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Towns appeal to voters for conservation bonds.

By Doug MacPherson on Monday, March 11, 2002.

TOWN MEETING TIME IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ALWAYS BRINGS WITH IT SOME DISCUSSION OF LAND CONSERVATION. IT?S THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN MANY TOWNS BRING SPECIFIC PARCELS OF UNDEVELOPED LANDS BEFORE VOTERS TO SEE IF THEY?RE WILLING TO SPEND MONEY TO PROTECT THEM. BUT AS DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE INCREASES, A NEW TREND IS DEVELOPING IN TOWNS WHERE THAT PRESSURE IS GREATEST: IN SOUTH-EASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. IN SEVERAL COMMUNITIES, VOTERS ARE ASKED IF THEY WANT TO BOND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO CONSERVE LAND IN GENERAL. N-H-P-R?S DOUG MACPHERSON VISITED ONE SUCH COMMUNITY: STRATHAM. HE FILED THIS REPORT.

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Let's Play Ball

By Dan Gorenstein on Monday, March 11, 2002.

Tomorrow, all across the state, school budgets, town budgets, bonds and a variety of other matters will be decided at town meetings. But Manchester and ten surrounding communities will also be electing the next fourth District Executive Councilor.

And as NHPR's Dan Gorenstein reports, it's not just the people of New Hampshire who are watching this race.

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