Today is Bike/Walk to Work Day

1. Today's weather: Today will be mostly sunny with a high temperature near 69 degrees. On Friday night, it will be mostly clear with a low temperature of 47 degrees.

2. Food drive Saturday: A food drive to benefit the Seacoast Family Food Pantry will be held on Saturday morning from 8 a.m. to 12 noon at the city Public Works Department. The event is being sponsored by AFSCME Local 1386, City of Portsmouth, N.H. Employees Union.

3. Bike/Walk to Work Day: The 11th annual Bike/Walk to Work Day is happening this Friday morning and more than 90 cyclists will be meeting up at Grill 28 at Pease Golf Course before they pedal to Popovers on the Square in downtown Portsmouth at 9:30 p.m. Their website has a complete listing of all of the Seacoast locations where breakfasts will be held.

4. DWI checkpoints this weekend: The Portsmouth Police Department announced this week they would be conducting some sobriety checkpoints in the city this weekend.

5. Public design charrette in June: The Portsmouth Planning Department is currently working on a project to convert the city's current zoning ordinances to a form-based code and will hold a public design charrette from June 6 to June 10 where city residents can have direct input on what they want their city to look like.