PORTSMOUTH — Starting immediately, the City of Portsmouth Recycling Center is able to process payments online, in advance, by credit card. Previously, payments were by check, only.
The new system allows residents to prepay for any items requiring a fee for disposal – both items they bring to the Recycling Center and curbside bulky waste items they can schedule DPW to collect. Now, by going to this page on the City website, www.cityofportsmouth.com/publicworks/solid-waste-recycling, residents can process their payment online. Curbside pickup is scheduled once the fee is paid. For items residents bring to the Recycling Center at 680 Peverly Hill Road themselves, they need only bring the receipt from the online payment to the Recycling Center to show the fee was paid.
For information about the fees that are in place and Recycling Center hours of operation, go to: www.cityofportsmouth.com/publicworks/solid-waste-recycling/portsmouth-recycling-center
Payment link: pay.eb2gov.com/Service/POS/2190?towncode=5858&groupname=132197&source=PS&towncodemasterid=416.
DOVER — Racing the mighty Piscataqua River is not for the faint of heart. Twelve Laser Sailors answered the call for the Annual Great Bay Yacht Club Spring Laser Regatta held Saturday, June 4.
Local Sailors were joined by competitors from as far away as Blue Hill, Maine, Marblehead, Mass., and Bristol, R.I. The sailors got five races in, enjoying steady 10 to 12 knot SSE breezes and blue skies.
Following the races, a barbecue was held at the club and awards presented by Sailing Master, Tom Brown.
GBYC is planning a very special and historic Ned McIntosh Merry Mac Regatta on Saturday, July 16, (rain date July 17.) The Fall Laser Regatta will take place on Sunday, Oct. 2.
PORTSMOUTH — Space is still available for high school students in the region to spend a week at sea aboard a tall ship through Sail Portsmouth’s Sea Challenge program.
“Sea Challenge is a fun, safe, learning experience aboard a traditional tall ship. Students work as crew while on board. They learn rudimentary navigation and seamanship. They learn to work together with their mates and the crew as a team. They learn to overcome new challenges, like climbing the mast, steering the ship and jumping off the ship to swim,” said Phil von Hemert, chair of Sail Portsmouth.
The Sea Challenge program is one aspect of Sail Portsmouth’s mission to sustain the Seacoast’s maritime traditions.
Currently, Sea Challenge has openings for 10 high school students in this area. Full and partial scholarships are available. Cost without scholarship is $1,500 for seven nights aboard the historic schooner Roseway. The trip leaves Boston, Mass., on Saturday, July 16, and returns to Glouscester, Mass., on Saturday, July 23. Transportation to Boston for local participants leaves from Traip Academy in Kittery on July 16.
The rewards of the program are many, according to von Hemert.
“At sea, they may encounter whales and other sea life. They will return with new friends, indelible memories and maybe even the realization that careers in one of the maritime industries are available, attainable and well compensated,” he said.
Anyone with an interest in signing up or finding out more information about the Sea Challenge may call Susan Johnson at 207-475-4725.
The Roseway is a 137-foot schooner and a registered U.S. National Historic Landmark. Sail Portsmouth, formerly the Piscataqua Maritime Commission, is a non-profit organization that will host a tall ship parade on Aug. 11. Details about the parade and other events sponsored by Sail Portsmouth can be found at https://sailportsmouth.org/.