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A Day in the Life of a Portsmouth Tug

By Marya Danihel on Tuesday, February 5, 2002.

Winter is the busiest time of the year for the Port of Portsmouth. Huge cargo ships bring in fuel oil, propane and road salt. Navigating is a challenge because of the Piscataqua River's furious current.

NHPR Correspondent Marya Danihel spoke with some of the men who make their living piloting vessels in and out of the this challenging harbor.

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What's Up With Tyco?

By Mark Bevis on Tuesday, February 5, 2002.

The Exeter, New Hampshire-based company Tyco International took another hit today at the stock market.

Tyco was the most active big board stock dropping 6 dollars 80 cents or nearly 23%.

That follows yesterday's 19% plunge.

Karin Thorburn is a finance professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business.

She tells NHPR's Mark Bevis that Tyco is facing several problems all at the same time.

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Donor Towns Push Amendment

By Josh Rogers on Tuesday, February 5, 2002.

Since 1997?s Claremont 2 decision, the legislature has considered and rejected a sheaf of constitutional amendments pertaining to school funding?..It will mull several more this session??.Including one that would eliminate donor and receiver towns by capping property rich communities portion of the statewide property tax

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Opinions Differ on Donor Town Amendment

By Josh Rogers on Tuesday, February 5, 2002.

The House ways and means committee today considered a constitutional amendment that would get rid of donor towns by capping the statewide property tax at local education costs. As NHPR?s Josh Rogers reports, the issue drew support from the so-called donor communities, and mixed feelings from everybody else.

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