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ArchivesState Conference Focuses on Water SustainabilityBy Amy Quinton on Monday, April 9, 2007.Climate change and population growth may be the biggest environmental issues facing New Hampshire today. listen:
  NH Companies Look to Perks to Keep EmployeesBy Sheryl Rich-Kern on Monday, April 9, 2007.Unemployment continues at a low level across New Hampshire. That leaves employers in the state competing for new hires with attractive benefits packages. One company is even giving its employees flying lessons. NHPR Correspondent Sheryl Rich-Kern reports. listen:
The Graying of the Granite State
This week, NHPR explores this demographic trend, from the positive and negative implications of an aging state to what, if anything, the state is doing to prepare for this change. listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
How Are We Growing Old - And Why?By Laura Knoy on Monday, April 9, 2007.Most agree that New Hampshire is growing to be an older state, but the extent of this trend and the reasons behind it are still debated. Some of the reasons demographers point to: In/out migration, an influx of age-restricted housing, the allure of Granite State life, or just that we're a healthy, older and less fertile state. What's also debated is how badly this trend may hurt New Hampshire. Some say "not much", others call it "disastrous for New Hampshire". We'll explore how we're growing old, why we're growing old and how it may affect the Granite State.
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The Bataan Death MarchBy Liz Bulkley on Monday, April 9, 2007.On April 9th, 1942, about 75,000 Filipino and American soldiers were ordered by Japanese guards to march more than 60 miles to a prison camp in the Philippines. As many as ten thousand men died in the process. We're going to talk with Concord Monitor editor Mike Pride about the march and his connection to WWII vet Steve Raymond. Now in his 90's, Raymond survived both the Bataan Death march and 3 1/2 years of hellish captivity. Mike's book about Steve's experiences is Too Dead to Die: A Memoir of Bataan and Beyond. listen:
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Already the sixth oldest state in the U.S., New Hampshire is growing older at a rate higher than the national trend. And an aging demographic could affect many different areas of New Hampshire life - the economy and jobs, health care, housing and community dynamics.