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PORTSMOUTH – The city announced the Peirce Island Outdoor Pool will open in 2021 for residents only with COVID-19 restrictions in place.
According to a city press release, the Recreation Department and Department of Public Works have worked at the city manager s direction with City Health Officer Kim McNamara to make several adjustments to the pool and bathhouse facility to allow the pool to open, by reservation, for the summer season, June 21 through Aug. 20. The pool will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week.
Only Portsmouth residents will be admitted, with a limited number in each one-hour reservation block. Admission is free.
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PORTSMOUTH The city expects to receive about $13.2 million in federal funds from the latest stimulus package, but it’s not yet clear how the millions can be spent.
City Manager Karen Conard said the federal government is still developing the guidelines that will direct New Hampshire municipalities how they can spend the money.
Despite not having the guidelines yet, city staff is preparing for when the “guidance does come,” Conard said Monday.
“It will behoove us to have a list of potential projects and uses,” Conard said.
The city is expected to receive about $13.2 million from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CARES) Act of 2021.
PORTSMOUTH – City Councilors Esther Kennedy and Petra Huda are pushing to change a portion of the Middle Street bike lane by returning parked cars to the curb instead of closer to passing traffic where they are now.
Kennedy and Huda are slated to discuss their motion to change the bike lane from the intersection of Middle and Highland streets to the intersection of Middle and Lincoln Avenue at Monday’s City Council meeting.
Their motion also calls for designating Lincoln Avenue as a “Safe Route to Schools bike route.”
Mayor Rick Becksted supports the proposal and says he will vote for it Monday night.