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City of Portsmouth, NH Historic Cemetery Committee Pays Tribute to Revolutionary War Veterans for America's 250th
PORTSMOUTH – For the commemoration of America’s 250th, the City of Portsmouth’s Cemetery Committee has taken on the project to research and locate the gravesites of all veterans of the American Revolution who are buried in the City’s historic cemeteries. Members of the Cemetery Committee including Susana Polidura and Dee Dee Forte have now placed red, white, and blue markers at these graves in North Cemetery, the South Street cemeteries, St. John’s, Pleasant Street, and Point of Graves. For more on the
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Childcare Working Group Presents Findings and Action Plan
PORTSMOUTH – The Portsmouth Childcare Working Group presented its report to City Council on July 13. The Council voted to establish the 23-member group to examine childcare access, cost, and supply on the Seacoast. Members included City department heads, school and childcare leaders, employers, and philanthropic partners. The report finds that market forces alone cannot solve the Seacoast’s childcare challenges. Staff wages account for 65 to 76 percent of a center’s operating costs, while required
