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Tuesday night's meeting in Portsmouth featured debate on whether the mandate should remain in place until June 30 for indoors only.

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 ne...

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 opportun...

Redgate/Kane: We will protect our investment on McIntyre project Michael Kane and Ralph Cox Editor's note: This March 15 letter was sent by developers Michael Kane and Ralph Cox of Redgate/Kane, the city of Portsmouth's partner on the McIntyre redevelopment project, to City Councilor Peter Whelan, chair of the council's McIntyre Subcommittee. Dear Peter: This letter follows up on the attached email Ralph Cox and I sent to you on February 16, 2021, and my subsequent conversations with you in which I expressed concerns about the sketches resulting from the Portsmouth Listens McIntyre public s...

John Tabor The McIntyre Subcommittee is working diligently to redevelop this 2.1 acre parcel downtown in a way that benefits the public while activating the site for private development. The city and development partner Redgate Kane reached an interim agreement last spring to work together to come up with an improved plan with more public benefit. The Subcommittee has engaged the public through a broad-based survey last August and then the Portsmouth Listens study circles this winter. We are now at an exciting point where our urban design firm, Principle Group will finalize sketches for a bet...