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Next on New Hampshire Outlook tonight. With New England waters becoming overfished. a new effort is underway to grow seafood for the market. Would you eat fish raised in a tank? Our focus is on aquaculture. And we share the story of a special bond between a North Country woman and her horse. |
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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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While the controversy continues in Florida over the Presidential Race results. recount mania has spread north here to New Hampshire. The Secretary of State's office has received a record 26 requests for state Senate, House and county commissioner races. The recounts will start tomorrow and will take two weeks. Ballots in dispute are from four state Senate races, 20 House races and two county races. The recounts in the state Senate will be key because they will determine which party has control. Bill Gardner, New Hampshire's Secretary of State, says that's the highest number of requests in four decades. He joins us now by phone. |
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Tonight marks the end of the first day for Chief Justice David Brock's return to the bench of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. Brock was acquitted last month in the first impeachment trial in the state's history. He says he and his colleagues will be working feverishly in the next few months to reduce a backlog of cases. For the first time Brock was joined on the bench by Justices Joseph Nadeau and Linda Dalianis. They were appointed to the court after the Supreme Court investigation began. Brock had excused himself from the bench. |
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We have a follow-up for you on a story we told you about two weeks ago. An Alexandria mother has lost her bid to ban the reading of Harry Potter books aloud in schools. Julie Barker addressed the school board last night. She objects to the Potter series because she believes they promote wizardry. The board says it will consider her request for teachers to distribute class reading lists. That way parents can decide whether to remove their children from class when objectionable material is read aloud. |
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A problem at a wastewater treatment plant has prompted the state to close shellfish flats in Little Bay. Fish and Game and Environmental Services says the flats in Durham and Newington will be closed for at least a few days, and possibly longer, depending on water tests. A spokesperson for Environmental Services, says a leak in a disinfectant tank at the Portsmouth sewage treatment plant allowed partially treated wastewater to be released yesterday. |
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That's the news summary. We'll be back with our focus on aquaculture and more after the weather. |
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TONIGHT RAIN WITH FOG LOW NEAR 40 TOMORROW PARTLY SUNNY AND WINDY HIGH NEAR 50 THURSDAY MOSTLY CLEAR HIGH IN THE 40s |
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The wild atlantic salmon was this week declared an endangered species in the state of Maine. Biologists estimate that there are fewer than 150 salmon swimming in eight of the state's rivers. That has many in the fishing industry concerned, especially in the growing aquaculture industry. We'll explore some of those issues in a moment, but first, Scott Jones shows us what's happening here in New Hampshire and how more and more fish are being raised to go from the tank to your table. OUT: |
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With me now in the studio are Rollie Barnaby and JJ Newman of the UNH Cooperative Extension Service. |
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Thanks to my guests JJ Newman and Rollie Barnaby. |
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Here's a look at some of the stories making headlines in New Hampshire business. Two New Hampshire communities are listed among the top five nationwide with the least crime. The results are part of Money magazine's annual rankings of the best places to live. Nashua is in the number one spot for the lowest incidence of violent crime and Portsmouth - number five. The December issue with those numbers hits newstands this week. Laconia wants the state legislature to help cover the costs for Motorcycle Week. The city says it lost more than 30 thousand dollars this past summer, despite raising fees for vendors. The state reaps room and meals tax benefits from the event. The city council says it will back a plan to try and get a cut of the tax revenue or ask for a specific amount in the state budget. If you're a business owner and you're having trouble recruiting workers because of the growing housing crisis in the state, we want to let you know about a meeting tomorrow. Sponsored by the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce and the Housing Partnership, a workshop called Housing Your Workforce, Solving the Crisis takes place tomorrow morning at 7:30am at Yoken's in Portsmouth. Call the Chamber of Commerce for more information. |
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Every once in awhile you hear a story about a person's devotion to an animal - often, it's a pet -- cat or dog. Tonight we want to share one of those stories with you. It's about a horse named KC and it's owner Annie Thibeault. The story takes place north of Colebrook, just over the border on a farm in Canaan, Vermont. |
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Tomorrow on New Hampshire Outlook - November 15th is National Philanthropy Day. We'll take a look at the state of giving in New Hampshire. AND the complex artistry of hand crafted music boxes |
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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 the final night of our Winter Auction. 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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AP-NH--Harry Potter dewman School board considering Harry Potter reading ban -- The Newfound Area School Board in Bristol is considering a request that parents have more say in what teachers read to their kids. Julie Barker of Alexandria raised the issue after losing a fight to prevent teachers from reading the popular Harry Potter stories aloud in class. Barker wants teachers to give parents reading lists so they can decide whether their child should leave classrooms when certain books are read aloud. She objects to the Harry Potter books being read to her young children because she says they promote wizardry. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Compared nationally, NH ranks near the top in per capita income but near the bottom in charitable giving. On National Philanthropy Day we'll look at the story behind the statistics. Join us tonight at 7:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Laconia wants the state legislature to help cover the costs for Motorcycle Week. Laconia has lost more than 30 thousand dollars, despite raising fees for vendors. The city council says it will back a plan to try and get a cut of the rooms and meals tax revenue from the event or ask for a specific amount in the state budget. Laconia officials conceded they will have a tough battle. |