Category: Portsmouth

JINGLE BELL FAIR

JINGLE BELL FAIR 

Saturday, November 9th from 9 am – 2 pm at 127 Winnacunnet Road First Congregational Church-Hampton,

 The Bakery group will offer Homemade Breads, Preserve, Pies, Cookies, and Candy. Unique crafts made by our church members such as Hand-knit/Crochet, Quilted/Sewn items which Talented Artists & Crafters of the church worked all year long for this Old Fashion Holiday Fair. Check out Attic Treasures, Fine Gifts, Jewelry and more.  Also, there will be Gift Baskets which include Stonewall Kitchen items. You can pre-order church-made Holiday Boxwood Trees. Plus, a Silent Auction will take place. Watch for Santa walking around greeting everyone. Visit our Cafe` for Coffee & Blueberry Buckle (the Women’s Guild special recipe.) or NE Chowder & Sandwich.

“Countermagic and Protective Magic in Early New England”

South Berwick, Maine- Old Berwick Historical Society will present an online lecture titled “Countermagic and Protective Magic in Early New England” on Wednesday, October 23 at 7:00pm via Zoom. The lecture is free and no registration is required. 

 

In early New England, magic was used to protect houses and generally ward off evil – horseshoes over doors, shoes buried in walls by fireplaces, hexafoils by doors, and witches’ bottles. In this talk, archeologist Tad Baker discusses this practice, including evidence of it at the local Chadbourne archeological site.

 

Emerson “Tad” Baker is a historical archaeologist and professor of history at Salem State University. He is well known in academic circles for his extensive work on witchcraft in Colonial America, as well as for his work on numerous archaeological sites along the East Coast of the United States. Baker ran the Chadbourne dig in South Berwick, ME, sponsored by the Old Berwick Historical Society, and is currently collecting data to support a dig focused on the early Scottish indentured servants that eventually settled along the Salmon Falls River. 

 

The lecture is free and open to the public. The link to the lecture is posted on the home page of www.oldberwick.org. The lecture will be recorded and posted to the society’s website. The Old Berwick Historical Society’s 2024 lectures are generously sponsored by Kennebunk Savings and supported by historical society members and donors.

 

Pontine Theatre’s presents T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets

Pontine Theatre’s presents T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets performed by guest artist, John Farrell on the 26-28th of October. Performances at the 1865 Plains Schoolhouse theatre, located at #1 Plains Avenue in Portsmouth.  The space is accessible and convenient free parking is available onsite.  Performances are Friday at 7pm, Saturday @3pm and Sunday @2pm.  Purchase tickets at Pontine’s website:  www.pontine.org  — for information contact Pontine Theatre: 603-436-6660  or info@pontine.org

Cornerstone VNA Welcomes New Nurse Practitioner

Cornerstone VNA Welcomes New Nurse Practitioner

 

Rochester, NH – Cornerstone VNA, a local nonprofit home health provider, welcomes Amy Dumont, DNP, APRN-BC, to their thriving Palliative Care Team as a nurse practitioner providing inpatient Palliative Care consultations at York Hospital, Portsmouth Regional Hospital, and Frisbie Memorial Hospital. Palliative Care is specialized medical care provided by a Nurse Practitioner to help patients manage symptoms related to complex illnesses such as cancer, advanced cardiac disease, and advanced respiratory disease. 

 

Amy’s extensive community Palliative Care experience and expertise significantly enhance Cornerstone VNA’s dedication to delivering outstanding care and support to patients, giving them more control over their illness and improving their quality of life. Amy shares, “My passion is delivering patient and family-centered supportive Palliative Care, and I am excited to partner with Cornerstone VNA for the opportunity to extend this service to our local in-patient settings.”

 

“We are excited to welcome Amy to Cornerstone VNA,” said Julie Reynolds, RN, MS, President/CEO of Cornerstone VNA. “We have seen firsthand how Palliative Care positively impacts the lives of people living with chronic illnesses by providing improved coordination of care and symptom management. We are excited that patients and families will benefit from Amy’s expertise at these three top-notch Seacoast medical facilities.”

 

Please join Cornerstone VNA in welcoming Amy!

 

Cornerstone VNA currently serves Rockingham, Strafford, Belknap and Carroll Counties in New Hampshire and York County in Maine. The team at Cornerstone VNA provides award-winning care and support through five distinct programs: Home Care, Hospice Care, Palliative Care, Life Care-Private Duty, and Community Care. For over 111 years, Cornerstone VNA has been committed to bringing services to people of all ages so that families can stay together at home, even when facing the challenges of aging, surgical recovery, chronic or life-threatening illnesses or end-of-life care. To learn more about Cornerstone VNA, visit www.cornerstonevna.org or call 800-691-1133.

Family Day

Family Day help build an eastern conical wigwam on Saturday, September 28, 11 am–3 pm. Construction begins at 11 am, and once the wigwam is up, our presenter will be discussing and showing off examples of traditional indigenous arts like bark basket making, hide tanning, beadwork, and more, plus sharing songs and stories with visitors! Free program. Registration is requested at www.portsmouthhistory.org.

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