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Keene Officials Consider Stadium Plan

By Carolyn Martin on Thursday, January 3, 2002.

Keene city officials are considering a proposal to develop several acres in downtown Keene. A stadium, ice rink and office park would take up 10 acres near Main Street. Many say the plan has polarized the city. Carolyn Martin, of the Keene Sentinel, has more.

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Claremont Returns to the Supreme Court

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, January 3, 2002.

The five plaintif towns in the Claremont education suit go back to the court. They say the state has failed to define the content of an "adequate" education. Laura talks with Doug Hall, co-Executive Director of the NH Center for Public Policy Studies. www.nhpolicy.org
To listen to the complete oral arguments, go to
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New Books for Small Towns & A NH Made Film

By John Walters on Thursday, January 3, 2002.

Often, school and town libraries in rural New Hampshire have very small budgets for buying new books. The Children's Literacy Foundation gives books to those libraries and creates programs to encourage kids to read. CLiF founder and director, Duncan McDougall, is our guest. www.clifonline.org
Also, we hear from NH native Wayne Powers whose movie, "Skeletons in the Closet," was shot in NH and was recently released on video.

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State, Plaintiffs Clash over School Funding

By Trish Anderton on Thursday, January 3, 2002.

Five towns that won an education funding lawsuit against the state went back to court today. The towns are asking the state Supreme Court to decide whether the legislature is complying with the four-year-old Claremont decision. But the state Attorney General argues the court should drop the Claremont case entirely. NHPR's Trish Anderton reports.
To listen to the complete oral arguments, go to
www.nhpr.org/content/fullmonty_view.php/2347/

listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
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