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Memorial Day has passed and summer has unofficially arrived in New Hampshire. That means it's time to pack up the car, corral the family and take that much needed daytrip or weekend jaunt or week vacation. We'll give ideas on the many places, both popular and obscure that you can visit this summer without ever leaving the Granite State. Mike's guests are Mel Allen, Executive editor of travel and features for Yankee Magazine and the Yankee Magazine Travel Guide to New England. Charles Jordan, Editor of Northern New Hampshire Magazine and Co-author of a booklet on scenic drives in the Northeast called "Northern Journeys," Linda Chestney, author of Bicycling Southern New Hampshire, Bicycling New Hampshire's Seacoast, and Mountain Biking New Hampshire's State Parks and Forests and Amy Traverso, Food editor of Yankee Magazine.

Among the policy reforms included in last year's state budget, was a move to self-insure state employee heath insurance……Governor Benson championed the move, and lawmakers counted on realizing some 20 million dollars in immediate savings…….Those savings have not materialized…..and are in fact now looking a lot more like increased costs.