🌱 High School Mask Mandate + Roger Wood: Portsmouth A.M. Digest

Happy Monday, Portsmouth! Here's everything you need to know to get this day started. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in town.

First, today's weather:

Sunny to partly cloudy. High: 66 Low: 53.

Here are the top stories in Portsmouth today:

1. Portsmouth Public Library: Portsmouth Naval Prison (Press Release Desk)
2. Portsmouth Public Library: Marie Curie's Life And Work (Press Release Desk)
3. Portsmouth Public Library: Estate Planning (Press Release Desk)
4. Portsmouth Public Library: Genealogy Workshops (Press Release Desk)
5. Portsmouth High School mandates masks as it returns to in person learning (The New Hampshire)

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Today in Portsmouth:

• Chris Thile (7:30 PM)

Portsmouth Patch Notebook

• Seacoast Outright: "Very exciting day today! We are so grateful to our community!" (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Professional Firefighters Local 1313: "Thanks for all the support for Portsmouth Firefighters Charitable Association tonight! Kearsarge 3 Ale and t shirts are still on sale even after tonight!" (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "Well, that was amazing! Thank you to our beautiful community. More pics coming tomorrow and throughout the next week. #YouBeYou #PortsmouthPRIDE" (Facebook)
• Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire: "Check out this interview with our Lead Tour Guide, Nur, on NHPR! https://www.nhpr.org/latest-from-nhpr/2021-10-08/a-new-tour-from-the-black-heritage-trail-of-n-h-examines-portsmouths-history-during-jim-crow" (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Public Library (NH): "This year our City Council voted to recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day alongside Columbus Day. The library will be closed tomorrow - Monday, October 11 - in observance of the holiday. We thought we’d take this opportunity to share our Lan..." (Facebook)
• Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses: "It was a wonderful last day of our season at Portsmouth Harbor Light today" (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Public Library (NH): "We had perfect weather for Portsmouth Pride today hosted by Seacoast Outright at Strawbery Banke Museum! We gave away books and pins and signed folks up for library cards! 🌈 Thanks to our friends from the neighboring booth, Aids Respons..." (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "PROTECT LGBTQ+ RIGHTS Saturday, October 9, Noon Meet at Market Square, Portsmouth Friends. Now more than ever, we need to show support for LGBTQ+ rights. Please JOIN US and MARCH Saturday and SHARE this post. Why March? 1. People are sti..." (Facebook)
• Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire: "On the Road to Recovery ... - https://mailchi.mp/blackheritagetrailnh.org/newsletter2743050-2897780" (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "TOUR WITH PRIDE 🏠🏳️‍🌈🏠🏳️‍🌈🏠 Strawbery Banke historic houses and gardens will be open to all Portsmouth PRIDE attendees at no cost today, Saturday, October 9. #PortsmouthPRIDE #YouBeYou @StrawberyBanke" (Facebook)
• Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire: "Listen to Dr Robert Livingston summarize his book. A free copy of Dr Livingston's book will go to the first 100 people to register for the IN PERSON awards dinner on Friday, Oct. 23. #BNEC2021 Southern New Hampshire University Southern ..." (Facebook)
• Strawbery Banke Museum: "The Vintage & Vine Silent Auction ends TODAY at 8 PM. It's the last chance to browse and bid on unique items and experiences. To learn more and bid, visit https://one.bidpal.net/vintagevine2021" (Facebook)

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— Jason Claffey

About me: I grew up in Massachusetts outside Boston and started my journalism career at 19 when I earned an internship in the sports department of The Boston Globe. I graduated from Boston University in 2007 and became a reporter at Foster's Daily Democrat in New Hampshire before joining Patch in 2010. I've covered three New Hampshire primaries and won awards for environmental reporting and Sunday staff excellence from the New England Newspaper & Press Association.

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