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Dam Owners Ask State Lawmakers for Financial Help

By David Darman on Thursday, February 23, 2006.

New Hampshire officials in charge of more than 250 aging dams have told lawmakers they need at least one million dollars to repair them.

It could take millions more to fix the hundreds of dams in private hands in the state that also need repairs.

But state officials have so far had little success in getting the legislature to pony up more money.

And private owners are very much on their own when their dams need repairs.

New Hampshire Public Radio's David Darman has more.

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Senate Considers Government Pandemic Powers

By Dan Gorenstein on Thursday, February 23, 2006.

Today the Senate is expected to consider a measure to give state government special authority in the event of a pandemic.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports.

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