ANNUAL HOLIDAY HOUSE DECORATING  WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!

  This morning's Portsmouth Herald announced the winner's of the "Citywide Neighborhood Annual Holiday House Decorating Contest".

The top prizes went to the following Portsmouth homes:
~~ 1st place winner - 84 Blue Heron Drive, in the Osprey Landing neighborhood.
~~ 2nd place winner - 163 Rockingham Avenue, in the Frank Jones neighborhood.
~~ 3rd place winner - 1180 Ordiorne Point Road, in the Tuckers Cove neighborhood.

The Annual Decorating Contest is open to all Portsmouth residents in the various neighborhoods around town.  Each neighborhood submits their area winners, and then the judges of the contest drive through Portsmouth viewing the top entrants in each neighborhood.  They then make their final selections from that group of decorated homes.

The prizes awarded the top 3 winners were provided by various businesses around town - Atrezzi Fine Kitchen Accessories, Maine-ly New Hampshire, South Street and Vine, Home Depot, and Applebee's.

For something fun to do, take a drive through town and check out the top winners in the partipating neighborhoods around town:
 ** Little Harbor Area - 2 Brackett Lane
 ** Christian Shores Area - 276-278 Dennett Street
 ** Frank Jones Area - 163 Rockingham Avenue
                                          617 Woodbury Avenue                                                                          
                                          1050 Woodbury Avenue
                                          86 Farm Lane
                                          710 Woodbury Avenue
                                          900 Woodbury Avenue
 ** Stonegate Area - 200 Buckminster Way
                                      91 Buckminster Way
                                      66 Buckminster Way
 ** Osprey Landing Area - 64 Blue Heron Drive
                                                63 Blue Heron Drive
                                               109 Osprey Drive
 ** Tuckers Cove Area - 180 Ordiorne Point Road
                                             120 Gosport Road
                                             210 Ordiorne Point Road
                                             175 Ordiorne Point Road
 ** Woodlands Area - 115 FW Hartford Drive
                                        355 FW Hartford Drive
                                        490 FW Hartford Drive
 ** Atlantic Heights Area - 120 Crescent Way
                                                144 Raleigh Way
                                                115-117 Concord Way
 ** Cutts Cove Area - 414 Leslie Drive
 ** Elwyn Park Area - 302 McKinley Road
                                        2 Nixon Park
                                        9 Coolidge Drive
 ** Islington Creek Area - 230 McDonough Street
                                               311 Cabot Street
                                               98 Brewster Street
                                               13 McDonough Street
                                               71 Brewster Street 
 ** Richards Avenue Area - 361 Miller Avenue
                                                   239 Broad Street
 ** Aldrich/Thaxter Area - 50 Sunset Drive
                                                29 Sunset Drive
                                                337 Aldrich Road
                                                954 Islington Street
                                                1046 Islington Street

Congratulations to all the winners!!!  I can't wait to get out there and drive by and see all these great decorations!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!