Hurricane Sandy: Portsmouth Info Center

10:00 a.m.: City Manager John Bohenko announces that all city buildings and facilities are open on Tuesday after the city sustained minor damage from Hurricane Sandy.

9:00 a.m.: I Like That store on Market Street selling Hurricane Sandy T-shirts.

7:00 a.m.: There are now 150 PSNH customers in Portsmouth without power, down from 189.

Tuesday, 5:30 a.m.: Two hour delay for Portsmouth schools.

5:30 p.m.: There are now 189 PSNH customers in Portsmouth without power.

3:50 p.m.: There are now 355 PSNH customers in Portsmouth who have lost power.

3:00 p.m.: Fox Run Mall officials in Newington announced the mall will close at 3 p.m.

2:00 p.m.: City officies and facilities to close at 3 p.m. instead of 4 p.m. to be consistent with Gov. John Lynch's declaration for a State of Emergency.

1:30 p.m.: Fire Chief Christopher LeClaire expects to see many power outages from Sandy's high winds.

See a tree down in your neighborhood? Notice a road is flooded? Just saw a store clerk upload a pallet of fresh batteries? Please use this story on Portsmouth Patch to help out your neighbors as we brave the storm together.
 
As we hunker down to ride out Hurricane Sandy, we want to make sure that Portsmouth stays connected. For live updates during the storm, be sure to download our App for your smartphone or tablet and 'like' Portsmouth Patch on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

As you send us messages through social media and email (robert.cook@patch.com), we’ll make sure the information is added here to this story in the comments. If you notice wires down or a tree across the road, please alert authorities and then let us know so we can spread the word quickly. You can comment right on this story and use this map to make sure readers know what’s going on in your neighborhood.

The effects of Irene are hard for us to forget and at times, water and batteries were scarce about town. You can share info about where to find these items and who has gotten the latest delivery by commenting here.

Portsmouth Patch is all about connecting neighbors and helping neighbors so we hope you’ll find this information hub helpful as we brave the storm together. Stay safe Portsmouth!