City Selects Consultant Team to Help Create City’s Climate Action Plan
January 6, 2023City Manager Karen Conard announced that the City has selected a partnership of VHB, Resilience Planning & Design LLC and the Rockingham Planning Commission to create the City’s first Climate Action Plan in partnership with the City Planning and Sustainability Department and the local community. Planning and Sustainability Director Peter Britz and Associate Environmental Planner Kate Homet are leading the initiative on the City staff side.
Meditation, Wednesday January 4
January 4, 2023Join us at the library or online for our weekly meditation program. Meditation is held every Wednesday from 12:15 to 1 PM.
Classics Book Club: Persuasion, Tuesday January 3
January 3, 2023Join us online to discuss Persuasion by Jane Austen
Drop In Device Help, Tuesday January 3
January 3, 2023How do I listen to an audiobook using Libby or Hoopla? Send a text with a picture? Pair Bluetooth headphones? What are apps?!
Get one-on-one help with these questions and more during our drop-in device help time at the library. From library digital services to Microsoft and Macs, all questions are welcome!
Staff Picks: Mental Health
January 3, 2023This season can be a difficult one for many of us.
We wouldn't be librarians if we didn't recommend some BOOKS on the topic, so we've pulled together a list of our Staff Picks on Mental Health
City of Portsmouth and Economic Development Commission Report Business Survey Results
January 3, 2023The City of Portsmouth Office of Economic Development, through the Economic Development Commission (EDC), conducted a 2022 Business Retention and Expansion Survey (BR&E), launched in October, to better understand the local business environment and learn more about how the EDC can help businesses in the community prosper. Now the team is working to analyze the results and identify the key economic concerns that will inform the Commission’s BR&E Working Group’s ongoing actions to benefit the City’s business community.
First Night 2022 Parking and Road Closure Details
December 30, 2022Pro Portsmouth’s First Night takes place on Saturday, December 31, from 3 to 8 pm and includes ice sculpting in Market Square and a fireworks show at 7:30 pm at the South Mill Pond.
Portsmouth City Council Creates Public Art Review Committee, Seeks Members
December 29, 2022Following the recommendations of the Governance Committee, the Portsmouth City Council has directed the creation of a new Public Art Review Committee (PARC) to assist the City in reviewing proposals for public art and conducting practical assessments of the feasibility of installing and maintaining such art works in the public sphere.
PARC responsibilities include:
Mayor McEachern Announces Winners of 2022 Holiday Lights Contest
December 21, 2022Once again the Citywide Neighborhood Committee Holiday Lights Contest received enthusiastic support, with 42 Portsmouth residents participating. Mayor Deaglan McEachern will honor the winners in person at the January 9, 2023 City Council meeting.
The top three winners are:
Mayor Forms City of Portsmouth Task Force to Study a Public/Private Archive for Historic Documents
December 19, 2022Mayor Deaglan McEachern announced the formation of a Task Force to study a private/public partnership to create a proper climate-controlled and fire-protected facility to preserve and make accessible historic documents related to Portsmouth and the Piscataqua region.