Portsmouth mayor honors Michael Warhurst, late Prescott Park caretaker

By: Jeff McMenemy

Outlets: Portsmouth Herald

Published: November 4, 2026

Words: 448

Last Updated: 4 days, 20 hours ago

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PORTSMOUTH — Mayor Deaglan McEachern fondly remembered Michael Warhurst, Prescott Park’s longtime caretaker, who died recently.

McEachern said with Warhurst’s passing, “Portsmouth has lost one of our best stewards. Michael spent more than four decades making Prescott Park look the way it does."

McEachern in remarks at the beginning of recent City Council meeting, said Warhurst started working in Prescott Park’s “gardens in 1975 as a UNH (University of New Hampshire) work study student.”

“He …

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