🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Redistricting; Arts; Splaine On Firsts

Happy Thursday, people of Portsmouth! It's Tony Schinella. Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

A little afternoon rain. High: 50 Low: 43.

Here are the top stories today in Portsmouth:

1. AroundNH: It's a bit 'o the Irish, some Korn, and a whole lot of laughs (The Union Leader)
2. Where things stand on redistricting in NH | New Hampshire Public Radio (New Hampshire Public Radio)
3. Standoff Leads To Charges; Indictments; And More: PM Patch NH
4. Pamela Carr named Seacoast School of Technology principal (Seacoastonline.com)
5. 5 joint venture ASC updates (Becker's ASC Review)
6. B2W Software launches app for tracking employee performance (Construction & Demolition Recycling)
7. 'Discriminatory' land use policies are leaving more people out in the cold (Monadnock Ledger Transcript)
8. Exhibits, galleries, theater and more: Seacoast arts and culture news (Seacoastonline.com)
9. The Seven Modern Wonders of New Hampshire (wokq.com)
10. New NH Job Numbers Reminder Why Sununu's Tough To Beat (Patch)
11. 'Da Vinci Code' Author Dan Brown is Performing His Children's Book With a New Hampshire Symphony (Seacoast Current)
12. 10 things to do in N.H. this weekend: Maple Weekend, Moonrise Ramble, Shamrock Shuffle (New Hampshire Public Radio)
13. City Of Portsmouth: Portsmouth NH 400th Inc. Announces 2023 Calendar Photo Contest (Press Release Desk)
14. Why are homes in Rockingham County so pricey? (New Hampshire Business Review)
15. 3 Portsmouth Area Open Houses (Portsmouth Patch)
16. Portsmouth Area Pets Who Need A Home: Dogs, Cats & More (Portsmouth Patch)
17. 🌱 Hampton-North Hampton Daily: What You Need To Know March 16 (Patch)
18. 🌱 Portsmouth Daily: What You Need To Know March 16 (Patch)
19. Jim Splaine: Why 'firsts' matter in Portsmouth and beyond (Seacoastonline.com)
20. Chamber Collaborative Of Greater Portsmouth: Purchases Community Campus From The Foundation For Seacoast Health (Press Release Desk)
21. NH Brewery Releasing 'Solidarity Brew' 100% of Proceeds Go to Ukraine (wokq.com)
22. Seacoast Press wins Stellar Business Award as the best book publisher in NH (EIN News)

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Today in Portsmouth:

• Saint Paddy's Comedy and Dance Spectacular (9:00 AM)
• Big Fish Little Fish Play Day (10:00 AM)
• Half Price Thursday Adventure - Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (4:00 PM)
• M.S. Capstone Presentations - Granite State College (6:00 PM)
• 8th Grade Open House - Portsmouth School District (6:30 PM)
• Saint Paddys Comedy and Dance - Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (8:00 PM)
• Saint Paddys Comedy and Dance (8:00 PM)
• Saint Paddy's Comedy and Dance Spectacular (8:00 PM)

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Events:

• Saint Paddy's Comedy and Dance Spectacular (March 17)
• FREE WEBINAR | Saints, Symbols, and Spaghetti (March 18)
• Northshore swing Spring Formal (March 19)
• American Diabetes Association Diabetes Alert Day: Understand Your Risk (March 22)
• 2022 Paddle Plunge Camp Lincoln Fundraiser Event (April 9)
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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...