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Union for Merrimack Correction Workers Airs Contract Grievances

By David Darman on Wednesday, July 5, 2006.

Nearly one hundred corrections officers in Merrimack County's new jail have been working for more than a year without a contract.

And tomorrow, some of them are planning to demonstrate outside the County complex in Concord, to call attention to stalled negotiations.

The union representing the officers accuses the county of trying to roll back hard won worker rights.

But county officials have said the union is out of line in making their complaints public.

New Hampshire Public Radio's David Darman has more.

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A Tale of Two Wind Farms: Part I

By Hilary McQuilkin on Wednesday, July 5, 2006.

Wind power is slowly becoming a reality in New Hampshire and across New England.

Some towns are embracing it.

And some are not.

In the first of a two day series, NHPR Correspondent Hilary McQuilkin is going to take us to the state's first commercial windfarm....in Berlin.

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Who Am I?

By Shay Zeller on Wednesday, July 5, 2006.

Almost everyone at some point in their life looks into a mirror and asks, "Who Am I?" Some of the world's greatest minds have been trying to figure out the human personality since the beginning of the Twentieth Century. Tonight, we'll meet a University of New Hampshire researcher who's taking a new stab at it. Jack Mayer is author of the new book Personality: A Systems Approach.

Later in the show, producer Aaron Henkin will give us a Radio Rorshcach test. This piece comes to us via the Public Radio Exchange. Click here to go directly to the story and comment on it.

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Off to the Races!

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, July 5, 2006.

All bets are off this year as state candidates for house, senate and governor gather in a crowded political arena. Also, there’s heated competition for an open spot on the Executive Council, questions before the ballot law commission and Libertarians in disguise! We’ll suss out the state races and see who might be left standing come November. Laura's guests are James Pindell, Managing Editor and Political Reporter for PoliticsNH.com, and Tom Fahey, State House Bureau Chief for the New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News. We'll also hear from Ray Buckley, Vice-Chair for the New Hampshire Democratic Party and Wayne MacDonald, Vice-Chair for the New Hampshire Republican State Committee.

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