🌱 Portsmouth Daily: RiverRun Reaches 20; Late Trooper's Plate Retired

Welcome back, Portsmouth! It's Tony Schinella. Here's everything you need to know to get this Thursday started off right.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy with rain and drizzle. High: 47 Low: 42.

Here are the top stories today in Portsmouth:

1. This Campground On The Maine / New Hampshire Border Has An Epic Waterpark & Needs To Be On Your Bucket List (b985.fm)
2. Dead Body Found In Field; Crash; Drug Dealer Sought; More: PM Patch NH
3. Global aluminum demand affecting beverage, pet food packaging (WMUR Manchester)
4. Lakes Region Cocaine, Fentanyl Dealer Wanted On Parole Violations
5. Bird Flu In NH: What To Know About Deadly Outbreak (Portsmouth Patch)
6. Pickle Flights: It's Time to Pickle Up, New Hampshire (wokq.com)
7. Enjoy Some Easter Takeout at These Four New Hampshire Restaurants (wokq.com)
8. 10 things to do in N.H. this weekend: Easter Egg Hunts, Safe Haven Ballet, Sounds of Spring (New Hampshire Public Radio)
9. Ken Burns Explains How His Love Of Guy Fieri Led To A Six-Hour Trip For A Fish Sandwich (BroBible)
10. Manchester, New Hampshire, Youth of the Year Announced (wokq.com)
11. NH legislation seeks to protect, restore, mark neglected historic gravesites of Black people (Yahoo News)
12. Tall ships: Sail Portsmouth festival to return in 2022. Here's what to expect. (Seacoastonline.com)
13. 5 Portsmouth Area New Open Houses Worth A Look (Portsmouth Patch)
14. Large Cohort of Students Present Research at National Ecology Conference (Bowdoin College)
15. Bottoms Up, Granite Staters! New Hampshire Beer Week Starts Tomorrow (WJBQ)
16. Portsmouth: Dogs, Rabbits, Pets Available For Adoption Nearby (Portsmouth Patch)
17. Exhibits, galleries, theater and more: Seacoast arts and culture news (Seacoastonline.com)
18. New Hampshire State Police retire call sign, plate number for fallen Staff Sgt. Jesse Sherrill (WMUR Manchester)
19. Chamber Collaborative: Portsmouth Historical Society's Imagine That! (Portsmouth Patch)
20. RPT Realty Announces Acquisition of The Crossings in the Boston, MA Market (The Bakersfield Californian)
21. Fundraising campaign launched for family of Amesbury man killed in crash (The Daily News of Newburyport)
22. Dolores Elcik Obituary (1943 - 2022) - Portmouth, VA - Concord Monitor (Legacy.com)
23. 🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Strange Woman At Bus Terminal; 1% for the Planet (Patch)
24. 🌱 Concord Daily: Mild, Drier Summer Coming; Fun Things To Do; More (Patch)
25. 🌱 Hampton-North Hampton Daily: Robberies; Music Updates; Obits; More (Patch)
26. Tom Holbrook shares how Portsmouth's RiverRun Bookstore has reached 20 years in digital age (Seacoastonline.com)
27. Douglas Holmes | Obituary (Gloucester Times)
28. Steven L. Maynard | News, Sports, Jobs (Nashua Telegraph)

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Today in Portsmouth:

• Big Fish Little Fish Play Day (10:00 AM)
• Mystery in History--New Hampshire Theatre Project (6:30 PM)
• Mystery in HIstory Workshop - Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (6:30 PM)
• Mystery in History Workshop with Megan Wells (6:30 PM)
• Thomas Jefferson Lecture by Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Annette Gordon-Reed (7:00 PM)

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Events:

• Comedian Jim McCue (April 8)
• 2022 Paddle Plunge Camp Lincoln Fundraiser Event (April 9)
• Sage Farm Antiques Long Thyme No See Season Opening Show (April 10)
• Sage Farm Antiques Long Thyme No See Season Opening Show (April 10)
• Easter Egg Hunt, Crafts & Photos with the Easter Bunny $10. (April 10)
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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...