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Alstead Meets After the Flood

By Dan Gorenstein on Wednesday, October 19, 2005.

Alstead residents gathered last night for their first town meeting since floods ravaged the community about ten days ago.

They all came wanting to know 'what's going to happen next?'

Local, state and federal officials did the best they could to provide answers.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports.

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Astronomy in the Autumn Skies

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, October 19, 2005.

There's always something going on in our night time skies and this month is no exception. From the Orionids meteor shower to Mars passing within 43 million miles of Earth, we'll train our eyes skyward and get the facts and the fiction on what astronomical things are happening in October. Laura's guests are Mal Cameron, Coordinator for the NASA Educator Resource Center at the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, and John Gianforte, Astronomy instructor for the University System of New Hampshire's Granite State College, Co-founder of the Astronomical Society of Northern New England and monthly astronomy columnist for Foster's Daily Democrat.

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The Beat Face of God

By Liz Bulkley on Wednesday, October 19, 2005.

In his book The Beat Face of God, Reverend Stephen Edington moves between his role as minister and religious leader to scholar and interpreter of the Beat Generation. We'll talk with Reverend Edington about what qualities the Beats possessed that convinces him they were holy mis-fits.

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