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Increase in TB in Maine

By Jeanne Baron on Wednesday, February 25, 2004.

A common 19th century disease thought to have been nearly eradicated, poses a new threat to Maine.
State health officials say they are struggling to get the resources they need to combat tuberculosis before it becomes a full-blown epidemic.
And the clock is ticking.
State health officials say only with an infusion of state money will they be able to expand efforts begun in Portland where the first outbreak of T.B. in fifteen years has been contained.
Maine Public RAdio's Jeanne Baron reports.

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NH Symphony Orchestra in the Red

By Raquel Maria Dillon on Wednesday, February 25, 2004.

The New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra was scheduled to perform this weekend at the Palace Theater in Manchester. But the organization's board has decided to cancel the concert because of on-going financial problems. And as New Hampshire Public Radio's Raquel Maria Dillon reports, they say there will be further cutbacks if they can't raise more money before the end of the season.

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