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ArchivesLocals Resist New Jail in WestmorelandBy Donna Moxley on Monday, October 25, 2004.Residents in southwestern New Hampshire are fighting over the location of a new Cheshire County jail. The county already runs a jail in Westmoreland and wants to expand that facility. But local residents feel the county is dumping another jail on them because they have less political clout than property owners in Keene. The Keene Sentinel's Donna Moxley reports. listen:
 Vermont's Race for GovernorBy Kevin Forrest on Monday, October 25, 2004.Most political polls still show President George Bush and Senator John Kerry neck and neck in New Hampshire. Some days show Bush ahead, others Kerry. But across the Connecticut River, Vermonters have pretty much decided which way their state will go. It's been a safe Kerry state for some time. But while voters are expected to approve a Democrat for President, they also seem quite happy with a Republican for Governor. The Vermont Standard's Kevin Forrest has more. listen:
QuestingBy John Walters on Monday, October 25, 2004.Letterboxing started off as an English hobby, but this type of scavenger hunting is becoming increasingly popular in the United States as well. One form of letterboxing, Questing, has become particularly popular in the Upper Valley. What makes it unique is that it allows the participant, by following a collection of clues, to intimately learn about the character of a community. Steven Glazer and Delia Clark are authors of the book Questing: A Guide to Creating Community Treasure Hunts, published by UPNE. Delia Clark is co-founder and Project Director of Antioch New England Institute in Keene, New Hampshire. She is also the co-founder of Vital Communities. Steven Glazer is coordinator of the Valley Quest program, a place-based community education program of Vital Communities in White River Junction, Vermont. He is author of The Heart of Learning (1999) and editor of Valley Quest: 89 Treasure Hunts in the Upper Valley (2001) and Valley Quest II: 75 More Treasure Hunts in the Upper Valley (2004). listen:
Venturesome Vegetarian CookingBy Laura Knoy on Monday, October 25, 2004.Think vegetarian cooking you might think soy burgers and bean curd...but "not so" says a local mother and son team who are looking to break the veggie mold, and focus on flavor and innovative recipes rather than trying to persuade tofu to taste like tenderloin. As they say, "These are great recipes that just happen to be vegetarian?. We look at the joys of vegetarian cooking. Laura's guests are J.M. Hirsch, Food writer for the Associated Press the Associated Press//. His weekly Vegetarian Cooking column is distributed to hundreds of Newspapers across America and Michelle Hirsch, Food writer for Spirit of Change Magazine . She has studied and taught macrobiotic cooking as well as working as a training and development specialist in the food industry for more than twenty years. listen:
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