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NH Reaction to a casino in Maine.

By Doug MacPherson on Friday, October 24, 2003.

Interest in Maine’s upcoming referendum on gambling doesn’t stop at the state border. New Hampshire Public Radio’s Doug MacPherson reports.

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Maine Voters Face Casino Referendum

By Susan Chisholm on Friday, October 24, 2003.

The welcome sign to the state of Maine includes the slogan: "The Way Life Should Be."

But this Fall Mainers are divided over whether life as they know it should include thousands of slot machines and a $650 million dollar resort casino.

For years, voters in the Pine Tree State have resisted temptations to allow an expansion of gambling.

But as Correspondent Susan Chisholm reports...this year the lure of jobs is a powerful incentive.

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Lebanon to Shaw's: You're no Butson's

By Josh Rogers on Friday, October 24, 2003.

Shaw's supermarkets and the city of Lebanon are at loggerheads after Shaw's closed Lebanon's only downtown grocery store. Until recently, the store had been owned by a small regional chain called Butson's. The Lebanon city council voted to boycott Shaw's and some local residents are angry at what they see as Shaw's heavy-handed attitude.

NHPR's Josh Rogers has more.

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How To Get A 950 Lb. Moose Out Of The Woods

By Raquel Maria Dillon on Friday, October 24, 2003.

Big game hunting in New Hampshire is a privilege and a challenge. More than 14-thousand hunters applied for only 485 permits this year. Once the lucky permitees kill a moose, they still have to pull the animal out of the woods. Since the average New Hampshire moose weighs 950 pounds, that task is a showcase for good old Yankee ingenuity and resourcefulness. New Hampshire Public Radio?s Raquel Maria Dillon visited Fish and Game?s Berlin moose check station on Opening Day and brought back this report.

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