🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Rents Higher Than Many Can Afford

Morning, Portsmouth! Tony Schinella here. Let's get this Wednesday started off right. Here's everything you need to know in town today.

First, today's weather:

Windy and warmer. High: 61 Low: 20.

Here are the top stories today in Portsmouth:

1. Big treehouse creates backyard battle royal in Granite State (Rome Sentinel)
2. New Hampshire rents higher than many can afford, officials say (WMUR Manchester)
3. 18 Arrested In Operation Granite Shield Roundups: PM Patch NH
4. Peril on the Trails: NJ Hiker to be Billed, Dover Woman Rescued (Seacoast Current)
5. List of Certified Public Accountants (New Hampshire Business Review)
6. Neighbors demand 8-year-old's massive treehouse be taken down (KKTV 11 News)
7. Wow House: 10 Humphreys Court In Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Portsmouth Patch)
8. List of Regional Young Professional Networks (New Hampshire Business Review)
9. List of Regional Planning Commissions (New Hampshire Business Review)
10. List of Chambers of Commerce (New Hampshire Business Review)
11. 'Connecting Threads:' Fiber art exhibit to include 'yarn bomb' this weekend (Seacoastonline.com)
12. NH Science and Public Health published critical study that found an elevated risk of 4 cancers in Merrimack, NH, a community exposed to PFAS industrial pollution (PRNewswire)
13. From The Vine To Wine to present wine certification class in Portsmouth (Seacoastonline.com)
14. The Might Be Giants Announce Rescheduled 2022 & 2023 North American Tour Dates (Broadway World)
15. Roberts Energy-Brown Bear Transport buy Abenaqui Carriers (Land Line Media)
16. Nashua, Portsmouth choose new superintendents | Education (The Union Leader)
17. Company Rescues Cars From NH's Lake Winnipesaukee (Seacoast Current)
18. CUBE 3 Architects Sponsors 16-Year-Old Slater In Trans Am Debut (SPEED SPORT)
19. Portsmouth Area Real Estate Roundup (Portsmouth Patch)
20. Texas skydiving instructor dies when parachute fails to open (Norfolk Daily News)
21. Your AT&T Phone May Stop Working Today, Here's Why (Seacoast Current)
22. Portsmouth family's big treehouse leads to complaints from neighbors (WMUR Manchester)
23. Honest Folk Returns with Joe Pug at Arbor Loft (NYSMusic)
24. Finding a Seacoast home under $380k is tough. Try these towns first. (Seacoastonline.com)
25. 'Nice counterpoint' to large hotels: New boutique inn in downtown Portsmouth proposed (Seacoastonline.com)
26. Backyard Treehouse In Portsmouth, New Hampshire Causing Controversy Over Size (CBS Boston)
27. Gordon Gray Obituary (1938 - 2022) - Housatonic, MA - The Berkshire Eagle (Legacy.com)
28. Mad Minute stories from Monday, February 21st | Strange (KHQ Right Now)

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Today in Portsmouth:

• PHS Parents Advisory Committee (PAC) Meeting (6:00 PM)
• The Poor Rich: A Work in Progress - Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation: "On this day of 2's, we wanted to share this amazing image of a pair of breaching humpbacks! This is Spoon and Chromosome, and the photo was taken by Molly Shanahan in summer 2021. Happy #TwosDay!" (Facebook)
• Prescott Park Arts Festival: "Check out our Operations Team, Brock & Alexa, representing today at the UNH career and internship fair! We are so excited to get our summer staff together. One step closer to making magic and memories in the park. #UNH #PPAF #Summertime ..." (Facebook)
• Portsmouth High School Boys Basketball: "Congratulations to Jack Radcliffe and Carmine Zingariello for being named to All State teams for Division 1! Jack was named to 2nd Team All State Carmine was named to Honorable Mention All State Both Jack and Carmine have worked extremel..." (Facebook)
• Strawbery Banke Museum: "The Horticulture Department is at work organizing last year's heirloom seed harvest in preparation for the coming season. The Museum's heritage seed program preserves heirloom plants, which grow in the gardens and landscapes at Strawbery..." (Facebook)
• Seacoast Eat Local: "Attention Seacoast Farms & Fisheries: the annual 2022 Seacoast Harvest survey is open! 🌾 Don't miss your chance to be listed in our annual print and online guide that is a free resource for the public to find locally grown food in Rocki..." (Facebook)
• HAVEN NH: "Healthy relationships are built on the core elements of respectful communication, healthy boundaries, and supporting each other. Healthy relationships can look like both partners showing: Honesty and accountability; Trust; Equal decision..." (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "Let me be perfectly queer! #YouBeYou" (Facebook)
• Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire: "Our T-Shirt Design Contest is still accepting submissions until March 1st. The Deadline is fast approaching. Be sure to get them in if you were planning on submitting a design. Share this with any artists or designers you know! 1st Place..." (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "Welcome to the Chamber Collaborative, Sharon K Design! We're looking forward to meeting you.😃 Learn more at https://portsmouthchamber.org/list/member/sharon-k-design-llc-12570" (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Music and Arts Center: "There is still time this month to give back and brighten up your home at the same time! 🌸 Go to the @Hannaford located at 800 Islington St in Portsmouth and purchase the $12.00 Bloomin' 4 Good Bouquet with the Red Circle 🔴 sticker on i..." (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "TUESDAY GAMES NIGHT Games Night - all games all the time! Scattergories, Among Us, Pictionary, and Code Names. Kids get to pick. Join us every Tuesday from 7:00pm - 8:30pm. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/4Tjs3CkMHGnd... #YouBeYou" (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "Seacoast Outright is looking for new facilitators to help with our youth groups. We're looking for folks for Tuesday Game Nights (on Zoom), and Friday Youth Group at South Church in Portsmouth. NH. Seacoast Outright will be offering a tw..." (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "Due to the snowstorm forecast for Friday, Feb 25 , our live Friday Night Group will NOT be meeting in-person at South Church, but online via Zoom, instead! If you'd like to join us, go to our website to register. You’ll receive the Zoom ..." (Facebook)

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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...