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Tuesday, August 12, 2025Portsmouth NH Department of Public Works hosts Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on Sept. 6, 2025
PORTSMOUTH – The City of Portsmouth Department of Public Works will hold the next semiannual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025 at the Public Works facility at 680 Peverly Hill Road. Residents of Portsmouth, Greenland, and Newington are encouraged to bring household chemicals for safe disposal between 8 am and noon. Collection Day is organized as a drive-through service. Residents remain in their vehicles and pull through the Public Works garage, where staff will remove
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Monday, August 04, 2025City of Portsmouth seeks public input for Capital Improvement Plan for fiscal years 2027 - 2032
PORTSMOUTH– The Portsmouth City Council, Planning Board and Planning & Sustainability Department invite the public to provide input on the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for Fiscal Years 2027 to 2032 (July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2032). Residents are invited to submit projects for consideration in the next CIP by Sept. 19, 2025.The CIP details a six-year schedule and financing strategy for accomplishing necessary public improvements and meeting the City’s infrastructure needs. The Planning Board oversees the
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Monday, July 28, 2025City of Portsmouth NH installs public artwork, 'Spiraling Serenity' on Peirce Island
PORTSMOUTH – In March 2024 the City of Portsmouth Public Art Review Committee (PARC) established the request for proposals (RFP) criteria for a public work of art, funded by the City’s percent-for-art ordinance, to be placed near the new Peirce Island Wastewater Treatment Facility. The percent-for-art ordinance stipulates that all new City facilities include provisions for public art, with the maximum allocation capped by City Council action at $150,000. The RFP for the Peirce Island commissioned work
