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Next on New Hampshire Outlook tonight. Saving the Farm. A new trend in New Hampshire Agriculture is something some people are calling "agri-tourism". See how people are saving their farming tradition using modern technology. and Plus, a one on one interview with Congressional Candidate Martha Fuller Clark. Learn what she stands for and why she's running. |
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Good Evening. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. We begin tonight with a summary of today's news. |
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27 cities and towns - known as the Coalition Communities - are fighting the state of New Hampshire in court. The communities claim the statewide property tax to collect and distribute money to property-poor towns is unconstitutional. The tax is a temporary solution to bankroll education. The trial will decide whether assessment rates are uniform. |
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A safety campaign is being launched to raise awareness about the new passenger train service. Transportation officals say the Boston to Portland Maine line will travel at 80 miles per hour. It's not only faster, it's quieter and there's concern some people may not hear the trains coming. The trains will cross 14 seacoast community roads where people are used to loud freight trains lumbering along at 20 miles per hour. Service is expected to begin in April. |
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An energy co-op designed to help senior citizens pay heating bills is expanding. The organization is called "Our Town Consumers Choice." It pools customers and negotiates lower prices for heating oil, propane and kerosene. It has close to one-thousand members - ten times what the founder envisioned when the idea was launched eleven months ago. Seniors also get discounts on phone service. If regulators approve, it will soon offer homeowners and automobile insurance. |
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A new bridge under construction in Rollingsford is making history. The bridge, designed by a University of New Hampshire professor, is the first in the country to be made without steel in the deck. It's the first in the world to be made completely of fiber-reinforced plastic. |
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That's the news summary. We'll be back with our focus on farming, a one on one interview with Congressional candidate Martha Fuller Clark and more after the weather. |
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TONIGHT BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY LOWS IN THE UPPER 20s TO MID 30s TOMORROW INCREASING CLOUDINESS HIGHS IN THE 50s WEDNESDAY MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40sTO LOWER 60s |
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Like the season that's upon us, the landscape of the New Hampshire Economy is changing. Agriculture is one of the industries in transition. Growers and farmers are struggling to compete in a global economy. And as Producer Scott Jones found out many are reinventing the way they do business. |
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With me in the studio now are Gail McWilliam from the NH Office of Agriculture and Diane Souther owner of Apple Hill Farm in Concord. |
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"new agriculture" "niche farming" linkeage consumer and producer. increase farms in 1990s 12 percent who younger part time high level education marketing and production skills preserving open space intangeable values even tho space beoming limited influx of people want fruits and vegetables sold directly from farm - who am i buying it from farm experience economy line north and south without well-heeled e conomic base ip north who is using the internet for sales slot listing - if you're 496 out of 500 how has farmstand changed |
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Thanks to my guests Gail McWilliam from the NH Office of Agriculture and Diane Souther owner of Apple Hill Farm in Concord. |
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The General Election is a month away. And New Hampshire voters have some important choices to make. In the next few weeks we'll be bringing you one on one interviews with the candidates to help you make your decision. Tonight, we hear from five term State Representative Martha Fuller Clark who was in our studios last week. and told me why she hopes voters in District One will send her to congress. |
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Tomorrow night on New Hampshire Outlook: Seasonal affective disorder. See why it occurs, what's being done to treat the clinically depressed and why there's a little bit of SAD in all of us and a one on one interview with Congressional Candidate Barney Brannen. |
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That's it for this edition of New Hampshire Outlook. For all of us here at New Hampshire Public Television, thanks for joining us. Stay tuned for Granite State Challenge. We'll be back tomorrow at 7:30. Good night. |
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Thanks to our founding sponsors who have provided major funding for the production of New Hampshire Outlook: New Hampshire Charitable Foundadtion Public Service of New Hampshire Alice J. Reen Charitable Trust Putnam Foundation Stratford Foundation |
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Hello, I'm Allison McNair. Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. The days are getting shorter. and it may be affecting you more than you know. Find out the signs for Seasonal Affective Disorder. Join us tonight at 7:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Now for a look at some of today's business headlines. People all over New Hampshire are nursing sore muscles today, but celebrating a record breaking weekend of fundraising. The walk for breast cancer research raised over 800-thousand dollars. 77-thousand dollars was raised by one group alone. athletes from UNH. The money raised will be used for research, education and support programs. College tuition costs are on the rise across the country. So too is financial aid. A new survey released by the College Board. says about 59-percent of all students receive financial aid. The average in-state public college tuition costs about 3500-dollars. Some employers are bracing for another double digit hike in insurance premiums. Today's Foster's Democrat reports insurers predict a third straight year of increases. That could put a strain on Granite State businesses who are balancing the need to retain workers and still offer affordable insurance. |
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Some New Hampshire communities along Interstate 89 are uniting to fight construction of telecommunnications towers. People in the towns of Hopkinton, Warner, Sutton, New London, Springfield and Grantham are pooling information to. Planning boards facing tower proposals have gleaned tips from other communities - such as the ability to limit the height of a tower - or asking the company to pay for an engineer to examine the technical data of tower projects. |