🌱 Trick-Or-Treat + Gingerbread Contest: Portsmouth A.M. Digest

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

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 67 Low: 48.

Here are the top stories in Portsmouth today:

1. Justice For Billy Jo Ahearn: Second-Degree Murder Trial Ends (Seacoast Current)
2. Portsmouth 2021 trick or treating is on for Oct. 30: Here's what you need to know (Seacoastonline.com)
3. Five New Hampshire firms to vie for Product of the Year honors (New Hampshire Business Review)
4. 'It doesn't hurt anybody': Will Portsmouth voters approve Keno gambling in 2021? (Seacoastonline.com)
5. Latest Radio News, Talk Shows, Sports, Hosts, Personalities (All Access Music Group)
6. Portsmouth schools: Over 97% of district staff fully vaccinated for COVID (Seacoastonline.com)

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Today in Portsmouth:

• Fundraiser for Cleveland Clinic Breast Cancer Vaccine Fund (8:30 AM)
• ‘Welcome to Goose Pond’ (5:00 PM)
• 'Light and Dark' (5:00 PM)
• ‘Botanica’ (5:00 PM)
• ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’ (5:00 PM)

Portsmouth Patch Notebook

• Portsmouth Professional Firefighters Local 1313: "Beginning tomorrow, and lasting until October 31st, our members will be changing into our cancer awareness shirts for breast cancer awareness month! We purchase these shirts each year and all proceeds from the sale of these shirts go to ..." (Facebook)
• Krempels Center: "This week, our members are gearing up for the King Challenge with adaptive bike fittings courtesy of Northeast Passage! The King Challenge is Krempels Center's largest community fundraiser. Registration for the October 16th bike ride for..." (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Youth Football: "Exciting games against Andover 9/26/21 - 2 tough teams and a lot of fun to watch!!" (Facebook)
• PHS Football Portsmouth NH: "Freshman Clippercats vs Spaulding HALFTIME Clippercats 20 - Spaulding 0" (Facebook)
• PHS Football Portsmouth NH: "Freshman Clippercats with the win! And a rainbow to boot!🌈 Final 34-22 👏🏻🏈👏🏻" (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Historical Society: "It's Gingerbread Time!! Yes the 31st Annual Gingerbread House Contest & Exhibition is recruiting all ages and skill levels - individuals, groups, businesses, nonprofits, professional bakers, & organizations. Spread the word! Read the rul..." (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "Not your typical expo or business after hours, join us one of two ways 2nd Annual Small but MIGHTY Business Expo presented by First Seacoast Bank on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 4-7 p.m. under a tent at Cisco! Register to be an exhibitor (with bo..." (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Firefighters Charitable Association: "A big thank you to SIG SAUER who graciously donated a P365 for our silent auction! Come check out this and other cool items we have for our silent auction at @portsmouthbrewery on Oct 8 We'll be posting more this week about local busines..." (Facebook)
• Portsmouth Rotary Club: "President Justin is with this weeks speakers Tegan & Remi with Friends Forever International" (Facebook)
• The Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth: "𝑪&𝑪2 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 𝑴𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒔 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒉𝒂𝒎 Connect & Collaborate 2 is an exclusive, weekly, NH Seacoast business group sponsored by the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth. People conduct business with ..." (Facebook)
• Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire: "We're so excited to announce our Friday Evening Keynote Speaker: Dr Robert Livingston. Dr Livingston will be speaking in person at our Friday evening Award Dinner/Keynote Event. We're giving away copies of his book "The Conversation" fre..." (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "Just a few of the Vendors that will be at our PRIDE Marketplace. Come check out their booths on October 9th from 1pm-5pm at Strawbery Banke Museum." (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "WEDDING GOWN RAFFLE AT Portsmouth PRIDE There are lots of booths and vendors who will be at the Marketplace. One booth we want to make sure you visit belongs to Katiemae White, who is generously raffling off her wedding dress at Pride to..." (Facebook)
• Strawbery Banke Museum: "✨ Vintage & Vine Online Silent Auction Item Highlight! ✨𝗜𝘁𝗲𝗺 #𝟵: "View From the Spiral Staircase" is a woodcut by Don Gorvett, donated by the Don Gorvett Gallery, and has a value of $525 on its own, unframed. This work on paper has ..." (Facebook)
• Seacoast Outright: "National Hispanic American Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15. Join us in celebrating the remarkable contributions of Americans of Hispanic Heritage to our culture and society. Learn more: https://www.hispaniche..." (Facebook)

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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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