Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Dreamscapes: A Visual Odyssey of Hope and Tranquility by Fleur Palau on display at the New Hampshire Art Association
PORTSMOUTH—The New Hampshire Art Association presents Dreamscapes, a visual journey through images of hope and tranquility personified in land, sea, and humans, by New Hampshire artist Fleur Palau. Soothing and gentle, Dreamscapes provides an environment for introspection through Palau’s dream world. This upcoming exhibit promises to be a celebration of the human spirit, where art becomes a vessel for conveying the profound emotions of hope and serenity. This exhibition will be displayed at the Robert
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Stitching Sanctuary: NH Art Association's Fabric Collage Exhibit Explores Creatures' Notions of Home in 'Habitat:Haven:Home
PORTSMOUTH—The New Hampshire Art Association is proud to present Habitat :Haven: Home, an exploration by N.H. artist Cheryl Z. Miller of what home means to the creatures of the world using fabric collage. “Habitat refers to a creature's natural environment, a haven is a place of refuge and safety, and home is a domestic center,” says Miller. The artwork narrates the playful interaction between animals and nature, sparking contemplation on the factors that provide solace. Habitat: Haven: Home will be
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
City of Portsmouth NH DPW Holds Public Pre-Construction Meetings for Project Work Resuming in April
PORTSMOUTH – Seasonal construction projects throughout the City are scheduled to resume on April 9, 2024 and the Department of Public Works is hosting public pre- construction meetings for each project. Recorded meetings and presentations are available on the City’s website for the following: · Islington Street Project Phase 2A and 2B. This project is expected to resume on April 9. The construction includes completion of Phase 2A, the section of Islington Street from Dover Street to
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Greg West Photography wins recognition from international judges
Architecture MasterPrize announced its 2023 winners, recognizing Greg West Photography’s “Passing Storm”, a dusk image of the Zakim Bridge following a rainstorm, with an Honorable Mention in the Exterior Architectural Photography Category. Architecture MasterPrize is an international architecture award. The prize celebrates excellence, innovation, and creativity in Architecture, Interior Design, Urban Planning, Architectural Product Design, and Architectural Photography. For over 25 years Greg West
Monday, March 25, 2024
COAST Bus Receives $1,000 Grant from Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation
COAST Bus Receives $1,000 Grant from Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation: Funding will support upgrade to next generation financial management softwareDOVER— Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation, more commonly known as COAST, was recently awarded a $1,000 grant from the Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation. The grant funds will help support the purchase of next generation Multiview Financial Software.“We are so grateful to Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation for investing in COAST’s financial
Monday, March 25, 2024
Live Music on Friday nights at Stroll Café
PORTSMOUTH—Stroll Café at 15 Portwalk Place has started hosting live music nights on Fridays from 5-7pm!Enjoy live music and supporting local artists, along with Social Hour specials such as $5 glasses of wine, wine flights, food pairings, seasonal cocktails, and more! Visit Stroll's Facebook page for the list of musicians. DISCLAIMER: The above content wasn't created by, but is being shared by the Chamber Collaborative on behalf of a member.
Saturday, March 23, 2024
City of Portsmouth NH planning alternatives when Hanover Garage Project limits elevator access
PORTSMOUTH – The City of Portsmouth is currently in the second year of a three-year project for the major renovation of the High Hanover Parking Facility. The project is designed to enhance the overall safety and longevity of the structure, improve traffic flow, and replace the traffic control equipment that governs garage entry and exit. The project’s current phase includes work above the Hanover Street Entrance/Exit which requires the temporary closure of that primary entrance/exit. This phase of
Friday, March 22, 2024
Seacoast African American Cultural Center (SAACC) 2024 Season
Opening Friday, April 5, 2024 at the Seacoast African American Cultural Center (SAACC), 10 Middle St., Portsmouth NH Becoming Black: The Immigrant Experience Our April 2024 opening exhibition features two acclaimed regional artists - Jozimar Matimano and Becky Field - whose life and work depicts the immigrant experience to consider how people of color from all over the world, ranging from Africa to South Asia and the Middle East, come to be seen as Black or an ethnic minority when settling in
Friday, March 22, 2024
'America America' on stage at Players' Ring Theatre April 5-14
PORTSMOUTH – An original play, America America, written and directed by Joan Bigwood, performed in English and Spanish (with the projection of English subtitles), will be on stage at the Players’ Ring Theatre from April 5 through April 14. After 17 years of marriage, venture capitalist Mark Porter (played by Brian Miskinis) finally agrees to the idea of hiring a cleaning lady. He wants his wife Jane (Jill Maloney) to know he supports her fitness regimen and other hobbies. But why now? The Porters
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
2023 End-of-Year Awards at Colliers
PORTSMOUTH—Colliers, a global leader in commercial real estate services, is pleased to announce its 2023 award winners in the Colliers New Hampshire and Maine offices. The Colliers Portsmouth office swept the awards ceremony this year! David Choate earned the 2023 Top Producer Award, which he has earned six times in the last decade. Choate and Abby Bachman won the Deal of the Year Award for the sale of Mill Plaza in Durham, for $8.8 million. Bachman also earned the Most Improved Award for 2023, as she
