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Friday, October 11, 2024Banking on Kindness: First Seacoast Bank Backs Dover Fire’s Toy Replenishment Drive
DOVER – In response to a water line break in August that flooded the Dover Fire Department’s toy storage area, which destroyed over $40,000 worth of holiday gifts, First Seacoast Bank has taken action to support the community in replenishing the lost inventory. Along with other local businesses, the Dover branch organized a toy collection drive earlier this week and delivered the donations to help restock the Dover Fire Toy Bank, which serves local children each holiday season. Steven Sprague, a
Monday, October 07, 2024MVSB Continues Support of School Days Series at the Music Hall for 5th Year
PORTSMOUTH—MVSB (Meredith Village Savings Bank) is thrilled to support the 2024-2025 School Days Series Season of The Music Hall in Portsmouth with a $10,000 sponsorship. The Bank has supported The Music Hall for many years and this marks their fifth season sponsoring the School Days Series, which introduces pre-k through middle school students to the joys and benefits of professional theater performance. “This sponsorship from MVSB helps us welcome around 8,000 students from across the Seacoast region
Tuesday, October 01, 2024Portsmouth Monsters Attack! An exhibition of creations by Bill Paarlberg at Kennedy Gallery and Custom Framing through October
PORTSMOUTH—The Kennedy Gallery and Custom Framing invites you for an Opening Reception of Portsmouth Monsters Attack! on Friday, Oct. 4 from 5 to 8 p.m., with a special surprise arriving at 6:30 p.m. The Portsmouth Monsters Attack! show will be on display throughout the month of October, so stop by Kennedy Gallery and Custom Framing to view Bill Paarlberg's drawings and prints. Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has changed dramatically in recent years. Since the early 1980s, Paarlberg's intricate and
Tuesday, October 01, 2024What’s the Word on Portsmouth Real Estate? Join in a Breakfast Forum on Oct. 22
PORTSMOUTH--Always a hot topic, but never as hot as in today’s Portsmouth market that is seemingly starved for inventory and affordability – the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth will gather regional experts together to discuss Portsmouth commercial and residential real estate. The event is a breakfast forum taking place Tuesday, Oct. 22 from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at Atlantic Grill in Rye and is open to members and the community as well. “Our real estate market is skyrocketing. With the median
Monday, September 30, 2024Dr. Sastry Leads Program on Robotic Surgery at Stryker’s First National Champions Meeting in India
PORTSMOUTH– Dr. Akhil Sastry, a renowned orthopedic surgeon and partner at Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, recently took center stage at Stryker’s first National Champions Meeting in India, where he served as one of four leading faculty members. The event, held from Sept. 11 to 16, gathered nearly 400 surgeons to explore "Modern Robotic Concepts in Total Hip & Knee with Mako." The program highlighted cutting-edge advancements in robotic-assisted surgery, marking a key milestone in Sastry’s career
Monday, September 23, 2024Seacoast Chamber Alliance Hosts NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs Monday, Oct. 7
EXETER – The Seacoast Chamber Alliance will host the team from the Department of Business and Economic Affairs (BEA) at its meeting Monday, Oct. 7 for a discussion about programs and resources BEA offers to businesses and municipalities. The event is free and open to the public, from 3 – 5 p.m. at the Seacoast School of Technology, 40 Linden St., Exeter. LINK TO REGISTER: https://portsmouthchamber.org/events/details/meet-your-bea-partners-71645?calendarMonth=2024-10-01 BEA includes the Divisions of
Monday, September 23, 2024Pro Portsmouth, Inc. seeks First Night Portsmouth 2025 Logo Design
PORTSMOUTH — On Tuesday, Dec. 31, the Seacoast will say farewell to 2024 and greet 2025 with the celebration of First Night Portsmouth. As has become the tradition with all Pro Portsmouth events, the artists of the Seacoast are invited to submit their work for consideration to become the logo for First Night Portsmouth 2025. This event marks the beginning of Pro Portsmouth’s 48th year of producing events on the Seacoast and once again, the organization looks forward to working with the artistic community
Monday, September 23, 2024Cornerstone VNA Welcomes New Nurse Practitioner
ROCHESTER – Cornerstone VNA, a local nonprofit home health provider, welcomes Amy Dumont, DNP, APRN-BC, to their thriving Palliative Care Team as a nurse practitioner providing inpatient Palliative Care consultations at York Hospital, Portsmouth Regional Hospital, and Frisbie Memorial Hospital. Palliative Care is specialized medical care provided by a Nurse Practitioner to help patients manage symptoms related to complex illnesses such as cancer, advanced cardiac disease, and advanced respiratory
