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ArchivesNew England is Not Stingy After AllBy Mark Bevis on Wednesday, November 23, 2005.It happens every year about this time. The people of New England, and more specifically New Hampshire, get bashed. The word most commonly used is stingy. These insults stem from news reports of an annual index that claims to measure how much people across the country give to charitable organizations. And according to this index, New Hampshire usually falls to the bottom. But as NHPR's Mark Bevis reports, new research has found that this image of the parsimonious New Englander is old, tired, and wrong. listen:
  New "Pilgrims" Reflect on ThanksgivingBy Rebecca Kaufman on Wednesday, November 23, 2005.It would be hard to imagine a holiday that says New England more than Thanksgiving. So as the final preparations for the holiday feast are made, New Hampshire Public Radio’s Rebecca Kaufman checked in with a few Granite Staters who immigrated to the U.S. She asked if they celebrate the very American holiday and found that Thanksgiving seems to have universal appeal. The visit starts at English class at the International Institute, a refugee re-settlement agency in Manchester. listen:
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