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ArchivesThe State Wants to Log Piscah State ParkBy Donna Moxley on Friday, June 1, 2007.State officials plan Saturday to propose an 82-acre timber harvest in Pisgah State Park, in southwest New Hampshire. Officials say they’ve waited decades for the resources to carry out the project, but critics want the state to wait longer. The Keene Sentinel’s Donna Moxley reports… listen:
  The Union Leader's Newspaper Guild Is Still Without a ContractBy Brian Early on Friday, June 1, 2007.Drive to the Union Leader offices on a Thursday and you may see pickets. Three of the four unions at the state's largest newspaper are currently in contract negotiations. But after nearly a year and half without a contract, one union is growing increasingly impatient with management. From Manchester, NHPR correspondent Brian Early reports. listen:
House Plants Bring the Outside InsideBy Rosemary Conroy on Friday, June 1, 2007.While many of us have lives that keep us stuck indoors. But with house plants, we can still bring some of the benefits of the outdoors to our indoor lives. listen:
Senate Shakes Off Seatbelt BillBy Dan Gorenstein on Friday, June 1, 2007.A bipartisan group of senators has killed a bill that would have required drivers to wear seatbelts. New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports the move likely preserves New Hampshire's role as the only state in the nation without a seatbelt law. listen:
A Letter from Iraq: 2nd Lt. Ben LeonardBy Mark Bevis on Friday, June 1, 2007.It’s Friday, the day we check in with a member of the 36-43rd company of the New Hampshire National Guard currently serving in Iraq. They are guarding a detention center just outside Baghdad. NHPR’s Mark Bevis spoke with 2nd Lieutenant Ben Leonard. He and his wife live in Portland, Maine Lt. Leonard’s been in the Guard since his junior year in high school. He joined in order to be able to go to college. And while he knew he might face active duty in a war zone, he never imagined he would be guarding a detention center. listen:
Granite State Stories: "In The Memory House"By Laura Knoy on Friday, June 1, 2007.Howard Mansfield's 1993 book "In the Memory House" explores how we as Granite Staters memorialize, preserve and present our past. Sometimes it's an old tradition like our town meetings. Sometimes it’s the towns who take great pains to preserve its legendary 100 year old elm tree or historic societies that maintain the town's turn of the century fire truck. Sometimes it's preserving the memory of an unpopular president despite the fact that many want to forget his legacy. Through the pages of Howard Mansfield's book "In the Memory House" we'll look at how we remember our past. Guest
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Inside the MacDowell ColonyBy Liz Bulkley on Friday, June 1, 2007.At any given moment, between twenty and thirty artists of diverse backgrounds toil away at Peterborough's MacDowell Colony. For those of us who've never been a resident, the goings-on inside the MacDowell walls can be a bit of a mystery. Tonight on the Front Porch, we're swinging open the doors for a peek inside the world-famous arts retreat. We'll meet some of the creative minds who've stayed there, and we'll hear about a new film that documents the MacDowell Experience. Our guests are: David Petersen, filmmaker. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his documentary Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9. He's one of four filmmakers to contribute to the new movie commissioned by the MacDowell Colony called Seasons of MacDowell Cynthia Huntington, former poet laureate of New Hampshire and a professor of English and Creative Writing at The film Seasons of MacDowell is playing in Concord and Manchester in coming weeks and at various venues around the state throughout 2007. Click here for a link to more information and a schedule. listen:
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