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🌱 Patch AM: Portsmouth Public Library: A Place of Healing: A History Of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Discussed Jan. 20
Also check out Norwood, Willing Seeds, Cold Signal Fires on the Portsmouth Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- Learn how Wentworth-Douglass Hospital shaped local healing and care
- New Portsmouth leaders sworn in as mayor begins third term
- Which Portsmouth tech firm just secured two new cybersecurity patents?
Also on today's calendar: GSCS Spring 2026 Registration Now Open! and 6 more events.
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- Wednesday: A little morning rain; cloudy, with a high of 35 and low of 27 degrees.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 42, low: 27.
- Friday: Cloudy with afternoon rain, with a high of 42 and low of 37 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Portsmouth Public Library: A Place of Healing: A History Of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Discussed Jan. 20 (patch.com) — Portsmouth residents are invited to the Public Library on Jan. 20 for a program exploring the history of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital and its role in community healing. Hosted locally, the event offers a chance to learn more about a key regional medical institution and its impact on area families over time. 
2. Portsmouth City Council, School Board Members, And Others, Take Oath Of Office (patch.com) — Portsmouth’s newly elected city council, school board, fire commission, and police commission members took their oaths of office at City Hall, accompanied by local music and honor guards. Mayor Deaglan McEachern began his third term, highlighting Portsmouth’s historic role and urging residents and officials alike to actively live the principles of democratic governance.
3. NH patents through Jan. 4 (concordmonitor.com) — Two new cybersecurity patents were assigned to Centripetal Networks, based in Portsmouth, highlighting local innovation in defending against domain-name and encrypted-traffic attacks. They’re part of a broader batch of New Hampshire–linked patents spanning medical devices, manufacturing, and advanced defense technologies that could influence jobs and tech activity across the state.
4. 6 months before the Declaration of Independence, New Hampshire created its own state constitution (bostonglobe.com) — Portsmouth’s own Fort William and Mary plays a key role in this look back at how New Hampshire helped lead the colonies toward independence, even before the Declaration of Independence. The story explains how a 1774 raid in Portsmouth and the collapse of royal government led towns to form a provincial congress and adopt a pioneering state constitution in January 1776.
📸 Around Portsmouth
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Portsmouth
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★ Featured events ★
- Norwood, Willing Seeds, Cold Signal Fires
Button Factory Stage, 909 Islington St, Portsmouth
7:00 pm
Friday January 9
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Other local events
- Nichinan Nights Happy Hour
Hotel Thaxter , 15 Middle St. , Portsmouth - Thursday Dollar Rib Night!
LEGENDS , 80 Hanover St. , Portsmouth
4:00 pm - FOOD & BEVERAGE: Happy Hour at Toscana
Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce , 3 Pleasant Street , Portsmouth
4:00 pm - 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 - Maurice "Mobetta" Brown
Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club , 135 Congress Street , Portsmouth
7:30 pm - MUSIC: Maurice "Mobetta" Brown
Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club , 135 Congress St. , Portsmouth
7:30 pm - GSCS Spring 2026 Registration Now Open!
63 S Main St , Rochester
5:00 pm
Thursday January 8
Friday January 9
Sunday January 18
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Winter Celebrations Homeschool Tour
Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce , 14 Hancock Street , Portsmouth
9:00 am - FOOD & BEVERAGE: Happy Hour at Toscana
Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce , 3 Pleasant Street , Portsmouth
4:00 pm - Live Piano at The Rosa
Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce , 70 State Street , Portsmouth
5:00 pm - MUSIC Live Music Wednesdays at the Water View Grill Lounge!
Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce , 37 Bow St , Portsmouth
6:00 pm
Wednesday January 7
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