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  • 2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jeff McMenemy

    PORTSMOUTH — Former state Rep. Laura Pantelakos, who represented the city in Concord for 44 consecutive years, died Monday night. She was 89. Her daughter, Petra Barstow, said her mother, a Democrat, “served 44 consecutive years for the city of Portsmouth and the state of New Hampshire.” She served from 1978 to 2022. “She was the dean of the House when she retired two years ago.”Pantelakos held the title of dean of the House (longest current serving member) from 2008 to 2022.

  • 3 weeks ago | seacoastonline.com | Jeff McMenemy

    PORTSMOUTH — City planning director Peter Britz estimates there are 1,000 to 1,500 new residential housing units “in the pipeline” for Portsmouth. “There’s a lot of big development for sure,” Britz said in reference to new housing that’s being created in the city and more that has been proposed.

  • 3 weeks ago | fosters.com | Jeff McMenemy

    Portsmouth, NH is experiencing a surge in residential development, with 1,000 to 1,500 new units in the pipeline. City officials believe if housing surge continues Portsmouth's population could eventually exceed 25,000 again, a number it hasn't reached since the early 1990s. While new housing is being welcomed, city leaders acknowledge the need to ensure affordability for families.

  • 3 weeks ago | seacoastonline.com | Jeff McMenemy

    PORTSMOUTH — The city Planning Board recently got its first look at the revised all-market-rate housing plan for the redevelopment of the former Heinemann Publishing Company building site. The plan now proposed by Hampshire Development Corp calls for redeveloping the existing commercial building on the property at 361 Hanover St. with apartments and erecting three new buildings with additional housing.

  • 1 month ago | seacoastonline.com | Jeff McMenemy

    PORTSMOUTH — Planning Board members offered positive feedback on a proposal by The Kane Company to develop three buildings with a total of 270 market-rate apartment units off Portsmouth Boulevard. Members during the board’s Thursday night meeting also encouraged the development team to offer more recreation opportunities at the proposed development site, and consider podium parking – where parking spots are located under the three proposed six-story buildings – rather than surface parking fields.

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Jeffrey McMenemy
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11 Oct 23

Portsmouth International Airport at Pease back to normal flights operations after having to ban large aircraft from taking off or landing last Friday because fire trucks weren't functioning https://t.co/cOO6ZXmxDa. @seacoastonline