🌱 How Portsmouth’s new enrollment cap affects New Castle students now
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In today's newsletter:
- How Portsmouth’s new enrollment cap affects New Castle students now
Also on today's calendar: GOLDEN: A K-Pop Kids Party! and 1 more event.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A brief shower or two, with a high of 60 and low of 45 degrees.
- Saturday: Considerable cloudiness, temps: high: 51, low: 44.
- Sunday: Rain; breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 53 and low of 34 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Portsmouth schools cap out‑of‑district students amid NH open enrollment push (seacoastonline.com) — New Castle high schoolers will continue attending Portsmouth High School under an existing area agreement, but Portsmouth has now capped other out-of-district enrollment at 20 students as New Hampshire debates universal open enrollment. Local school leaders say they’re preserving limited high school capacity while they wait for clarity on proposed state laws that could change funding, transportation, and special education responsibilities. 
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Wild & Scenic Film Festival
The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH, 28 Chestnut St, Portsmouth
7:00 pm
Friday April 17
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Other local events
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GOLDEN: A K-Pop Kids Party!
3S Artspace , 319 Vaughan St , Portsmouth
12:00 pm -
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Seacoast Repertory Theatre , 125 Bow St , Portsmouth
2:00 pm -
Guitar Sunday: Tedesco Duo
Portsmouth Public Library , 175 Parrott Ave , Portsmouth
3:00 pm
Sunday April 19
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🗓 Events Nearby
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BEER WEEK: Fat Kid Culinary Food Specials at Loaded Question Brewing
Loaded Question Brewing
1:00 pm -
FOOD & BEVERAGE: Happy Hour at Toscana
Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce , 3 Pleasant Street , Portsmouth
4:00 pm -
Voice and Verse II: Seacoast Singer-Songwriter Showcase
Button Factory Stage , 909 Islington St , Portsmouth
7:00 pm -
Nichinan Nights Happy Hour
Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce , 15 Middle St. , Portsmouth -
FOOD: Sunday Brunch at SALT
SALT Kitchen and Bar
11:00 am -
Megan From Work / Happy Just To See You / Pintail at The Press Room
The Press Room , 77 Daniel St , Portsmouth
7:00 pm -
Junior Science: The Wonders of Water
Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce , 6 Washington Street , Dover
2:00 pm -
Games and Snacks
Rye Public Library , 581 Washington Rd , Rye
3:00 pm
Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
Sunday April 19
Tuesday April 21
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Orbis Sibro, Inc. posted a job opening for Fabric Worker/Sail Loft Supervisor in Portsmouth. Apply here.
- Goodwin Recruiting posted a job opening for Executive Chef in Portsmouth. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near New Castle here.
🗞 Nearby News
Portsmouth
- Perfect Pairings Stretch To Destress Eureka Day In Portsmouth More: Mid-Week Events (patch.com)
- Portsmouth students to plant sugar maple trees for Arbor Day 2026 (seacoastonline.com)
- This Maine author's YA novel is now a stage musical (pressherald.com)
Rye
- Protecting Public Lands: How VF Supports the Places We All Share (vfc.com)
Newington
- New Hampshire's General Sullivan Bridge is coming down (unionleader.com)
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