🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Snowmobile Run To Honor Fallen State Trooper

Happy Monday, people of Portsmouth! It's Tony Schinella. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening around Portsmouth today.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and mild. High: 51 Low: 33.

Here are the top stories today in Portsmouth:

1. Fire Chief Retires; 4-Alarm House Fire; And More: PM Patch NH
2. Fallen New Hampshire State Police Staff Sgt. Jesse Sherrill honored at memorial snowmobile run (WMUR Manchester)
3. Holy Cow! History: For President's Day, Some Presidential Parting Words
4. NH National Guardsman from Dover, NH Rescues Woman from Fire (Seacoast Current)
5. Portsmouth Weather Forecast For The Week Ahead (Portsmouth Patch)
6. Why NH Girl Scouts Are Out of Your Favorite Cookie (For Now) (Seacoast Current)
7. 'Courageous Conversations' Program | Community (carriagetownenews.com)
8. Kerry Sienkiewicz Obituary (2022) - Milford, NH - Union Leader (Legacy.com)
9. Obituary: Kerry Sienkiewicz (Lewiston Sun Journal)
10. Stuart Murray Obituary (5/12/1922 - 1/17/2022) - Hudson, OH - The Day (Legacy.com)

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Today in Portsmouth:

• ESSER Funds Forum - Portsmouth School District (6:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation: "As the deadline for our internship applications approaches (March 1), one of our past interns will be joining our education staff this summer at the Blue Ocean Discovery Center! Welcome back, Kaden! Kaden interned with us last summer and..." (Facebook)
• Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation: "Look who was seen in the Turks & Caicos - our adoptable whale, Pinball!" (Facebook)
• Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire: "Electric Kool-Aid Colored Tapestries - https://mailchi.mp/blackheritagetrailnh.org/newsletter2743050-2897878" (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Public Library (NH): "STOP SCROLLING! Breathe in, breathe out. Think about your favorite book or film. How did it make you feel? Thrilled, luminous, electrified, connected, like anything was possible? How can you cultivate that same feeling today? We came her..." (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Rotary Club: "We started our “hands on project” at Portsmouth Women's City Club 2 more weekends and their kitchen and bathroom will look much different than now" (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "Happy National Love Your Pet Day! We're pretty sure this holiday was created by the pets in this photo to get extra treats from their hoomans - - - and it's working! #YouBeYou #LoveYourPetDay" (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "PROTECT OUR TRANS COMMUNITY FROM THIS BILL! NH House bill (HB 1180) would weaken the state’s discrimination protections. Its purpose is to negatively impact the ability of trans people to participate in activities or be placed appropriat..." (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)

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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...