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Flying Squirrels 101

By Scott Fitzpatrick on Friday, September 28, 2007.

Rocket J. Squirrel is unusual for his breed, which tends to be less adventurous and a bit more reclusive.

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Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

By Liz Bulkley on Friday, September 28, 2007.

"Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History". You've probably seen that quote written on bumper stickers or t-shirts a million times. Tonight on the Front Porch, we'll talk with the woman inadvertently coined it. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is a Pulitzer-prize winning historian, and when she wrote that now-famous phrase in an essay 30 years ago, she didn't realize it would become so celebrated. Her new book examines the deeper significance behind the catchy slogan and the women that make it meaningful.

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New Hampshire News Roundup

By Laura Knoy on Friday, September 28, 2007.

We disect the latest news in the Granite State...including a new twist, and a new deadline – in the debate over how to pay for schools! Also, more pressure on New Hampshire lawmakers to “roll the dice” and expand gambling...and – how much more it could cost to “ease on down the road”...with proposed hikes in highway tolls and gas taxes.

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Restoring Fort Stark

By Roger Wood on Thursday, September 27, 2007.

At the end of a residential street in New Castle, on the seacoast, sits one of New Hampshire's oldest historic sites.

But despite its importance, no street signs point out its location and it rarely sees visitors.

A local group of residents is working to change all that.

They want to put Fort Stark back on the map.

NHPR Correspondent Roger Wood reports.

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Nashua Soon to Have Bus Radio

By Sheryl Rich-Kern on Thursday, September 27, 2007.

Nashua’s board of education wants school bus drivers to tune in to a new radio station.

If all goes as planned the city will be the first in the state to air Bus Radio.

Produced in Massachusetts and used on school buses in the Bay State, the programming is packaged exclusively for kids.

But not all Nashua parents are happy with the plan because the programming also includes advertising.

NHPR Correspondent Sheryl Rich-Kern reports.

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