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Senate Stops Speed Limit Bill

By Dan Gorenstein on Thursday, March 16, 2006.

The boat speed limit bill drowned today/Thursday in the Senate.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports.

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UNH Wildcats Are Number One in Women's Hockey

By Jim Jeannotte on Thursday, March 16, 2006.

At the University of New Hampshire, it’s almost expected the men's hockey team will be one of the best in the nation.

This year, however, it's the UNH women's team that has taken the country by storm.

The Wildcat women have not lost a hockey game since early November.

And they are ranked number one heading in to this week’s national tournament.

NHPR’s Sports Correspondent Jim Jeannotte reports.

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Voces y Visiones / Changing Role of Rural America

By Shay Zeller on Thursday, March 16, 2006.

We talk with Sharon Matt Atkins with the Currier Museum of Art about the new exhibit Voces y Visiones. It features Latin American and Caribbean art and the artistic intersection of those cultures.

We'll also look at report by the University of New Hampshire's Carsey Institute that examines the radical ways life in rural America has changed as farming has given way to manufacturing.

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Planning Board Politics

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, March 16, 2006.

More and more local planning boards are turning to growth ordinances to slow development in their communities. Planning boards say these policies are necessary to preserve town character and keep taxes manageable. But critics argue that the growing popularity of anti-growth measures is cause for concern…and warn that these restrictions have unintended consequences. Today we'll look at both sides of this debate. Laura's guests are Don Bealko, Co-founder and chairman of the Public Policy Alliance for Housing and Vice President of marketing and business development for Rivco Inc. in Penacook. Paul Morin, Chairman of the Town of Weare Planning Board, member of the Southern NH Planning Commission and Chairman of the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of New Hampshire. Jack Savage, Vice President of Communications and Outreach for the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. Fergus Cullen, Columnist for the NH Union Leader and Sunday News and Clay Mitchell, Newmarket, New Hampshire Town Planner.

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