🌱 Portsmouth Daily: Restaurants Say Mask Enforcement Polarizing

Tony Schinella
·4 min read

Happy Wednesday, people of Portsmouth! Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Breezy and not as cold. High: 32 Low: 21.

Here are the top stories in Portsmouth today:

  1. New Hampshire residents wait for days for results of COVID-19 tests (WMUR Manchester)

  2. Turbine system maker FlexEnergy cuts deal size by 43%, adds warrants ahead of $20 million IPO (Renaissance Capital)

  3. What Danny Cowley has said about Michael Jacobs’ Portsmouth future amid Doncaster transfer links (Hampshire Live)

  4. Portland commercial real estate firm expands to Manchester (Manchester Ink Link)

  5. Portsmouth, NH Substitute Teachers Get a (Temporary) Raise (Seacoast Current)

  6. Sprague Resources Announces Receipt of Proposal to Acquire All of its Outstanding Common Units (GlobeNewswire)

  7. Freezing Hair Contests Need to be a Thing in New Hampshire (wokq.com)

  8. Remember When Andy Grammer Had this Special Moment in Hampton? (wokq.com)

  9. HMS Prince of Wales departing Portsmouth after Royal Navy takes charge of NATO task force (Hampshire Live)

  10. US air cargo complex project gathers pace (Air Cargo News)

  11. St. Pete-Clearwater airport records busiest December, amid year of recovery (Tampa Bay Times)

  12. Robert Marion Rishel Obituary (1933 - 2022) - Naperville, IL (Legacy.com)

  13. Chamber Collaborative Of Greater Portsmouth: The NH Workplace Racial Equity Challenge Presented By NHBSR (Press Release Desk)

  14. High-Quality, Early Material Abounds At Hampton Show (Antiques and the Arts Online)

  15. Retirement planning subject of Jan. 13 webinar (American Dental Association)

  16. Carly Pearce Announces New 2022 Tour Dates (American Songwriter)

  17. County council hires eight new social care workers - but still has more than 30 vacancies to fill (Portsmouth News)

  18. Cargo is King! | State (Conway Daily Sun)

  19. Senet, Eutelsat, TrakAssure and Wyld Networks Team to Deliver First-to-Market Interoperable Terrestrial and Satellite LoRaWAN® Network Services (Yahoo Finance)

  20. Loftware Acquires PRISYM ID, Expands Enterprise Labeling Solutions for Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Companies (Yahoo Finance)

  21. HMS Victory conservation project announced to mark dry dock centenary (BBC News)

  22. 'Polarizing issue': Portsmouth restaurants have opposing views on enforcing the mask rule (Seacoastonline.com)

  23. Charles Caswell | Obituaries (eagletimes.com)

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Today in Portsmouth:

  • Talking Shop - Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (8:30 AM)

  • Policy Committee - Portsmouth School District (9:00 AM)

  • Power.Biz Hour: Sponsored By TD Bank: OSHA ETS REVIVED (for now?) Feat. Brian Bouchard of Sheehan Ph... (12:00 PM)

  • Budget Committee at Town Hall - Langdon Library (6:00 PM)

  • Think Like an Entrepreneur: Applying an Entrepreneurial Mindset to Your Career Strategy (6:00 PM)

  • The Poor Rich: A Work in Progress - Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce (7:00 PM)

  • Student Success Meeting with Emily Gannon, Field Placement Faculty (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

  • Portsmouth Public Library (NH): "Looking for a group where you can meet with like-minded individuals and discuss great dramatic works? Looking for a way to expand you knowledge of classic literature in the new year? Look no further! Shakespeare discussion group will be ..." (Facebook)

  • The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "Kennebunk Savings is sponsoring - and participating in - the NH Workplace Racial Equity Challenge presented by New Hampshire Businesses for Social Responsibility (NHBSR). The challenge is open to N.H. businesses free of charge and you do..." (Facebook)

  • Seacoast Outright: "TUESDAY GAMES NIGHT Games Night - all games all the time! Scattergories, Among Us, Pictionary, and Code Names. Kids get to pick. Join us every Tuesday from 7:00pm - 8:30pm. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/4Tjs3CkMHGnd... #YouBeYou" (Facebook)

  • Nextdoor Neighbor, Wibird: "I need to find a good window and siding company in the Portsmouth area. - Any help would be greatly appreciated. 🙏🏻😊" (Nextdoor)

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Alrighty, you're all good for today! I'll be back in your inbox tomorrow morning with a new update.

— Tony Schinella

About me: Award-winning journalist and broadcaster for Patch.com in NH (off and on) since June 2011. Community coverage includes Concord, Hampton-North Hampton, Merrimack, Nashua, Portsmouth, and Salem. Reachable at tony.schinella@patch.com. Career highlights available on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/an...

This article originally appeared on the Portsmouth Patch