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Businessman Aims to Put Firearms Facility Up in Groton

By Dan Gorenstein on Tuesday, February 21, 2006.

A Rye businessman wants to build a firearms training facility in Groton, just west of Plymouth.

Groton doesn't have any zoning.

That makes it nearly impossible for the town to block the project...if it wants to.

No zoning means no public hearing.

No public hearing means rumors are flying around about just what a firearms training facility is.

At the same time, some residents have organized opposition...and hired a lawyer.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein has the story.

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Some Teachers Spend Thousands On Their Classroom

By Amy Quinton on Tuesday, February 21, 2006.

The Concord teachers union and the school board still haven’t reached a contract agreement.
In the meantime, as a protest against the school board, many teachers have removed items from their classrooms that they’ve purchased with their own money.
As New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton reports, over the years some teachers have spent thousands of their own dollars filling a classroom with supplies the schools can’t afford.

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