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Alstead Remembers Flood

By Dan Gorenstein on Monday, October 9, 2006.

Alstead commemorated the 2005 fall floods Monday morning.

Last year a wave crashed through the small southwestern town leveling 6 homes, severely damaging 21 others and leaving four dead.

Today the community held an event to celebrate, remember and come together.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein traveled to Alstead and files this report.

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Nashua Student Afraid to go to School

By Sheryl Rich-Kern on Monday, October 9, 2006.

The Nashua school district is grappling with a conflict over rights.

Every student has a right to go to his local school.

But one Nashua student wants to enjoy the right of going to school without fear of another student.

The court has stepped in to try to keep the two apart.

But that solution has not been working.

NHPR Correspondent Sheryl Rich Kern has more.

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The People of Alstead Remember

By Cold River Prod... on Monday, October 9, 2006.

Today, the people in Alstead, in Southwest New Hampshire, will be commemorating an event that changed that town forever.

A year ago, on October 9th, after more than a dozen inches of rain had fallen in the area, a wall of water broke through an overburdened culvert and washed roads and bridges, buildings and lives downstream.

This week New Hampshire Public Radio will be reporting on Alstead's recovery after the Flood of 2005.

But we begin with recollections.

Alstead resident Paul Rodrigue has produced a CD called Water Rising.

On it, residents of Alstead, tell their story.

Here is an excerpt.

We're starting the night before....as the rains continued to drench the town...and the waters were rising.

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