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Small Business in NH

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, July 18, 2002.

From hi-tech to manufacturing to mom-and-pop pizza shops, we'll look at the landscape of our state's small businesses: Who they are, how they're doing, and what the future looks like. Laura's guests are Gary Shabot, regional manager of the New Hampshire Small Business Develop Center , and Jeff Feingold, Editor of New Hampshire Business Review Original air date: 1/15/2002.

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The Image of New England

By John Walters on Thursday, July 18, 2002.

Joe Conforti is a historian and lifelong resident of New England. He traces the development of the region's image and identity in a new book. "Imagining New England" looks at the reality and the mythology of the New England image and how it has changed over time. The author makes an argument for a more inclusive image.

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Dining at The Balsams

By Doug MacPherson on Thursday, July 18, 2002.

For decades, every letter mailed from Dixville Notch, home of ?The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel,? bore a postmark that read, ?Where Gracious Living Reins Supreme.?
The postmark has changed, but gracious living continues at The Balsams, which opened in 1866. Dinner remains the high point of the day. But teaching the tradition of fine dining to a new generation requires some special efforts.
NHPR?s Doug MacPherson reports.

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Receiver Towns Look to Form Political Coalition

By Carolyn D'Aquila on Thursday, July 18, 2002.

Since its inception, the Statewide property tax has separated those towns that receive state education dollars from those that don't. The latter call themselves donor towns and have formed an organization to fight for their political interests in Concord. Now those towns that receive state education funds are trying to build their own coalition. NHPR Corresppondent Carolyn D'Aquila reports.

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A Postcard from the Hollingworth Campaign

By John Milne on Thursday, July 18, 2002.

The NH Governors race is slowly heating up. Candidates are moving about the state making promises, building their base and buying advertising. Veteran Political reporter John Milne has been following the candidates around the state and has this profile of the Hollingworth campaign.

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