What's up Portsmouth! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️
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Also on today's calendar: Gently Viewed Art and Yard Sale and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. This is how government services will be affected by Indigenous Peoples Day (pilotonline.com) — Portsmouth residents should expect city offices, libraries, and most recreation centers to be closed on Indigenous Peoples Day, though schools, trash pickup, and Hampton Roads Transit will operate normally. The article breaks down which nearby cities' services are open or closed, helping you plan errands, library visits, and DMV trips around Monday's holiday schedule.
2. Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race 2026 (spinsheet.com) — Portsmouth residents can look forward to a fleet of schooners arriving in town on Friday, October 16, as the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race finishes its run from Baltimore. The weeklong event features student education sails, waterfront ship viewings, and a focus on Bay history and environmental stewardship, offering plenty of chances for locals to see the vessels up close.
3. Mercy Chefs deploys to Florida Gulf Coast ahead of Hurricane Isaias' landfall (wavy.com) — A Portsmouth-based nonprofit, Mercy Chefs, has deployed teams and mobile kitchens toward the Florida Panhandle to serve meals after Hurricane Isaias makes landfall. Founders Gary and Ann LeBlanc are already in place, while additional supplies are staged in Alabama so crews can quickly reach evacuated coastal communities once conditions allow.
4. More Peninsula residents will be plugged in to high-speed internet with extension (pilotonline.com) — Portsmouth is already part of a Southside fiber ring that Newport News now hopes to connect to, potentially improving high-speed internet options across Hampton Roads. A new $2 million federal investment will extend fiber from the Peninsula through regional tunnels to link with existing networks, laying groundwork for faster service and better digital infrastructure for residents and businesses.
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