Karen Conard, appointed Acting City Manager as of December 16, 2019, assumed the role of City Manager on January 3, 2020. She arrived in Portsmouth from having served as Executive Director of the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, located in Haverhill, MA.  Ms. Conard holds a B.A. in Political Science and French from Duke University. To read her full biography in the announcement of her selection, click here.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire -- The City of Portsmouth is pleased to report that the general contractor for the Peirce Island Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrade project, Methuen Construction, met the December 31, 2019 milestone to achieve substantial completion of the Biological Aerated Filter (BAF), the central component of the new wastewater treatment process.  

Portsmouth has converted its on-street parking from pay and display to pay by plate. For details, click here.

Shakespearean Boot Camp
Tuesdays & Thursdays, February 4 – 27
7 – 8:30 PM

Come one, come all, to become an expert and a player in one of the Bard’s plays! This month-long intensive workshop will give you a chance to live out your dream of performing a dramatic reading, and to learn more about the material and Shakespeare’s influences.