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ArchivesBerlin Looks to Superfund to Clean up Mercury DumpBy Trish Anderton on Thursday, September 30, 2004.The city of Berlin hopes a toxic waste site on the banks of its river will someday qualify for a federal Superfund cleanup. Mercury from the site is leaking into the Androscoggin River. State and local officials toured the site earlier this week. NHPR Correspondent Trish Anderton went along and files this report. Here's what the NH Dept of Health and Human Services says about Mercury consumption listen:
 Crashing The Parties 2004By John Walters on Thursday, September 30, 2004.Third Party Candidates will be all dressed up in "Fringe" with nowhere to go this Thursday at 9 pm. While George Bush and John Kerry challenge one another's ideas on national television during the first Presidential debate, wallflowers Michael Badnarik, David Cobb, Michael Peroutka, and Ralph Nader will have to sit quietly on the sidelines. The truth is, they do not enjoy the same amount of support as the two major candidates, and therefore, are probably not viable candidates for the Presidency. But third party candidates do play a role in the democratic process. Democrats still hold Nader responsible for swaying the 2000 election and have fought hard to keep him off the dance floor in 2004. Darren Garnick is a film maker from Amherst. With Newport native, Peter Koziell, David put together his third film about so called Fringe Candidates. Crashing the Parties premiers Thursday night on WGBH at 8pm, just before the debate. You can also catch it next Friday on NHPTV at 8pm. listen:
A New Vision for Our CourtsBy Laura Knoy on Thursday, September 30, 2004.A new 37-page report released last week entitled "A Vision of Justice" takes a close look at the New Hampshire court system. Its goals" to make the courts more efficient, more affordable and less intimidating. It's the first long-range report for New Hampshire's courts since the early 1990s and makes recommendations on everything from training and evaluating judges to making forms and self-help pamphlets easier to understand to assigning one judge to hear each particular case from start to finish. We'll review this report and take an overall look at how our state court system is serving its citizens. Laura's guest is Chief Justice John Broderick. listen:
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