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PORTSMOUTH - Mark your calendars. The Press Room is set to reopen on Wednesday, May 5.
After a pandemic-long hiatus, the Daniel Street mainstay is reopening its doors next week for the first time since shutting down in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A familiar face is rising within the ranks as well as longtime Press Room entertainment booker Tristan Law said he’s taken on a bigger role and has become an “operating partner” with owner Josh Sheets.
“This place has always kind of felt like home to me,” he said in an interview Wednesday.
Law was in California helping a friend remove trees from his land after the pandemic shut down the Press Room last year. Discussing possible future music options with Sheets while he was out west, over time their conversations developed into whether Law would assist Sheets in a larger capacity.
7:43 a.m.: Police deemed a burglar alarm on Islington Street to be false.
8:54 a.m.: Marcy Street caller said that his truck had been damaged by a downspout that flew off a city building but was told to contact the Department of Public Works.
9:28 a.m.: Verbal warning given to an Islington Street driver.
9:33 a.m.: Verbal warning given to a Route 33 and Interstate 95 northbound driver.
10:18 a.m.: Two-car rear-end accident reported at Gosling Road and the Spaulding Turnpike northbound. The incident was later designated as one that the Newington Police Department would respond to.
10:24 a.m.: Report taken for a two-car accident on State Street and Middle Street. National Wrecker was requested for towing.