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Who Can Get There Most Cheaply

By Sara Nics on Tuesday, June 19, 2007.

About 40,000 vehicles a year drive to the top of Mount Washington via the auto road.

In these days of $3 a gallon gasoline, that pretty view is getting more and more expensive.

But last weekend. the alternative vehicle regatta met at the mountain and held a competition to see who could get the cheapest view from the summit.

Maine Public Radio's Sara Nics files this report.

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The Berlin Mill One Year Later

By Todd Wellington on Tuesday, June 19, 2007.

It's been a little over a year since the Fraser Pulp Mill in Berlin closed.

When it ceased operations, some 250 people lost their jobs.

New Hampshire Public Radio was at the plant for the final day of operations - interviewing mill workers and community leaders.

One year later - NHPR correspondent Todd Wellington checked in with some of those featured to see how they're doing.

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Arctic Explorer Adolphus Greely

By Liz Bulkley on Tuesday, June 19, 2007.

In 1884 Arctic explorer Adolphus Greely returned to Porstmouth a hero after a harrowing expedition that ended up lasting 3 years. Only six men from the original crew of 26 survived the trip. We're going to look back at what went wrong on that journey and retrace the explorerâ€™s footsteps through a new film that raises questions about the endurance of Greelyâ€™s legacy. Our guests are Jeff Clark, the executive producer of Abandoned in the Arctic and the man who organized the present-day expedition, and filmmaker Gino del Guercio who directed and produced the new film. The film is premiering at The Music Hall in Portsmouth on Saturday, June 23rd. And exhibit on the Greely expedition opens June 21st at the Portsmouth Athaeneum.

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Identity Theft in New Hampshire

By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, June 19, 2007.

The accidental release at Concord Hospital of over 9,000 patientsâ€™ records, including personal information like social security numbers, is only the latest in a series of security breaches in New Hampshire, including TJ Maxx and BJâ€™s Wholesale Club. In an increasingly technology and internet oriented society, is identity theft more prevalent or is it just more widely reported under new standards of law? Weâ€™ll get an idea of how big the problem is or isnâ€™t, what the laws are and what you can do about it.

Guests

David Gottesman, a Senator from Nashua, Deputy Democratic Whip and Chair of the Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection Committee. In 2003, as a lawyer, he represented the estate of 20-year-old Amy Boyer in a lawsuit against an internet-based information broker who sold her information to a stalker, who subsequently killed her and then himself.
Lauren Noether, Bureau Chief for the NH Consumer Protection & Antitrust Bureau at the Attorney Generalâ€™s Office with 22 years of prosecutorial experience.
Peter Wright, Director of Clinical Programs, Consumer and Commercial Law Clinic at Franklin Pierce Law Center

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