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Hot Club of Cowtown

By Shay Zeller on Thursday, February 10, 2005.

Hot Club of Cowtown is a Hot Jazz and Western Swing trio based in Austin, Texas. You may have heard them on a Prarie Home Companion from time to time. They're currently on tour with Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks and they'll be rolling into Lebanon for show this weekend. Shay Zeller talks with singer and fiddle player, Elana Fremerman.

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NH vs VT: Is Business Greener in the Granite State

By Kevin Forrest on Thursday, February 10, 2005.

Towns along the Connecticut River have battled one another for years.

Their goal is to attract new businesses to their side of the New Hampshire-Vermont border.

Most people give New Hampshire the competitive edge.

The Washington, DC-based National Tax Foundation ranks New Hampshire fifth in the nation for its business climate.

Vermont scores a dismal 45th.

But as the Vermont Standard's Kevin Forrest has learned, sometimes the differences are not always so clear cut.

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Businesses Call State Ed. Funding Shell Game

By Dan Gorenstein on Thursday, February 10, 2005.

A group of New Hampshire businesses reports that many municipalities are supplanting local education dollars with state aid.

And as New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports, the group that commissioned the study is not happy.

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