Community Corner
Monday Essentials: Santa Visits, Dickens Christmas Feast
Here's 5 things you need to know for the week ahead.

- A special Hour of Code @ the Portsmouth Free Public Library program happens this week.
- Toys for Tots Collection Site at Balfour Beatty Communities continues this week.
- Don't forget to look for Santa Claus in Portsmouth this Monday and Tuesday! Click the link for his scheduled stops.
- Mark your calendars for this Friday's Dickens Christmas Feast.
- This coming Saturday, Dec. 14, is the one-year anniversary of the tragic school shooting in Newtown, CT. Many vigils and memorials are being planned throughout the country. Do you know of a memorial being planned in town? Tell us where and when in the comment section below or e-mail Sandy@Patch.com.
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