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High Oil Prices Spark Firewood Demand

By Kerry Grens on Thursday, September 22, 2005.

Heating oil prices in New Hampshire are up over sixty percent from last year’s. And with Hurricane Rita threatening refineries in the Gulf, crude oil prices have jumped to sixty eight dollars a barrel.
Residents are scrambling for cheaper alternatives to heating their homes this winter. New Hampshire Public Radio’s Kerry Grens reports on the soaring demand for wood.

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Teeny Tiny Robots Created at Dartmouth

By Lisa Peakes on Thursday, September 22, 2005.

Dartmouth College professor Bruce Donald says the teeny tiny robots he's helped create may have a wide range of applications, including security devices and medical uses.

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Painting by Numbers -- Russ Thibeault

By Liz Bulkley on Thursday, September 22, 2005.

Economist Russ Thibeault makes a living analyzing economic trends but has spent most of his free time this past year studying and painting the environment around tiny Perley Pond in Laconia. The state's 400-year-old oak tree lives there, along with countless other bits of wildlife. His show of watercolors and digital photographs documents the place, and opens at the Belknap Mill in Laconia on Friday September 23.

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Granite State Scots

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, September 22, 2005.

You won't have to look far this weekend to see Scotland's influence here in New Hampshire. North America's largest Scottish cultural festival will be going on. But look past the Highland Games and you'll see born and bred Scots making a living in the Granite State, importing Scottish goods, teaching the bagpipe and carrying on the traditions of Scotland. Laura's guest is David Christie, President of the Scottish Heritage Society, Member of the Globalscot Network and former President of the New Hampshire Gathering of the Scottish Clans Inc. He was born and raised in Helensburgh, Scotland. We'll also hear from Pipe Major Gordon Webster who runs the School of Scottish Arts in Manchester and was formerly the Piper for Queen Elizabeth II. Gordon was born and raised in Bathgate, Scotland. Stuart Anderson, Architectural Consultant, Highland Games heavy event athlete and Vice-President of the Scottish Heritage Society. Stuart was born and raised in Elgin, Scotland. Bernard McGrath, Owner of Heather and Thistle, a Scottish imports store in Keene. Bernard was born and raised in the capitol city of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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