NHPR News

Waterville Valley Says Goodbye to Marc Decoteau

By Sean Hurley on Monday, February 8, 2010.

Funeral Services for Army Specialist Marc Decoteau were held this past weekend at Plymouth Regional High School.

The 19-year-old Waterville Valley resident was killed in Afghanistan on January 29th.

Correspondent Sean Hurley spoke with some of Decoteau's old friends and has this remembrance.

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Fairpoint Communications Files Bankruptcy Plan

By Amy Quinton on Monday, February 8, 2010.

Fairpoint Communications released its bankruptcy reorganization plan Monday after two months of delays.

Radioactivity Spikes at Vermont Yankee

By Elaine Grant on Saturday, February 6, 2010.

Extremely high levels of a radioactive material have been found in a monitoring well near the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.

NHPR’s Elaine Grant has more.

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HHS Introduces 1st Round of Cuts

By Dan Gorenstein on Friday, February 5, 2010.

The Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled part of its plan to reduce its budget over the next year and a half.

Hospital providers and low-income families who count on childcare aid in particular get squeezed in this opening round of proposed cuts.

If the immediate reaction to HHS’s plan is any indication, in the coming weeks lawmakers will be actively seeking alternatives.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.

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