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Portsmouth NH City Council approves Cultural Plan
PORTSMOUTH – Early in 2023 the Portsmouth Arts and Nonprofits Committee assembled a subcommittee tasked with creating a new Cultural Plan for the City. The last plan was adopted in 2002 and was included in the 2005 Master Plan. The goal was to complete a new plan as a foundational pillar for the 2035 Citywide Master Plan to help ensure that City leaders have a strategic roadmap to guide support and funding policies in the coming decade and serve as a blueprint for preservation and expansion of arts and
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
TFMoran Welcomes Luke Taylor
PORTSMOUTH—TFMoran is pleased to welcome Luke Taylor as an Environmental Permitting Specialist in its Portsmouth office. Taylor recently graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Conservation and Sustainability and a minor in Community Development and Planning. Taylor’s coursework included environmental policy, environmental resource economics, and ecology. With his extensive academic background, Taylor will be a great asset to TFMoran’s Environmental
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Valente Receives NH Professional Engineering License
PORTSMOUTH—Zachary Valente, PE recently earned his Professional Engineer license for the State of New Hampshire. Valente serves as a Structural Project Engineer in TFMoran's Bedford office and joined the company in 2022. He has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science in Structural Engineering from the University of New Hampshire. Valente’s structural design experience includes steel and timber commercial, industrial, and residential buildings and concrete foundations. With
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Access Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics to host Women in Medicine event
Event held in conjunction with Women’s History Month. EXETER—Access Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics is pleased to announce a special event, "Women in Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics," to be held Wednesday, March 27 at 6:30 p.m. at its Exeter location. This unique event offers an opportunity for students and anyone in the community interested in healthcare to learn about the inspiring journeys of Access Sports Medicine’s female professionals and leaders in the field. The celebration will feature
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Children’s Day Logo Contest! Children's Day is May 5 —Deadline for Logo Contest is March 29!
PORTSMOUTH—Children’s Day, produced by Pro Portsmouth, will take place in downtown Portsmouth on the first Sunday in May – this year the event takes place Sunday, May 5 from noon to 4 p.m. As is tradition, Pro Portsmouth invites our young artists to share their talent with us and participate in the Children’s Day Logo Contest. The logo will be seen on event maps, the event website, Children’s Day T-shirts and all marketing collateral. Here are a few guidelines for 2024: Artists under age 12 are
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Parents, guardians, students and taxpayers, Portsmouth Career Technical Education needs your input (by March 22)
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Join in the By Degrees Climate Summit on April 4 in Durham
DURHAM—NHPR in collaboration with New Hampshire PBS is hosting the second annual By Degrees Climate Summit at the University of New Hampshire, Durham on Thursday, April 4 at 2 p.m. Click here to register. The By Degrees Climate Summit 2024 will be offered as a live stream with closed captioning – and its recording (both audio and video) will be used for a later broadcast and distributed on NHPR and NH PBS’ platforms during Earth Week 2024. This year’s summit will feature two panels; the first, will focus
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Opening Reception to be held Friday, March 15 at Nahcotta for Yelena Bryksenkova: Quiet Hour
Yelena Bryksenkova: Quiet Hour Sweet scenes that delve into the emotional connection between handmade objects, cozy interiors, and nature. Yelena Bryksenkova's acryla gouache paintings blend the magical with the nostalgic... and of course, we're always here for the plants and cats. Bryksenkova is a Russian-born, American Midwest-raised freelance illustrator and fine artist who currently lives and works in Montréal, Canada. Head to Nahcotta on Friday, March 15th from 5-7 p.m. for the opening reception
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Step Up Parents Receives $5,000 Donation from the Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction
LACONIA — On Friday, March 11, 2024 the Greater Lakes Region Children’s Auction hosted a luncheon at the Huot Career and Technical Center in Laconia to honor nonprofits serving children and families throughout the region. Step Up Parents (SUP) was thrilled to be presented with a donation in the amount of $5,000 which will be used to provide critical financial assistance and other support to kinship caregiver families caring for children whose parents suffer from substance use disorder (SUD). The Greater
Friday, March 08, 2024
Registration is Open for Summer Internship Housing at the University of New Hampshire
DURHAM - The University of New Hampshire is excited to announce that registration is now open for its Summer Internship Housing Program. The Summer Internship Housing Program is available to any current non-UNH undergraduate or graduate student at an accredited university who is holding an internship in the New Hampshire Seacoast area. Housing is also available to UNH students through a separate Summer Housing program. Summer Internship Housing at UNH is safe, convenient and affordable. Plus, all of
Friday, March 08, 2024
Handled. By Hayden & Co. is Boston Business Women 2024 Award Winner!
