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🌱 Patch AM: City Of Portsmouth: Public Art Review Committee Seeks Artists For Hanover Garage Project

Spotted on the Portsmouth calendar: Cape Ann Pride's Fall Masquerade Ball

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Good morning Portsmouth! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Portsmouth seeks artists to transform Hanover Garage with new public art
  • Why a Massachusetts murder suspect is being held in Portsmouth court
  • How Portsmouth trimmed its $58.6M City Hall and police overhaul.

Also on today's calendar: Cape Ann Pride's Fall Masquerade Ball and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 70 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Sunday: Morning rain; rather cloudy, temps: high: 70, low: 63.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 75 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. City Of Portsmouth: Public Art Review Committee Seeks Artists For Hanover Garage Project (patch.com) — Portsmouth residents are being invited to help shape new public art at the Hanover Garage, as the city's Public Art Review Committee seeks artists for an upcoming project. The announcement encourages local and regional creatives to get involved in enhancing a prominent downtown Portsmouth space with fresh artwork.
   

2. Man arraigned on fugitive charge in Portsmouth (newportdispatch.com) — A man accused of murder in Salem, Massachusetts has been arraigned as a fugitive from justice in Portsmouth District Court and is being held without bail for now. Portsmouth residents should know that local courts are handling the early stages of this high-profile case, with another hearing already scheduled in town before he's returned to Massachusetts to face the murder charge.
   

3. Portsmouth City Hall, police project faces cuts to keep cost at $58.6M (seacoastonline.com) — Portsmouth officials are working to keep the combined City Hall and police station renovation project at about $58.6 million by scaling back later phases focused on upper City Hall floors. The plan still delivers major police station upgrades, a more accessible main entrance, a new elevator, and reconfigured offices so residents can reach key city and social services more easily and use more flexible community meeting spaces.
   

4. Portsmouth man charged in 1993 Kittery murder denied bail. New DNA test cited. (fosters.com) — A Portsmouth man charged in a 1993 Kittery homicide has been denied bail in Maine after new DNA testing linked hairs from the crime scene to him. Portsmouth readers should know he was arrested at his local residence earlier this summer, and that the long-running case is now moving toward a 2027 jury trial following the judge's detailed ruling on probable cause.
   

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