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State School Board Mulls Charter Schools

By Dan Gorenstein on Wednesday, August 20, 2003.

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.

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Report: 1 in 7 New Hampshire Women have been Raped

By Raquel Maria Dillon on Wednesday, August 20, 2003.

One in seven New Hampshire women over the age of 18 have been raped. That?s the findings of a national report released today by the New Hampshire Coalition against Domestic and Sexual Violence. Those number sounds staggering, even implausible, but as New Hampshire Public Radio?s Raquel Maria Dillon reports, those who work with rape victims aren?t surprised at all.

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