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ArchivesEthics Committee Recommends ExpulsionBy Dan Gorenstein on Thursday, May 26, 2005.The Joint Legislative Committee is recommending the most severe punishment it can to former House Speaker Gene Chandler. The Committee has issued a report recommending he be expelled from the House. But New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports, support among his colleagues remains strong. listen:
 Curve ball, you're outta here!By Kerry Grens on Thursday, May 26, 2005.It’s a goal of many ambitious little leaguers: to throw curve balls like Barry Zito of the Oakland Athletics. But coaches in New Hampshire are concerned their players are too young to be throwing like the majors. This season, some of them are taking a stand against the curve ball. NHPR’s Kerry Grens has more. This story was awarded the 2005 Best Sports Feature Award by the New Hampshire Associated Press Broadcasters Association. listen:
Lawyers Weigh In On Trespass ProsecutionsBy Josh Rogers on Thursday, May 26, 2005.New Hampshire may be some 2000 miles from the Mexican border, but in the past month it's been on the front lines of the battle over national immigration policy. 3 illegal immigrants have been arrested and charged under the state's criminal trespass law. Whether or not those charges will stick remains an open question. New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers has more. listen:
Beyond the Dollars and Cents of Base ClosuresBy Laura Knoy on Thursday, May 26, 2005.Bases like Portsmouth, Brunswick and Groton have done more than just fuel their region?s economy, they?re part of the fabric of New England?s military and maritime history. Today on the Exchange, we?ll look at the wider significance of the New England base closures? the social, the cultural and the historic. Kevin's guests are Richard Winslow III, New Hampshire based writer, historian and author of "Do Your Job: An Illustrated Bicentennial History of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, 1800-2000" and "Portsmouth-Built: Submarines of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard". Stephen Jones, Professor of Maritime Studies at the University of Connecticut, Avery Point, Principal of Flat Hammock Press in Mystic and author of a number of books on Maritime History. Rick Tetrev, Chairman of the Brunswick Naval Air Station Task Force, and former Executive Director of the Brunswick Chamber of Commerce. Rick Tetrev came to the Brunswick Naval Air Station in 1978 and retired Second in Command in 1996 and Beth Greenleaf Kirmsee, Landscape Architect and Coordinator of the Summer Field Mycology Department at the Rhode Island School of Design. Beth Greenleaf Kirmmse did her PhD. on the Quonset Point Naval Air Station. listen:
A Better World in South AfricaBy John Walters on Thursday, May 26, 2005.Carol and John Thompson are the founders of the Masiphumele Corporation, a non-profit that conducts building and educational projects in a squatter village near Cape Town, South Africa. Living conditions are very harsh, unemployment is above 80-percent, and most of the people live in shacks made of metal, wood and cardboard. Carol and John tell host John Walters about the successes of their work and the great challenges that lie ahead. listen:
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