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New Hampshire's Port is Expanding

By Roger Wood on Thursday, November 15, 2007.

Encouraged by signs of increased business, the state is moving ahead with an $11 million dollar expansion of the Commercial Port in Portsmouth.

When completed, the project will extend the main pier 125 feet along the Piscataqua River.

As NHPR correspondent Roger Wood reports the expansion is a sign that the State Pier is poised for economic as well as physical growth.

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The Mammals

By Liz Bulkley on Thursday, November 15, 2007.

The Mammals take the folk traditions of a string band and add layers of modern day instrumentation. The quintet features two musicians who come from impressive musical families: Fiddle player Ruth Ungar inherited her chops from her father, Jay Ungar, and Tao Rodriguez-Seeger is the grandson of folk icon Pete Seeger. The whole band joins us in the studio to play some songs and talk about their work, their world and their ambitions.

***This show originally aired Friday, June 22, 2007***

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Final Countdown

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, November 15, 2007.

NASA’s Shuttle program is slated to shut down in 2010 with only a few more missions left. Today on The Exchange we get an insider's perspective on the past, present and future of the manned space program from someone who has covered the ups and downs of the shuttle program for more than twenty years.

Guest

  • Pat Duggins, Senior News Analyst and News Director for WMFE and author of “Final Countdown: NASA and the End of the Space Shuttle Program”. Duggins has covered almost ninety shuttle missions and has been the voice of NASA coverage on NPR for over a decade.
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