Governor's Task Force
2:00 PMEileen Dondero Council Chambers, City Hall
Monday 8 AM – 6 PM
Tuesday – Thursday 8 AM – 4:30 PM
Friday 8 AM – 1 PM
Applicants attending Farmers' Market in Portsmouth must be members or approved temporary guests of Seacoast Eat Local (SEL). Please visit the Seacoast Eat Local webpage for more information on becoming a member.
Temporary Event Food Permits are only available to vendors for events that are scheduled and have an Event Coordinator who assumes overall responsibility for the Event.
Event Coordinators must submit a Temporary Event Coordinator Application to the Health Department through our online permitting portal no later than one month prior to the date of the event. This application is NOT an event permit.
Used needles, syringes, infusion kits or other similar sharps are infectious waste and need to be managed properly to mitigate risk to public health, safety and the environment. While NHDES prefers that sharps be managed by using a container exchange or mailback program, not every household has access to these services.
Another alternative is to use a specially-designed needle cutter or incineration device purchased from your pharmacy.
As a last resort, household-generated sharps can be safely placed in your household trash by following a few simple steps:
Rabies is a disease that attacks the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) of animals and people. This disease is caused by a virus and is almost always fatal. Rabies in humans is rare in the U.S., but rabies in certain animals, especially wildlife, is common throughout the country.
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