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Viva Lon Bronson! *

By John Walters on Wednesday, December 17, 2003.

Lon Bronson showed musical promise from the first day he picked up the trumpet as a fifth grader in Keene. He went on to win competitions, from 1st chair trumpet in All-State and All New England orchestras, to a scholarship to the New England Conservatory. But if you think this paved the way for a classical career, think again. For the past 19 years, Lon Bronson has been living in Las Vegas and setting the strip on fire with his band, Lon Bronson All-Star R&B, Rock & Soul Revue.

*Thank you, John Clayton

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Best Books of 2003

By Mike Arnold on Wednesday, December 17, 2003.

You brought them to the beach, curled up with them in front of the fire and couldn?t put them down in bed? We?ll get your favorite reads for 2003 from juicy novels to white knuckle mysteries to all those presidential candidate treatises. Mike Arnold hosts. His guests are Dan Chartrand, Co-Owner of the Water Street Book Store in Exeter, and Clea Simon, book critic for the Boston Globe, Boston Phoenix, and the SF Chronicle, and author of several books, including her latest, "The Feline Mystique".

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Wood Fueled Plant Owner Sues Hopkinton

By David Darman on Wednesday, December 17, 2003.

A company that runs a wood fueled power plant in Hopkinton has sued the town.

Regenisis Corporation charges that the town is unfairly holding up its plan to burn construction and demolition debris.

But Hopkinton officials say the company disregarded proper town procedures by filing the suit.

And town residents worry the plant will become a big source of pollution.

New Hampshire Public Radio's David Darman has more.

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