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ArchivesHollis Votes to Spend $4 Million to Protect LandBy Avishay Artsy on Wednesday, December 22, 2004.Across Southern New Hampshire, towns have been looking for ways to slow development as thousands of people each year chose the Granite State as home. Earlier this month, Milford officials approved a year's moratorium on permits for large subdivisions. And last week, residents in Hollis voted to spend millions of dollars to buy an old orchard to protect it from developers. State conservation groups say these are only hints of what's to come for the region. New Hampshire Public Radio correspondent Avishay Artsy filed this report. listen:
 Want Fries With That?By John Walters on Wednesday, December 22, 2004.Udo Schlentrich is the director of the William Rosenberg International Center for Franchising. The Rosenberg Center was created with funding from William Rosenberg, the founder of Dunkin' Donuts. He talks to John about why franchising is such a success, what makes a good franchise operation and some of the downsides of franchising: displacing independent businesses and the homogenization of America. He'll also talk about working with Bill Rosenberg in creating the Center. listen:
Canada and the U.S.By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, December 22, 2004.While Canada and the United States share a geographic border, it seems that for the most part, they are drifting apart idealogically, with Canada becoming more liberal and the United States becoming more conservative. We'll look at how the two neighbors are changing, yet in some ways becoming similar. Laura's guests are Dan Dunsky, a broadcast journalist with TVOntario in Canada. He's also a weekly foreign affairs contributor for radio and has written for the National Review, the Weekly Standard, the Globe and Mail, and the National Post. Laura's other guest is Kurk Dorsey, Associate Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire who specializes in U.S. foreign relations and Canada. listen:
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