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The Good and Bad Economic News for NH.

By Mark Bevis on Wednesday, October 31, 2001.

THE NEW ENGLAND ECONOMIC PROJECT HAS SOME GOOD NEWS AND SOME BAD NEWS FOR THE REGION.
JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, NEW ENGLAND IS LIKELY HEADING INTO A RECESSION….THAT’S THE BAD NEWS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE SHOULD PULL OUT OF IT MORE QUICKLY THAN ANY OTHER NEW ENGLAND STATE.
DENNIS DELAY, AN ECONOMIST WITH PUBLIC SERVICE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE EXPLAINS THE PREDICTIONS TO NHPR’S MARK BEVIS

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IP Land Sale

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, October 31, 2001.

A huge tract of International Paper Company land is for sale in northern New Hampshire. The state hopes to protect it as open space with a balance of recreation, conservation and logging. Laura talks with David Houghton, Field Office Director for Northern New England Trust for Public Lands, John Harrigan, Publisher, Colebrook News and Sentinel, and Connecticut Lakes Headwaters Partnership Steering Committee member, and TBA. Go to www.nhdfl.org for more.

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Vampires in New England

By John Walters on Wednesday, October 31, 2001.

Tuberculosis was rampant in the 19th Century, but its cause was unknown. As families were stricken one after another, some came to believe that the dead were feeding off the living. Folklorist Michael Bell uncovered many cases in all the New England states in which the dead relatives of those stricken with TB were dug up and mutilated in an attempt to cure the sick. The stories are told in Michael's new book, "Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England's Vampires".

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Making Sense of School Test Results

By Jon Greenberg on Wednesday, October 31, 2001.

Today, newspapers across the state published the latest statewide test results for third, sixth and tenth graders. The results show how each school district and each individual school performed. The results can be difficult to interpret. NHPR?s Jon Greenberg spoke with Mark Joyce, Executive Director of the NH School Administrators? Association. Mark Joyce says that the first thing to look at is not the most recent test scores but the scores from the past three years.

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Anti-Terror Effort Strains Local Resources

By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, October 31, 2001.

Recent news that workers at the national visa center at Pease International Tradeport may have been exposed to anthrax has brought the threat of terrorism ever closer to home. Meanwhile, that threat has for weeks been a reality for state agencies and local law enforcement. NHPR's Josh Rogers reports.

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