In Manchester, city revenues are down. And as a result, the Mayor and aldermen are grappling with a tighter financial situation. The Mayor's proposed budget has prompted an emotional public reaction and the specter of layoffs. The city's schools may take a particularly hard hit. NHPR correspondent Ellen Grimm went to one city middle school to find out what a tighter school budget might mean. She files this report.

The agency in Maine that runs Amtrak’s Downeaster is facing a looming financial crisis. For years, millions of dollars in federal money has helped pay for the train’s operation. But next year the federal money will run out to the tune of millions of dollars a year. Downeaster managers hope New Hampshire might make up some of the loss. A possibility that state policy makers say is unlikely. New Hampshire Public Radio’s David Darman has more.

In the North Country, spring means the mountains turn green, the rivers flow wildly and on Friday (today)- against all odds - one of the nation's oldest movie theaters opens for the summer. NHPR correspondent Chris Jensen has this story about the Colonial Theatre in Bethlehem.

State environmental officials say they’ve contained an estimated one-thousand gallon oil spill in Gilmanton. Gilmanton police say a large tanker truck parked nearby emptied the fuel oil into a brook that feeds into Rocky Pond. As New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton reports, both bodies of water and surrounding wetlands are contaminated and police say the spill might have been intentional.