Handled. By Hayden's Hayden Orme says: "I'm thrilled to announce that Handled. By Hayden & Co. has been named the WINNER of the 2024 Boston Business Women Award for Best Virtual (Executive) Assistant firm! I'm deeply humbled and grateful for this recognition alongside so many incredibly inspiring, creative, and hardworking women business owners. "This highlights our commitment to excellence. At HBH & Co., we're dedicated to providing top-notch support for business owners and leaders nationwide. We're on a
Wednesday, March 06, 2024
Strawbery Banke Launches Matching Fundraising Challenge with Pledge from Puddle Dock Restaurant and TOUR Golf & Grill
PORTSMOUTH - Strawbery Banke Museum is thrilled to announce that the Puddle Dock Restaurant and TOUR Golf & Grill are matching all gifts to the Strawbery Banke Fund during March, generously pledging to match every gift dollar-for-dollar, up to $25,000. This initiative presents an extraordinary opportunity for supporters to double the impact of their contributions to the museum. Gifts can be made online via StrawberyBanke.org/donate. "We are incredibly grateful to Puddle Dock Restaurant and TOUR Golf &
Monday, March 04, 2024
New England BIPOC Fest moves to Strawbery Banke Museum for 2024 celebration
PORTSMOUTH-The New England BIPOC Fest, a celebration of diversity and the Seacoast’s Black and Indigenous people of color, is thrilled to announce its relocation to the historic grounds of Strawbery Banke Museum on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. This annual event, founded by David Vargas, owner of Vida Cantina, Evan Mallett, owner of Black Trumpet, and Joanna Kelley, owner of Cup of Joe Café & Bar, has grown exponentially since its inception and has now found a new home to accommodate its expanding reach. This
Friday, March 01, 2024
Free Program Available For New Hampshire Business Owners
The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program is now accepting applications for the Fall 2024 Cohort. Since 2019, this free program has helped business owners from all across the state strategize and create business growth for their companies. The program is funded by the Goldman Sachs Foundation a not for profit organization and hosted by the Community College System of New Hampshire. Through the program participants learn the skills they need to scale their business for growth. The program
Monday, January 29, 2024
Devine Millimet attorney Tabitha Croscut appears before Senate Small Business Committee
On Jan. 24, the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, chaired by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), held a hearing titled “Succession Planning: Opportunities to Build Wealth and Keep Jobs in Local Communities.”Devine Millimet attorney Tabitha Croscut was asked to be a witness and provide testimony at the hearing. Devine Millimet’s president, Anu Mullikin, reported internally that "Tabitha was one of four [witnesses] on a panel, and she brilliantly testified to the benefits of small business
Tuesday, December 05, 2023
What are we going to do about it?
The night before Thanksgiving, a beloved member of our business community, Mamadou Dembele, was assaulted while out in the City of Portsmouth. Sadly, in a statement released last week by Mamadou “The words used by my attacker leave no doubt that this was a racist act." On Sunday, Dec. 3, community, spiritual, and business leaders rallied around him. You can read that account here. A gathering Dec. 3 at the Portsmouth African Burying Ground Memorial supported Mamadou Dembele. Show, from
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
High Honors: Businesses recognized for their outstanding work in 2023 by Chamber Collaborative
Members of the PortsmouthNH 400 celebrate with their unique trophy marking their Lighting the Way Award at the Oct. 30 Collaboration Awards held by the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth. (Photo by Will Zimmermann) High Honors: Businesses recognized for their outstanding work in 2023 by Chamber Collaborative PORTSMOUTH—Capped off by a special recognition of the Portsmouth NH 400 organization called the Lighting the Way Award, the Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth celebrated its
Thursday, December 02, 2021
Chamber Collaborative of Greater Portsmouth Selects its Small but MIGHTY Business of November
PORTSMOUTH—A moving company that started on a card table in an apartment in Dover has now expanded to the Eastern Seaboard. Mike Carlton, president of Calling All Cargo Moving & Storage has added two tractor-trailers to his fleet to help transport anything and everything from their Dover and Greenland facilities all the way to their brand-new branch in West Palm Beach, Fla. (a city that he now calls home.) Carlton is proud of his company, and also very proud of his military background as a U.S.
Friday, July 17, 2020
Farewell to our friend Tom, a great man and restaurateur
ABOVE: Tom Perron at the March 11, 2020 Restaurant Week Summit. The photograph is taken from the upper floor of his restaurant, Mombo, where he said the photographer would have a much better vantage point. BELOW: Tom shared his love of the kitchen with the Portsmouth High School Career Technical Education students, pictured here Tom was leading CTE students in making a dessert as he volunteered in December at the Career Pathways program.Farewell to our friend Tom, a great man and restaurateur Thoughtful
Friday, May 29, 2020
EASY PEASY: How to Submit a News Release to the Chamber Collaborative Website
· Log on to ChamberMaster (chambermaster.com)Click "For Customers"Click Log In from drop downNavigate to Chambermaster (lower right) and click and sign into your account (Need help with your sign on or password? Email Jennifer@PortsmouthCollaborative.org and she can send you a prompt to reset it.) · In the upper right-hand corner, look for the the letters “MIC” (Member Information Center) o Click on it · Once in MIC, go to the menu column on the left-hand side o Click “News Release” from this menu ·