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A Tangle Over Electric Signs Keeps Courts Busy in Concord

By David Darman on Tuesday, January 2, 2007.

Two businesses in Concord have gone to court to assert their right to display electronic signs that flash multiple commercial messages or videos in quick succession.

Concord authorities have tried to limit their use, through strict zoning laws.

But the controversy over the signs isn't limited to Concord.

It is bubbling up in communities across the country, as the signs become more and more widespread.

New Hampshire Public Radio's David Darman has more.

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Legislative Preview 2007

By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, January 2, 2007.

The New Hampshire Legislature opens this week with the Democrats in power and hordes of eager new members. We’ll sit down with the top leaders of the State House and Senate to find out what’s on their agenda this year, from the minimum wage to school funding. Laura's guests are Democrat Sylvia Larsen, Senate President; Republican Ted Gatsas, Senate Minority Leader; Democrat Terie Norelli, House Speaker and Republican Mike Whalley, House Minority Leader.

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American Bloomsbury

By Liz Bulkley on Tuesday, January 2, 2007.

Author Susan Cheever's new book, American Bloomsbury, explores the lives and times of the writers who floated in and out of Concord, Massachusetts, during the 19th Century. They include Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Margaret Fuller. The unlikely grouping of anti-establishment thinkers in the placid New England town set the stage for intertwined tales of romance and even some hostility. Susan joins us to talk about her work and what drew her to it.

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