PORTSMOUTH – Members of the Pease Community Assistance Panel will be putting up lawn signs and distributing brochures on Saturday to boost enrollment in the first federal health study on adults and children exposed to dangerous PFAS chemicals.
Pease CAP member Andrea Amico said the volunteers are participating in the initiative to “raise awareness about the health study and hopefully increase enrollment in it.”
Amico, who co-founded the Testing For Pease community activist group, stressed how important it is for adults – and their children – to participate in the study.
“We can’t undo our exposure and we can’t change how we might be affected by that, but we can learn from this situation and we can contribute to the science on health effects,” Amico said. “The study is important not only for our Pease community, but also to millions of Americans across the country who are dealing with the same contamination but don’t have the opportunity to be part of a health
PORTSMOUTH – Residents will get their chance to tell the City Council how they feel about a proposal to more than double parking fines at a public hearing scheduled for May 3.
The City Council voted 7-2 this week to pass the first reading and schedule the public hearing on the proposal, which would increase fines for people who overstay their time at downtown parking meters from $15 to $35.
The proposed hike represents a percentage increase of 133%.
Assistant Mayor Jim Splaine and City Councilor Deaglan McEachern cast the two no votes against scheduling second reading on the proposal. It needs to pass three readings to go into effect.
PORTSMOUTH Peverly Hill Road residents will soon get another opportunity to tell city officials whether they want a more ambitious sidewalk and shared use path project for their neighborhood, or if they only want a sidewalk.
The City Council voted 9-0 to hold another in-person public hearing so Peverly Hill Road residents can weigh in on three options being considered for the project.
City Councilor Cliff Lazenby, who made the motion to have the yet-to-be-scheduled public meeting, pointed to the benefit of allowing residents “to all come together” so they could “all have an opportunity to give input.”
That way, Lazenby said, city officials could “get an updated sense of how they (residents) feel about the project prior to the council figuring out a path forward.”