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Planning board members encourage residents to get involved with the new master plan process

Hewitt alleged to have committed malfeasance while serving on the Planning Board for the last two years

“Small changes can be transformative if the small changes are changes that we need,” Mayor McEachern said.

PORTSMOUTH – A long-debated, 152-unit residential development along the North Mill Pond, is moving forward after receiving key approvals from the Planning Board late Thursday night. As part of the development, called Residences at Islington Creek, developers are creating a ½-acre public park along the North Mill Pond and donating rights to the city for about ¾ of a mile of the long-planned North Mill Pond Trail and Greenway, a public multi-use path that will connect Market and Bartlett str...