News

06.28.2008

Portsmouth delegation to visit 70th anniversary of Severodvinsk, Russia

Plans are almost complete for the visit of our delegation of five members to Severodvinsk in July to help celebrate the city's 70th anniversary. The group will leave July 21st arriving in Severodvinsk on the 23rd (the official celebration takes place July 25-27)

They leave Severodvinsk on the July, 30th by train for St. Petersburg where they will stay until they return home on Aug. 4th. After that point we will organize a party to hear about their visit and see their pictures.

The delegation consists of:

Lou Salome - Veteran newspaper reporter, who covered the Soviet Union.

Betsy Kimball - Russian speaker and traveler and educator.

Roland Goodbody - UNH special collections archivist, actor and host of WUNH's Ceili show.

Nicloe Kimball - Who visited Severodvinsk twice in 2001 and 2003 under the student exchange.

Paul Josephson - Who you all know and who helped the group with  the travel plans.

 

06.28.2008

Pending visit from students & teachers of Severodvinsk, Russia

Looking to the future, we can expect a visit sponsored by the Severodvinsk city goverment and some business people of a group of 8 students and 2 teachers next spring for ten days; they will be staying with hosts from Oyster River HS in Durham, Lee and Madbury, but will be  spending a lot of time in Portsmouth.

06.28.2008

PSC applies for second "Open Word" grant!

As for Open World program, we will be applying for a grant again to host a delegation next year, possibly environmentalists.