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A Review of NH's Big 4 Tax Plans

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, April 18, 2001.

New Hampshire's House begins two days of debate over various tax plans to fund education. We'll review the
plans and take your comments and questions. Laura talks with Jon Greenberg,NHPR's director of New Media and the man behind NHPR's "Tax Calculator" (www.nhpr.org).
Her other guest is Tom Fahey, Statehouse Bureau Chief for the Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News (www.unionleadercom).

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Airport Access Road Faces New Assessment

By Doug MacPherson on Wednesday, April 18, 2001.

State highway officials say they haven't decided whether changes to the design of the new access road to Manchester Airport warrant further study of the project's environmental impacts.

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Hairdresser to the Stars

By John Walters on Wednesday, April 18, 2001.

Ginger "Sugar" Blymyer spent much of her life as a hairdresser is the film industry in Hollywood. For 40 years, she did hair for movie stars like Natalie Wood, Sean Connery She calls herself the "Hairdresser to the Stars," and that's the title of her book. She talks about working up close with some of Hollywood's biggest personalities, the challenges of doing hair for motion pictures, and her decision to leave Hollywood for New Hampshire?s North Country.

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A website shows how to avoid "dealer tricks"

By John Walters on Wednesday, April 18, 2001.

Jim Carty, of Litchfield, spent eight years as a car salesman and sales manager. Last summer, after leaving the business, he launched a web site, dealertricks.com, which explains some of the techniques auto dealers employ to pad your purchase price?and their bottom line.

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