Thursday, September 19, 2024HH&H-- Head, Heart, and Heather-- comes to the Players' Ring Theatre
PORTSMOUTH - What happens if Head and Heart both demand to have a say in a young woman’s dating life? This is what will transpire in an original play written by Emily Andrews and directed by Billie Butler running Oct. 4 through Oct. 20. at the Players’ Ring Theatre. The play follows Heather (played by Annie Stone), a girl in her mid-20s, as she tries to find a romantic match with the help of her Head (Fury) and Heart (Devon Padley) – bothanthropomorphized as characters on stage and her two friends. The
Monday, September 16, 2024Foundation for Seacoast Health Hires Blair Demers as New Executive Director
PORTSMOUTH – The Foundation for Seacoast Health has hired Blair Demers as their new Chief Executive Officer, replacing Deb Grabowski, the Foundation’s longtime and highly-respected CEO, who is retiring. Blair, who brings extensive non-profit and grant-making experience to the Foundation, was hired to advance the Foundation’s mission to improve the health and well-being of people on the Seacoast. She will begin her new role on Oct. 15, 2024. Blair has spent her whole career working in the
Monday, September 16, 2024Portsmouth Porchfest Debuts: A Free Music Festival Uniting the Community on Sept. 21
PORTSMOUTH—Porchfest is coming to Portsmouth for the very first time on Saturday, Sept. 21 from noon to 4 p.m.! Portsmouth Porchfest is a free, grassroots music festival that takes place in the local neighborhoods in the West and South End of Portsmouth. Inspired by the infamous Somerville Porchfest, Portsmouth will be crafting its own vision and bringing dozens of musicians who will perform on porches, backyards and driveways of our homes. This year will host 30 bands at more than a dozen locations,
Wednesday, June 26, 2024Chamber holds great annual meeting in an ‘Amazing’ setting
We kick off summer with Annual Membership meeting on the Rep set of ‘Joseph’ PORTSMOUTH--The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth held its annual meeting in the theatrical setting of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at Seacoast Repertory Theatre on June 20—but the program was down to business. President and Chief Collaborator Ben VanCamp spoke of the Chamber’s accomplishments of the past fiscal year and goals for year ahead. The Chamber has stressed, and will expand upon
Friday, June 07, 2024History & Soup speaker series slated for historic Warner House
View this email in your browser June 2024 We are now open for the season! The Warner House Museum opened to the public for guided tours on June 1. We’re open Thursdays through Sundays from 1:00pm to 4:00pm until October 13. We’re excited to incorporate the Carriage House into the tours, using it as a visitors’ center. Visitors are invited to come to the Carriage House first as tours will start there rather than in the front of the house. To access the Carriage House, there is a gate on Chapel Street
Tuesday, October 31, 2023High Honors: Businesses recognized for their outstanding work in 2023 by Chamber Collaborative
Members of the PortsmouthNH 400 celebrate with their unique trophy marking their Lighting the Way Award at the Oct. 30 Collaboration Awards held by the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth. (Photo by Will Zimmermann) High Honors: Businesses recognized for their outstanding work in 2023 by Chamber Collaborative PORTSMOUTH—Capped off by a special recognition of the Portsmouth NH 400 organization called the Lighting the Way Award, the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth celebrated its
Thursday, December 02, 2021Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth Selects its Small but MIGHTY Business of November
PORTSMOUTH—A moving company that started on a card table in an apartment in Dover has now expanded to the Eastern Seaboard. Mike Carlton, president of Calling All Cargo Moving & Storage has added two tractor-trailers to his fleet to help transport anything and everything from their Dover and Greenland facilities all the way to their brand-new branch in West Palm Beach, Fla. (a city that he now calls home.) Carlton is proud of his company, and also very proud of his military background as a U.S.
Friday, July 17, 2020Farewell to our friend Tom, a great man and restaurateur
ABOVE: Tom Perron at the March 11, 2020 Restaurant Week Summit. The photograph is taken from the upper floor of his restaurant, Mombo, where he said the photographer would have a much better vantage point. BELOW: Tom shared his love of the kitchen with the Portsmouth High School Career Technical Education students, pictured here Tom was leading CTE students in making a dessert as he volunteered in December at the Career Pathways program.Farewell to our friend Tom, a great man and restaurateur Thoughtful