. Accused Teacher 'Sickened' By Lack Of Due Process: PM Patch NH
3. Wow House: 45 Coffins Court In Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Portsmouth Patch)
4. Freeze and thaw, recent storms making potholes worse (WMUR Manchester)
5. American Towns Founded Before the American Revolution (24/7 Wall St.)
6. Eerie Portsmouth Naval Prison Once Dubbed 'Alcatraz of the East' (wokq.com)
7. Two Offshore Wind Bills Pass Senate Committee With Bipartisan Support (New Hampshire Bulletin)
8. ‘A good choice’: Ryan Veno named new Hampton Falls police chief (Seacoastonline.com)
9. Edward Francis Regan Jr. Obituary (newportri.com)
10. Mask mandate a 'moot point' in Portsmouth?: Ordinance advances but may never go in effect (Seacoastonline.com)
11. 5 Open Houses Coming Up In And Around Portsmouth (Portsmouth Patch)
12. Chamber Collaborative Of Greater Portsmouth: Wentworth-Douglass Sets New Record, Leads Seacoast In Births (Press Release Desk)
13. Chamber Collaborative Of Greater Portsmouth: Kate Malloy, Local Event Planner, Wins Strawbery Banke's Seacoast Skating With The Stars (Press Release Desk)
14. Latest Cats, Guinea Pigs, Pets Up For Adoption At Portsmouth Area Shelters (Portsmouth Patch)
15. New Hampshire-born Colby Stevenson takes silver in big air at Winter Olympics (WJAR)
16. Olympic Recap: February 9--Jacobellis gold and maybe team figure skating too | Sports (The Sports Daily)
17. Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club Features 5x-GRAMMY® Award Nominated & 11x-Blues Music Award-Winning Pianist and Vocalist MARCIA BALL on Wednesday February 23 at 7:30 P.M. (WFMZ Allentown)
18. Chamber Collaborative Of Greater Portsmouth: Ogunquit Museum Of American Art Announces Additions To Board Of Directors (Press Release Desk)
19. Council expected to undo vote by 'Becksted 5' and restore Redgate/Kane as McIntyre partner (Seacoastonline.com)
20. Discover These 18 Beautiful Outdoor Murals in New Hampshire and Maine (wcyy.com)
21. Obituaries — Feb. 9, 2022 (Sequim Gazette)
22. Obituary: Daniel Jason Tibbetts - Portland Press Herald (pressherald.com)
23. Portsmouth eliminates Central from D-1 State Tournament, 60-25 (Manchester Ink Link)

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Today in Portsmouth:

• Big Fish Little Fish Play Day (10:00 AM)
• Half Price Thursday Adventure - Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (4:00 PM)
• School Board Meeting - Portsmouth School District (5:30 PM)
• Conservation Committee at the Town Hall (6:30 PM)
• No To Patterns: The Live Experience w/ Courtney Daniel (7:00 PM)

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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...