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Monday, July 22, 2024The Seacoast Wind Ensemble returns to Summer in the Street! on Saturday, July 27
PORTSMOUTH— Summer in the Street, the music series that began as a pilot program to identify pedestrian-friendly street closures back in 2003, invites all to enjoy music on Pleasant Street this weekend. On Saturday, July 27, Pro Portsmouth is proud to have the Seacoast Wind Ensemble close the 2024 Summer in the Street program. Produced by Pro Portsmouth, Summer in the Street is supported this year by the 2024 Program Partners, Mass General Brigham Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Xfinity, Ocean Properties
Wednesday, July 10, 2024Strawbery Banke announces Vintage & Vine Wine Festival moves to Thursday, Sept. 12
PORTSMOUTH - Strawbery Banke Museum recently announced that Vintage & Vine – A Wine Festival in Historic Style will be moving to Thursday, September 12, 2024. The event — now in its 36th year — has previously occurred on the second Saturday in September. The Vintage & Vine event committee has moved the event to a new date, creating additional opportunities for participation and ensuring the availability of key restaurant and wine partners. “After discussions with several key stakeholders, we made the
Tuesday, July 09, 2024This year’s Hottest Event: The 3rd Annual New England Hot Sauce Fest!
HAMPTON- The Spicy Shark proudly presents the highly anticipated 3rd Annual New England Hot Sauce Fest, a spicy festival that will delight heat seekers and hot sauce enthusiasts alike. The event will take place on Saturday, July 27, 2024 (Rain date: July 28 2024), from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the scenic outdoor field behind Smuttynose Brewery in Hampton. Building upon the success of the first two years, this year's event promises an even hotter experience, featuring a wide range of attractions and
Tuesday, July 09, 2024Granite United Way-Day of Caring 2024 -- Sept. 20
PORTSMOUTH—The Day of Caring is a community wide effort that brings together volunteers and local businesses to provide short term project focused volunteer service to our community's local nonprofits and public organizations. The Day of Caring gives volunteers an opportunity to assist community organizations in achieving their goals, learn more about solutions to community issues and experience intrinsic rewards of contributing to the well being of our region.Day of Caring dates regionally:North Country-
Monday, July 08, 2024Foundation for Seacoast Health announces $310,000 in grants and $20,000 in scholarships
PORTSMOUTH – The Foundation for Seacoast Health recently awarded $310,000 in grants and support to 21 nonprofit organizations, and $20,000 in scholarships to three students pursuing health-related degrees. A reception was held June 26 at the Wentworth Country Club to recognize the 2023-2024 grantees and 2024 scholarship recipients. The Foundation also honored recently retired Trustees Tim Durkin, Darci Knowles and Tom Blais. Grantees include the following organizations:ArticineBig Brothers
Tuesday, July 02, 2024Meredith Village Savings Bank promotes Angela Salb to vice president, commercial lending team leader
PORTSMOUTH—Angela Salb has been promoted to vice president, commercial lending team leader at MVSB (Meredith Village Savings Bank). In this role, she will help oversee the Bank’s commercial lending team for the Seacoast region, while continuing to assist businesses with their commercial lending needs. Angela is based out of the Portsmouth office and will also support the Bank’s new Exeter branch office, opening in July. “Angela has played a key role in helping the Bank build and nourish relationships
Monday, July 01, 2024Calling all Seacoast area high school students! Who wants to spend a week aboard a tall ship?
Calling all Seacoast area high school students! Who wants to spend a week aboard a tall ship? This year’s Sea Challenge only has three spots left for students to join the experience of a lifetime. The voyage leaves Boston on Friday, July 19, and returns to Portsmouth the following Friday the 26th. Students will live on the sail training schooner for the week and learn cooperation, teamwork, and most importantly… have so much fun! The journey ends with students being a part of Sail Portsmouth’s Parade of
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
Wednesday, May 22, 2024Colliers sells 111 Venture Drive in Dover, NH for $5 million
Colliers, a global leader in commercial real estate services, is pleased to announce the recent sale-leaseback of 111 Venture Drive in Dover, NH, a 44,232 SF manufacturing/warehouse/distribution building on 8.03 acres in Enterprise Park, for $5,000,000 according to the Strafford County Registry of Deeds. David Choate and Abby Bachman of Colliers in Portsmouth represented the Seller, Merchandise Central, LLC, and procured the Buyer, 111 Venture Drive, LLC, sponsored by Redstone of Burlington, VT, in the
Friday, May 10, 2024CMNH to offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer
DOVER—The Children's Museum of New Hampshire in Dover announced it will again join museums nationwide in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free admission to currently serving U.S. military personnel and their families this summer. The 2024 program will begin on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 18, 2024. Learn more and find the list of participating museums at arts.gov/BlueStarMuseums. Blue Star Museums is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star
Friday, March 22, 2024Seacoast African American Cultural Center (SAACC) 2024 Season
Opening Friday, April 5, 2024 at the Seacoast African American Cultural Center (SAACC), 10 Middle St., Portsmouth NH Becoming Black: The Immigrant Experience Our April 2024 opening exhibition features two acclaimed regional artists - Jozimar Matimano and Becky Field - whose life and work depicts the immigrant experience to consider how people of color from all over the world, ranging from Africa to South Asia and the Middle East, come to be seen as Black or an ethnic minority when settling in
Tuesday, December 05, 2023What are we going to do about it?
The night before Thanksgiving, a beloved member of our business community, Mamadou Dembele, was assaulted while out in the City of Portsmouth. Sadly, in a statement released last week by Mamadou “The words used by my attacker leave no doubt that this was a racist act." On Sunday, Dec. 3, community, spiritual, and business leaders rallied around him. You can read that account here. A gathering Dec. 3 at the Portsmouth African Burying Ground Memorial supported Mamadou Dembele. Show, from
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