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Next on New Hampshire Outlook tonight. A debate over whether to honor New Hampshire veterans of the Spanish Civil War is far from civil at the state capitol today. See why emotions are still stirred decades after the conflict. And we'll take you to historic harrisville where the landmark village is looking for a few good tenants. |
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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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More than 100 people signed up to to speak today at a public hearing over whether a plaque honoring New Hampshire veterans of the Spanish Civil War should be placed in the state house. Scholars, lawmakers, and veterans were among those who took part in the heated debate over 20th century history. We'll have some of the emotional testimony in just a few minutes. |
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The state budget battle begins in earnest tomorrow with the first hearings, but today the dividing lines were drawn. Neal Kurk, chairman of the House Finance Committee, today released a proposed budget for his committee to use in developing a spending plan. That breaks with New Hampshire's tradition of using the governor's proposal as the starting point for work on a new budget. Shaheen is scheduled to open budget hearings in Kurk's committee tomorrow. You can see a complete report on the proceedings tomorrow night right here on Outlook at 7:30. |
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Meanwhile, the house ways and means committee today began considering a bill that would impost a two percent consumption and sales tax to pay for schools. The consumption tax is just the latest in a series of tax proposals which would feed a trust fund for education. |
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A working group of legislators and government officials has come up with a plan designed to fix the state's property tax system. The 15-member group met for several weeks to discuss the creation of state standards for local tax assessors. The goal - to equalize assessments across the state. Last month, Superior Court Judge Richard Gallway ruled that the method to collect property taxes for education funding was unconstitutional. He ordered the return of millions of dollars in tax monies collected by the state. |
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Joining me to talk about what the work group has come up with.Commissioner of state revenue Stanley Arnold. |
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Well, you'd certainly have to say the vote got out early when it comes to casting a ballot for the next presidential primary in New Hampshire. Neil Tillotson -owner of the Balsams Hotel - and the first person to cast a ballot in each Presidential election since 1964 in Dixville Notch - cast a ballot for the 2004 primary today in Concord. It was part of an event at the New Hampshire State Library to unveil a study looking at the impact of the the first-in-the nation primary on New Hampshire. Tillotson was also honored in a joint declaration of the New Hampshire House and Senate for his enduring contribution to state and national politics. He was the first person to vote for the president in the new millenium. |
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We have to believe that spring will get here eventually - after the warm-up we had today. Weather Observor Katie Hess has a look at whether our good fortune will last with the forecast. |
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A conflict that occurred more than 60 years ago is stirring passions at the State House. Last week, a planned dedication of a commemorative plaque had to be postponed when some veterans and legislators objected. The plaque would honor those Americans who fought against the fascists in the Spanish Civil War. Producer Richard Ager looks at why a long-ago war with few veterans still alive, can still evoke such strong feelings. |
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In business news tonight, a federal jury in Miami has awarded 500 million dollars to about ten thousand Exxon station owners in 35 states, including New Hampshire. The jury says Exxon cheated the station owners by inflating fuel prices over a 12-year period. |
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On wall street today, concerns about corporate earnings had investors unloading more stocks today. The Nasdaq took a tumble dropping 107 points and late selling among blue chips sent the Dow Jones industrial average down 69 points. Other key indexes ended down as well. |
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Here's a look at stocks of New Hampshire interest. It was down day all the way around. Bottomline Tech was down 2 and a half. Oxford Health was down nearly 2 and a half. Sanmina was down almost three. Street down nearly five. and Teradyne fell just over 2. |
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Senator Judd Gregg was honored by New Hampshire's Fish and Game Department today. The Senator was recognized for bringing in nearly a half million dollars to the state for wildlife conservation programs. |
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Finally tonight, devoted readers of Yankee magazine have for years enjoyed a feature called: House for Sale. The March issue features a different spin. Instead of a house for sale, Yankee profiles a Village for Lease. Producer Andrea Sarris gives us a tour. |
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RT: 7:18 Beautiful shots of the village, mill and general store. Interviews with Yankee Magazine editor, Carol Connare; Historic Harrisville, Inc., John Colony, III, Linda Willett; Hilary Sinauer, Owner of Harrisville General Store and Eric Hood, Harrisville Police Department. nat. sound: running water; snow falling archival photos of mill,.village and general store in the 1800's. synopsis: Thirty years ago, Yankee Magazine did an article Town for Sale highlighting Harrisville, NH, the most intact mill village in the country. The article sparked some controversy because the whole town wasn't up for sale, however, what the article did was provided Harrisville with a tenant, Filtrine, a water bubble company. Thirty years later, to see what was happening in neighboring, Harrisville. Filtrine has moved to Keene, NH and Historic Harrisville, Inc. a private foundation has bought back the mill space and now offers it for industrial lease. Historic Harrisville, Inc. provides the historical references of this piece which place Harrisville on the national register and gives the village national landmark designation, placing it the league of the Alamo. John Colony of Historic Harrisville, Inc. gives a tour of the spinning attics and provides the viewer with historical perspective of the mill buildings. Linda Willett also of Historic Harrisville provides a preservationists backdrop. Historic Harrisville makes it clear that the mission isn't to just preserve the buildings as museum quality but to keep a village atmosphere where there is a quality of real people who have real jobs and pay real taxes. The tour leads us to the Harrisville General Store with its new Owner, Hilary Sinauer and ends with an officer from Harrisville P.D., Eric Hood explaining that the village is a nice place to live and that he is a sheriff in a one horse town. |
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The March edition of Yankee Magazine is available beginning today. |
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Tomorrow on New Hampshire Outlook - The budget battle gets underway at the state capital. We'll have a complete report on tomorrow's hearing. Plus we'll take you to a music recital where an electronic orchestra brings the classics to life in a whole new way. |
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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 Keeping up Appearances. 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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The latest most-wanted list of deadbeat parents has been released by New Hampshire officials. It's the ninth poster released by the Health and Human Services Department since the program began in 1992. The information is also up on the department's website. The state says the posters have helped collect more than one million dollars. The non-supporting parents on this year's poster owe more than 265 thousand dollars in overdue child support payments. |
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When was the last time you had a vacation or took a break from work? If you can't answer - you may be part of a trend known as vacation starvation. A new survey says one in six employees in the U-S is so overworked they can't use up annual vacation. That's according to Oxford Health Plans of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Americans are already the most vacation-starved people in the industrialized world, with an average of 13 vacation days a year, compared to 25 or more in Japan, Canada, Britain, Germany and Italy. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. The budget battle gets underway at the state capital. Plus we'll take you to a music recital where an electronic orchestra brings the classics to life in a whole new way. Join us tonight at 7:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Town for Sale has releases for Linda Willett, John J Cohony III, Hilary Sinaur |