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Later today the New Hampshire school board is expected to vote on two charter school proposals.

Supporters hope these will become the state’s first such schools.

Exeter and Franklin groups are already in line to capitalize on new law that allows charters to bypass local approval.

Opponents fear if accepted, the new schools will take funding away from existing public schools.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.

Running a bed and breakfast is not an easy job, but for Nancy Lloyd it is a more relaxing alternative to her previous careers. For a long time she was a costume designer in New York. She worked on and off Broadway, on the set of Saturday Night Live and for the Rainbow Room restaurant at Rockefeller Center. After that, she became a Peace Corps volunteer and taught English in Tunisia. Now she has put down roots in New Hampshire where she runs The Currier's House, a bed and breakfast in Jaffrey Center.

Also, we talk with the one of the best female auctioneers in the world. Kathy Kingston placed in the top five in the womens' division of the International Auctioneers Conference. She talks about the auction that changed her life, what makes a good auctioneer, and why she works exclusively in benefit auctions.