🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Veteran Honored; Resident Flees Ukraine

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

First, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 47 Low: 37.

Here are the top stories in Portsmouth today:

1. HOLY COW! HISTORY: Moscow's Major Miscalculation (NH Journal)
2. Tractor-Trailer Truck Rollover; Weekend Events; More: PM Patch NH
3. 3 new joint-venture ASCs (Becker's ASC Review)
4. News We Love: Portsmouth veteran honored by New Hampshire officials (WMUR Manchester)
5. Redgate/Kane takes step toward truce with Portsmouth; McIntyre project talks advance (Seacoastonline.com)
6. Wooly Mammoth tooth to be auctioned for Ukraine (MyWabashValley.com)
7. Names to Know: John Sokul appointed to Southeast NH Habitat for Humanity’s Board of Directors (Foster's Daily Democrat)
8. NHFCU scholarship for adults, Marketing workshops and performance awards: Seacoast business news (Seacoastonline.com)
9. Portsmouth Area Weekend Events: Check Out What's Happening (Portsmouth Patch)
10. Legal Briefs: News From Around NH (New Hampshire Business Review)
11. 3 New Portsmouth Area Properties On The Market (Portsmouth Patch)
12. A study ranked the 10 best US Wordle cities. Two are in New England. (The Boston Globe)
13. It'll be a 'Footloose' summer in Prescott Park as festival moves 'closer to a new normal' (Seacoastonline.com)
14. Service CU Impact Foundation Announces Recipients of Charity Golf Classic Funds (The Bakersfield Californian)
15. Proposed $300M mixed-use development would bring 900 housing units to Kittery (Mainebiz)
16. 'Last Waltz' performed live and toast to Beer Week: 5 things to do this weekend (Seacoastonline.com)
17. 'The Pearl,' historic Black church in Portsmouth, re-listed for $1.5M. Will SAACC buy it? (Seacoastonline.com)
18. Market Basket 'mayor': Beloved Seacoast store director retires after 43 years (Seacoastonline.com)
19. Portsmouth mayor asks residents to think about 'the citizens of Ukraine' (Seacoastonline.com)
20. 🌱 Concord Daily: Housing Energy Efficiency Project Completed (Patch)
21. 🌱 Salem Daily: Voting Results; Expensive Parks; Obits; More (Patch)
22. New Hampshire native safe after fleeing Ukraine (Yahoo News)
23. OUTDOORS Reel 'em in (Coeur d'Alene Press)

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Today in Portsmouth:

• Comedian Ken Rogerson - Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (8:00 PM)
• Comedian Ken Rogerson (8:00 PM)
• New Hampshire Theatre Project Presents Small Mouth Sounds (8:00 PM)

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• Saint Paddy's Comedy and Dance Spectacular (March 17)
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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...