🌱 Patch AM: Want your kid onstage in downtown Portsmouth this summer?

What's up Portsmouth! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Want your kid onstage in downtown Portsmouth this summer?

Also on today's calendar: “Color Me Included”, zoom history program, Rev. Deb Knowlton and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: I am on a seafood diet. 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 41 and low of 24 degrees.
• Monday: Partly sunny; windy, colder, temps: high: 33, low: 29.
• Tuesday: Clouds and sunshine, with a high of 43 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Prescott Park launches Camp ENCORE! theatre sessions for kids (seacoastonline.com) — Families in Portsmouth can now sign up kids ages 6–17 for Camp ENCORE!, Prescott Park Arts Festival’s summer theatre program that ends each session with a show on the Wilcox Main Stage downtown. Registration for the 2026 sessions is open, with options for early and after care plus discounts, alongside a season featuring Cinderella, concerts, and movie nights.
   

📸 Around Portsmouth

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Portsmouth

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★ Featured events ★

Monday January 12

• “Color Me Included”, zoom history program, Rev. Deb Knowlton
  Zoom ,
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday January 11

• MUSIC: LowDown Brass Band
  Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce , 500 Market St #16A , Portsmouth
  7:30 pm

Monday January 12

• Nichinan Nights Happy Hour
  Hotel Thaxter , 15 Middle St. , Portsmouth
• FOOD & BEVERAGE: Happy Hour at Toscana
  Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce , 3 Pleasant Street , Portsmouth
  4:00 pm

Tuesday January 13

• Nichinan Nights Happy Hour
  Hotel Thaxter , 15 Middle St. , Portsmouth
• Junior Science: The Wonders of Water
  Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce , 6 Washington Street , Dover
  2:00 pm
• FOOD & BEVERAGE: Happy Hour at Toscana
  Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce , 3 Pleasant Street , Portsmouth
  4:00 pm
• Absolute Beginner Salsa-Six Week Series
  Salsa Secrets , 2800 Lafayette Rd , Portsmouth
  6:30 pm

Wednesday January 14

• Nichinan Nights Happy Hour
  Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce , 15 Middle St. , Portsmouth

Sunday January 18

• GSCS Spring 2026 Registration Now Open!
  63 S Main St , Rochester
  5:00 pm

📣 Portsmouth Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday January 11

• FOOD: Sunday Brunch at SALT
  Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce SALT Kitchen and Bar
  11:00 am
• Sunday Jazz Supper: Christine & Friends
  The Press Room , 77 Daniel St , Portsmouth
  6:00 pm
• MUSIC: LowDown Brass Band
  Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce , 500 Market St #16A , Portsmouth
  7:30 pm

Monday January 12

• FOOD & BEVERAGE: Happy Hour at Toscana
  Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce , 3 Pleasant Street , Portsmouth
  4:00 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Portsmouth PatchAM possible:

• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
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• Dogtopia of North Hampton — (475) 338-3501
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• At Timber & Ivy Home Solutions, we believe in choosing the best solutions for your home - by working closely with you, to provide the best in modern repairs and upgrades.
  From roof to basement, count on Timber & Ivy Home Solutions to create the space you love, to enjoy for years to come. Cheers everyone! 207-200-1494… (Nextdoor Sherburne)

• Teledyne Technologies Incorporated posted a job opening for 2nd Shift Stockroom Clerk in Portsmouth. Apply here.
• Ascensia Diabetes Care posted a job opening for Operator II - Manufacturing in Portsmouth. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Portsmouth here.

🗞 Nearby News

Rye

• Thursday Seacoast Roundup: MacDonald leads York boys basketball, more (seacoastonline.com)

Newington

• 'Field of Dreams' at Pease? NH Air Guard commander shares vision (seacoastonline.com)

Hampton

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-- The Patch AM Team

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