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School Administrators Warn of NCLB Costs

By Dan Gorenstein on Wednesday, March 24, 2004.

A new report released today says the federal government is not fully funding the education law No Child Left Behind. The report comes from the New Hampshire School Administrators' Association.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports.

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New Urbanism

By Mike Arnold on Wednesday, March 24, 2004.

Throughout the country, communities are popping up under a new development style called "Traditional Neighborhood Design"... densely built, walkable commuties with safer streets, neighborhood parks, a wide range of housing styles and costs and neighborhood parks. Clark Brook, the first TND neighborhood in New England will break ground this spring in Rochester, New Hampshire. We'll look at the benefits and criticism of this new idea of urbanism. Mike Arnold's guest are TBA.

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Weird and Wonderful Tales from the North Country

By John Walters on Wednesday, March 24, 2004.

Charles Jordan has spent many years keeping his ear to the ground for stories of the weird and wonderful of northern New Hampshire. He's collected tales varying from Native American apparitions, witches, ghosts, local characters and cranks, to murder and even the apocalypse in his new book, Tales Told in the Shadows of the White Mountains. As writer and editor of Northern New Hampshire Magazine, Charles has covered many stories concerning strange, eerie, and supernatural tales of the region. The book presents fourteen stories featuring unsolved mysteries, supernatural meanderings, and other tales of intrigue?some well known and the stuff of local legend, others newly unearthed.

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