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How We Work: Five Years Later

0000017a-15d9-d736-a57f-17ff8c810000It’s been five years since "The Great Recession" and NHPR is looking back, looking ahead, and, most of all, looking at right now.In this week-long series, we’ll explore how we work in a changed economic landscape: What work means to Granite Staters these days, and the forces that may shape N.H.’s economic future.________Series made possible with support from:0000017a-15d9-d736-a57f-17ff8c810001

On The Job: Talking To Granite Staters About What They Do

New Hampshire Public Radio | By NHPR Newsroom

Published November 22, 2013 at 11:40 AM EST

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Logs pulled out of a wood lot in Epsom where Canterbury Timber Company was doing some thinning for a landowner.

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Peter Currier fixes accordions for the Accordion Connection in Gilmanton.

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Patrick Moeschen at Woodbury Middle School in Salem, NH.

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Juliana Nurre started working in the antiques business after being laid-off during the Great Recession.

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Michael Ward moved from New Jersey to New Hampshire to set up his business during the recession.

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Bob Provencher is a custodian at Thorntons Ferry School in Merrimack.

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Sarah Richardson works at the last video store standing in Keene.

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Cleo Villaflores is the office manager at an insurance agency in Portsmouth, NH.

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Steve Jackson is the co-owner of Confectionately Yours in Loudon. He owns the store with his wife.

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Reverend Theresa Novak Chabot of Manchester is ordained by the Roman Catholic Womenpriests and pastor of the Church of the Holy Spirit.

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David Lamb is a fine furniture maker from Canterbury. He's also the N.H. Artist Laureate.

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All week NHPR reporters and producers are spending time talking to Granite Staters about their jobs. What's it's like to be a logger, a music teacher, or an accordion repair technician? Have a listen, and hear what its like to do some jobs that you've heard of, thought about, or maybe never imagined doing.

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When sixth grade music teacher Patrick Moeschen was in middle school, he listened to Styx and Led Zeppelin, played the drums and dreamed of rock stardom. Then, he was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy.

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Peter Currier fixes accordions for the Accordion Connection in Gilmanton.

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Brett Barton of Canterbury Timber Co. talks about how the logging industry is changing.

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Juliana Nurre explains what it's like working in the quirky world of small-scale antique dealers.

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Upholsterer Michael Ward discusses the challenges of starting a niche business during the recession.

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Sarah Richardson talks about what it's like being manager of an independent video store in Keene.

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Cleo Villaflores of Exeter manages the Aileen Dugan State Farm Insurance office in Portsmouth. She loves interacting with people at work for eight hours, but saves her evenings and weekends for family.

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Steve Jackson is the co-owner of Confectionately Yours in Loudon.

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Jenn Zinka produced this piece on a woman who now works for the Red Cross.

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Rev. Theresa Novak Chabot is New Hampshire's only Roman Catholic Womanpriest.

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David Lamb makes fine furniture. Sometimes, he even cuts down the tree he uses.

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Melissa Dickie at Jake’s Five Star convenience store in Keene

On The Job: Talking To Granite Staters About What They Do

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