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Derry Debates Development

By Carolyn D'Aquila on Monday, February 18, 2002.

Derry Residents are discovering there are more benefits to preserving open space than just rural charm.
Education accounts for 80% of the town's budget, and population growth shows no sign of slowing. Leaving some land undeveloped provides one way to at least stabilize taxes. And Derry is not alone. As NHPR Correspondent Carolyn D'Aquila reports, many communities around the state are catching on.

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Sharpton Tests Presidential Waters At Keene State

By Josh Rogers on Monday, February 18, 2002.

The reverend Al Sharpton spent the bulk of President’s day weekend in New Hampshire exploring a possible 2004 run for the oval office as a democrat. The veteran political activist preached a message of civil rights, civil liberties and world peace at Keene State College

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President Abraham Lincoln

By John Walters on Monday, February 18, 2002.

Well, actually, a man who looks enough like Lincoln to turn heads when he's out in public. Steve Wood is a forester for the UNH Cooperative Extension. In his spare time, he puts on presentations as, and about, our 16th president. He's tall, thin, has the requisite beard, and he's a card-carrying member of the Association of Lincoln Presenters. Want to see a picture of Steve? Click here: http://ceinfo.unh.edu/sulbiosw.htm

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Long Term Care

By Laura Knoy on Monday, February 18, 2002.

New Hampshire, like the rest of the nation, has a large aging population. We?ll look at what the state is doing to prepare for the boom and whether it?s ready. Trish talks with State Representative Neal Kurk, Chair of the Long Term Care Institute of New Hampshire http://www.nhltci.org and David Frydman of the Institute for Health Law and Ethics at the Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord http://www.fplc.edu/healthlaw/title.htm. (Originally broadcast 12-20-01.)

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