Portsmouth

The Pease Development Authority released a memorandum Tuesday outlining the legal reasons for why it believes it must allow ICE to continue operating deportation-related flights out of Portsmouth International Airport.

There are several local efforts — including keeping track of the number of people put on the ICE flights leaving Portsmouth International Airport, protests and public meetings — to pressure local officials to end these flights.

Hay varios esfuerzos locales para presionar a los funcionarios a terminar con estos vuelos: rastrear el número de personas que ICE ubica en los vuelos de deportación que salen de Pease, protestas y participación en reuniones locales.

Port City Air, the fixed-base operator, stated they are legally obligated to service the flights and that the Department of Homeland Security makes the decisions regarding ICE flights.

ICE detained four Portsmouth restaurant workers earlier this month. At public meetings this week, several residents asked local officials to do more to build trust with immigrant communities as immigration enforcement ramps up nationally.

Aaron Goodwin, a former police officer in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, his brother Kevin Goodwin and sister-in-law Shannon Goodwin were all cleared of the state’s accusations July 2 by Judge Andrew Schulman.

A freedom walk across the Piscataqua River drew dozens of marchers who marked the end of slavery in the U.S. nearly 160 years ago, and shared concerns about current attacks on diversity.

The Piscataqua River Bridge on Interstate 95, the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge and the Memorial Bridge, all within a several thousand feet of each other, are jointly owned and managed by the New Hampshire Department of Transportation and the Maine Department of Transportation.

Co-living housing is aimed at providing “additional affordable and innovative living options within the city, and to allow the adaptive reuse of some existing buildings,” according to the new zoning in Portsmouth.

Portsmouth-based Iron Mountain secured a $142 million contact with the U.S. Treasury less than three months after Elon Musk targeted the company’s operations as antiquated.