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ATeenage Hamlet

By John Walters on Thursday, June 13, 2002.

We talk with Rob Eggers and Ashley Kelly-Tata, natives of the Seacoast area and now studying theater in New York. They're returning to their home state to produce their version of the classic Shakespeare play. At 19, Rob is not only playing Hamlet, but directing the production. Ashley is his collaberator and assistant director. Performances are at the Edwin Booth Theatre in Dover starting this weekend.

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A New Sex Abuse Policy for the Catholic Church

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, June 13, 2002.

U.S. Bishops meet this week to hammer out new guidelines for handling sex abuse cases. We'll talk about what's at stake in their discussions and why church critics fear the new policy may not go far enough. Laura talks with Michele Dillon is a sociology professor at the University of New Hampshire www.unh.edu and Rev. Fr. Georges F. de Laire, Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Pittsfield NH and St. Joseph's Mission in Northwood.

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Republican Pollster says Fund Special Education

By Don Rush on Thursday, June 13, 2002.

The drive to get more federal special education funds got a boost from a new public opinion poll today.
And New Hampshire Republican Representative Charlie Bass vows to use its results to get his GOP colleagues to push the issue forward.
NHPR Correspondent Don Rush has this report from Washington.

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A New Management Plan for Monadnock

By Mark Bevis on Thursday, June 13, 2002.

The state is getting ready to set up a management plan to protect the popular mount Monadnock from overuse.

A steering committee is ready to present its plans, and ask for public comment.

Geoffrey Jones, with the Society to Protect New Hampshire's Forests tells NHPR's Mark Bevis the plan is way overdue.

Jones says Monadnock is already the most hiked mountain in the country.

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