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Pennichuck Sues Nashua Over City's Takeover Try

By David Darman on Tuesday, April 20, 2004.

The Pennichuck Corporation has sued the City of Nashua for 5 million dollars.

Pennichuck is at odds with the city over who should own and control the region's municipal water supply.

New Hampshire Public Radio's David Darman has more.

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At Risk Youth

By Mike Arnold on Tuesday, April 20, 2004.

Young people are at higher risks of engaging in risky behavior when they don't feel connected to their community. Kids who participate in after school programs and other community-based activities are more likely to make better choices and steer clear of risky behavior. We'll get an idea of how kids are behaving and what effect after-school programs have on their life course. Mike's guests are Whitney Schwartz, Director of New Heights, the Seacoast area's largest after-school program and Gretchen Bean, Program Coordinator for the Adolescence Resource Center at UNH.

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How to Negotiate With Kids

By John Walters on Tuesday, April 20, 2004.

Scott Brown's work as a negotiator and mediator has taken him around the world and to the heart of great conflicts; but none perhaps as intense as the ones faced on a daily basis in the average family. Scott's new book, How to Negotiate with Kids; Even when you think you shouldn't, applies lessons he's learned at the bargaining table to everyday disputes around the dinner table.

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