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Senate Education Committee Guts Bill

By Dan Gorenstein on Thursday, May 15, 2003.

The state senate’s education committee has endorsed the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The committee yesterday eliminated provisions in a house bill that would have allowed municipalities to opt out of the new federal education guidelines.

NHPR's Dan Gorenstein reports.

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A Spill Drill

By Raquel Maria Dillon on Thursday, May 15, 2003.

Two weeks ago, a barge headed for a power plant on Buzzards' Bay ran aground on some rocks. Four million gallons of number six fuel oil spilled and tarballs washed ashore all along the South Coast of Massachusetts.
Something similar could happend in the Pisquataqua River, where barges unload their cargo into gigantic heating oil storage tanks.
But a group of oil and energy companies say they are prepared to contain a spill and protect Portsmouth's Great Bay estuary. NHPR's Raquel Maria Dillon has more.

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Tomorrow is Bike or Walk to Work Day

By Mark Bevis on Thursday, May 15, 2003.

YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT BUT THIS IS NATIONAL BIKE MONTH.

THIS IS ALSO NATIONAL BIKE TO WORK WEEK.

AND TOMORROW IS NATIONAL BIKE OR WALK TO WORK DAY.

AMY SHERIDAN IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTORE OF CONCORD 20/20.

THAT ORGANIZATION IS HEADING UP BIKE TO WORK DAY IN THE STATE?S CAPITAL.

SHE TELLS NHPR?S MARK BEVIS THE HOPE IS THAT PEOPLE WILL GET MORE FROM BIKING TO WORK THAN JUST SORE LEGS.

BIKETOWORK 2:08 ?TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE THINGS

AMY SHERIDAN IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CONCORD 20/20.

SHE WAS SPEAKING WITH NHPR?S MARK BEVIS.

IF YOU?D LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON BIKE OR WALK TO WORK DAY, CLICK HERE

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