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ArchivesA Logger Talks About the Mill ClosingBy David Darman on Thursday, March 9, 2006.A North Country logger discusses the Berlin Mill closing, and how it might affect him. And he talks about how he dealt with previous closings. listen:
  Town Meeting Takes Up EnergyBy Rebecca Kaufman on Thursday, March 9, 2006.The high cost of energy is an issue weighing heavily on many communities’ bottom lines these days. At town meeting this year, those concerns will be reflected on warrant articles in at least two New Hampshire towns. The school board in Bow and the town of Newmarket are asking their voters to approve bonds that would allow their communities to invest in local energy projects. The two ideas represent the alpha and omega of power generation…one would cost 1 point 3 million dollars, the other 45 and a half million. But both proposals are driven by the same ideals: the cost of energy and cleaner energy. New Hampshire Public Radio’s Rebecca Kaufman has more. listen:
Author Rebecca Kohn / NH, the Most Livable StateBy Shay Zeller on Thursday, March 9, 2006.The Story of Exodus is retold in Rebecca Kohn's new book Seven Days to the Sea. The book explores the story of Moses through the eyes of his sister and his wife. We'll talk with the author about her work and the difference between biblical fiction and historical fiction -- and where they overlap. Also in the show -- New Hampshire's been named the most livable state for the third year in a row. We talk to Scott Morgan, of Morgan Quinto Press about the variables and consistencies in New Hampshire's top ranking. listen:
Timeline: Berlin Pulp Mill1999March 25: New York-based American Tissue Corp. agrees to buy the mills in Berlin and Gorham for $45 million. The previous owners, Crown Vantage, Inc. of Oakland, California, had bought the mills in 1995 from James River Corp, which had operated the mills since 1980. July 9: American Tissue formally buys the mills from Crown Vantage. 2001listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
Berlin Pulp Mill Closes On May 6, 2006, the Fraser Papers in Berlin shut down, after decades of operation. You can find all of NHPR's stories and programs about the closing here, as well as additional information and resources from across the web. Latest NHPR Stories and ProgramsPouring The Sun: A Tale of a Mill Closing: Storyteller Jay O'Callahan tells the story of Bethlehem Steel, but his tale could easily be about the mills of New Hampshire closing. New Hampshire Newsmakers of the Year 2007: 2007 was a year of victory for our primary and for same sex couples, a year of trouble for the state’s highway department and for the mill town of Groveton. It was a year when adequacy in public education was defined and Ed and Elaine Brown were captured. We look back at the biggest stories and forward to how they may play out in 2008. North Country: Down but Not Out: A new state report says the job loss is worse than expected, but locals says they are ready to give up. A Controversy Is Brewing in Berlin Over What's Left of the Paper Mill : A company looking to make a former Fraser Paper Boiler into a biomass boiler is running into local opposition. Groveton Paper Workers Could Lose Severance: If union doesn't sigh agreement, workers could lose severance package. A New Proposal for Jobs in the North Country: Some state officials are talking about moving some state jobs north. listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
Ayuh, Linguistically SpeakingBy Laura Knoy on Thursday, March 9, 2006.Despite our ever increasing mass-media society, one University of Pennsylvania linguist says that regional speech patterns are becoming more, not less, pronounced. We'll look at the research and talk with a local linguist about that and the very distinct accents here in New England...from Boston, Massachusetts to Bar Harbor, Maine. Laura's guests are William Labov, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania and author of "The Atlas of North American English", and Naomi Nagy, Director of the UNH Linguistics Lab and Coordinator of the UNH Linguistics Program. David Alan Stern, Professor of Dramatic Arts in Voice, Speech, and Dialect at the University of Connecticut. David is also President and Founder of “Dialect Accent Specialists†in Lyndonville, Vermont that teaches everyone from Hollywood Stars to Business Executive how to speak or loose accents. listen:
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