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Buddy Can You Spare a Ride

By Mark Bevis on Tuesday, September 6, 2005.

As commuters in New Hampshire watch the cost of getting to work sky-rocket, there's a group on the Seacoast that's helping drivers control costs.

The organization based at the Pease Tradeport is a non-profit called Seacoast Commuter Options.

They've got a website to help commuters connect with each other.

NHPR's Mark Bevis spoke with the group's director Cheryl Phoenix.

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Yankee Magazine 70th

By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, September 6, 2005.

What started out as a dream, with a drudged up printing press and a list of bogus subscriber names has blossomed into New England’s premiere magazine, promoting an “ideal” New England image – which is getting harder and harder to find. Laura's guests are Jamie Trowbridge, President of Yankee Publishing and Judson Hale, Editor-In-Chief of Yankee Magazine and The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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German POW's in the Granite State

By Shay Zeller on Tuesday, September 6, 2005.

Sixty years after the end of World War II, we look back at the history of Camp Stark in New Hampshire's North Country. 300 prisoners of war were held there during the war; we turn to historian Allen Koop for a look at the history of the camp and what it tells us about the state's and the nation's war experience.

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Yankee Magazine at 70

By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, September 6, 2005.

What started out as a dream, with a drudged up printing press and a list of bogus subscriber names has blossomed into New England’s premiere magazine, promoting an “ideal” New England image – which is getting harder and harder to find. Today on the Exchange we look back at 70 years of Yankee Magazine and look forward as to what's in their future. Laura's guests are Jamie Trowbridge, President of Yankee Publishing and Judson Hale, Editor-In-Chief of Yankee Magazine and The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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