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A Theatrical Look at Portsmouth's Past / Geese and Peregrine Falcons

By Shay Zeller on Tuesday, April 25, 2006.

In the Mid 1800’s columnist Charles W. Brewster collected anecdotes from town records and elderly citizens and published a series of articles in the Portsmouth Journal. He called them "Brewster's Rambles," and today they're the inspiration for a new theater production by the Pontine Theater. We'll talk with the co-directors and performers of the piece, Greg Gathers & M. Marguerite Mathews. They're the artistic directors of Pontine Theater.

Also in the show, we'll talk with Iain MacLeod of the NH Audubon Society about the patterns of geese and we'll check out the Peregrine Falcon Cam in Manchester.

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State Won't Be Able to Keep Up With More Drivers

By NHPR Staff on Tuesday, April 25, 2006.

Matt Frye's story gives little solace to Transportation Commissioner Carol Murray. Commissioner Murray sees big problems ahead and the more people who live far from work, the harder it is to come up with solutions.

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Commuter Profile #1: Matt Frye

By NHPR Staff on Tuesday, April 25, 2006.

Anyone who lives in the southern part of the state knows that more and more, commuting is part of the New Hampshire experience. We're spending more time in our cars, some of us a lot more.

Today is the start of Drive and Ambition, an occasional series on commuting on New Hampshire Public Radio. You can be part of this series. We'll tell you how in just a moment.

But first, over the next few months, we'll be bringing you stories from the road. Today, we hear the views of Matt Frye, a 28-year-old who teaches sports like kayaking and skiing to people with disabilities. Commuting put Matt in touch with an unexpected side of his personality.

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Granite Staters Speak Out on Health

By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, April 25, 2006.

A series of nine community listening sessions has just wrapped up, where health care providers, patients, businesses and advocates from all parts of New Hampshire vented their concerns...and struggled for solutions. We’ll look at what came out of these sessions, what the number one issue was, and how this information will be used moving forward. Laura's guest is Dr. Jim Squires, President of the Endowment for Health, which conducted the listening sessions, and Mary Vallier-Kaplan, Vice-President and Program Director at the Endowment for Health.

Mary Vallier-Kaplan, Vice-President and Program Director at the Endowment for Health. (Cheryl Senter, NHPR) Dr. Jim Squires, President of the Endowment for Health. (Cheryl Senter, NHPR)

Mary Vallier-Kaplan, Vice-President and Program Director at the Endowment for Health, left, and Dr. Jim Squires, President of the Endowment for Health on NHPR's The Exchange with Laura Knoy. (Cheryl Senter, NHPR)

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