🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Truck Stuck Under Bridge; Music; More

Good morning, Portsmouth! It's Tony Schinella. Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's everything you need to know today in town.

First, today's weather:

Sunny to partly cloudy. High: 40 Low: 32.

Here are the top stories today in Portsmouth:

1. New Hampshire HS Hockey - Catching Up With Some Granite State Highlights: Bedford Picks Up Pair Of Key Wins; Concord's Coskren Nabs His 100th Point (HNIB News)
2. The Day Before Safer Internet Day, 12 Are Arrested: PM Patch NH
3. 'Whoopsie moment': Portsmouth railroad bridge unscathed after truck gets wedged beneath it (Seacoastonline.com)
4. McPherson: Freedom Is a Stabilizing Influence
5. House Judiciary Deals Blow To Section 8 Housing Nondiscrimination Bill (New Hampshire Bulletin)
6. Roy Carsen Obituary (1943 - 2022) - Laconia, NH (Legacy.com)
7. March 3: Yoko Miwa Trio performs at Jimmy's in Portsmouth
8. Iceage announce May tour with Wiki around Wilco's Solid Sound fest (Brooklyn Vegan)
9. Director of Membership Development (Undercurrent News)
10. Real Estate Roundup For Portsmouth Area (Portsmouth Patch)
11. Sunflower Bean Announce Headful of Sugar, Share "Who Put You Up to This?" (Paste Magazine)
12. Empath explore the intersection of fantasy and reality on “Elvis Comeback Special” (The FADER)
13. NH House bill would encourage 'missing middle' housing (New Hampshire Business Review)
14. Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club Features GRAMMY Award-Winning Jazz Guitarist & Composer BILL FRISELL on Saturday February 19 at 7 & 9:30 P.M. (WFMZ Allentown)

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Today in Portsmouth:

• School Board Meeting - Portsmouth School District (5:00 PM)
• The Seacoast Repertory Theatre presents: August Wilson's Fences (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Strawbery Banke Museum: "This 18th-century earthenware vessel was recovered by archaeologist, Dr. Steve Pendery, from the Marshall Pottery site at Strawbery Banke. The site had been occupied by potter Samuel Marshall, his family, and three enslaved Africans. The..." (Facebook)
• Portsmouth High School Boys Basketball: "It’s Playoff Time! The Clippers take on Windham at Home on 2/9 at 7:00. All Fans welcome and NHIAA will be charging admission. Live Feed: https://youtube.com/channel/UC... Let’s Go Clippers💪🏀" (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Historical Society: "“Life and Death on the Piscataqua Symposium” Returns in Virtual Format. The soup lunch and ample refreshments won’t be available this year, but the Portsmouth Historic Sites Associates hope to re-kindle the convivial atmosphere of previo..." (Facebook)
• HAVEN NH: "Make a difference today!! Gather new in package undergarments for our emergency shelter guests!" (Facebook)
• Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation: "Let's all hope this actually happens! https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60265085" (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Music and Arts Center: "📣 In case you missed the big announcement this week: Tickets for PMAC's Spring Fever for the Arts are now on sale! 🌸 Join us Friday, April 8 at 6 PM for our annual fundraising event! 🌼 Join us at the Envio, in the AC Hotel Portsmouth ..." (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Public Library (NH): "New books by Black authors on 👏 the 👏 shelf 👏 now 👏 From cookbooks to poetry, and short stories to historical fantasy, we've got a book for every reader. In order of appearance: • Black Food: Stories, Art, and Essays edited by Bryant..." (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "We are delighted to welcome the Seacoast African American Cultural Center! Learn more about them https://portsmouthchamber.org/... and https://www.saacc-nh.org/. Please come to our ..." (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival: "Come sing with us Saturday on Zoom!" (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "A warm, early a.m. welcome to our newest member, Nicole Mower Weddings & Events. We look forward to meeting you soon ! (We have a Morning Mixer 2022: Presented by Service Credit Union at COVE this Friday.) Learn more at: https://portsmou..." (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)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "Additional board members named for Ogunquit Museum Of American Art🎨" (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)

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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...