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ArchivesNH Baseball Announces Team NameBy Sally Hirsh-Dic... on Thursday, December 4, 2003.Officials with New Hampshire's new minor league baseball club have unveiled the team's name after a month of public debate. Baseball fans around the state took part in an online poll, and came up with the name "The New Hampshire Fisher Cats". listen:
 Bio-Diesel Station Opens in West ChesterfieldBy Susan Keese on Thursday, December 4, 2003.The story goes that when Rudolf Diesel invented his engine back in 1897, he intended it to run on peanut oil. A century later, some people are again looking to vegetable-based fuels to run their diesel engines. They've turned to a product called bio-diesel. They see it as a way to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions and reduce dependence on foreign oil. A caravan of bio-diesel devotees gathered Wednesday morning to celebrate a small victory...the opening of the areas first bio-diesel fuel station. Vermont Public Radio's Susan Keese has more. listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
Drug/Alcohol Abuse Programs on the Chopping BlockBy John Milne on Thursday, December 4, 2003.Governor Benson has asked state agencies to cut their spending by an additional 10 per cent. One way to cut criminal justice costs could be to expand alcohol and drug abuse treatment. Doctors, prosecutors, judges, parole officers and many legislators agree that treating drug and alcohol addiction is more effective ? and cheaper ? than throwing people in prison. But treatment programs are among the first to feel the cost-cutting axe. New Hampshire Public Radio political correspondent John Milne filed this story: listen:
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