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Next on New Hampshire Outlook tonight. The United States Supreme Court allows Maine to keep the claim on the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard land. We'll hear from the principals in the case. Plus, a new look at summer jobs in the great outdoors. and you'll see future engineers at work and at play. |
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Good Evening. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. |
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The border dispute between New Hampshire and Maine over the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard has ended. This afternoon - the United States Supreme Court ruled that the shipyard is in Maine. The court threw out New Hampshire's argument that its border with Maine was located on the Maine shore of the Piscataqua River. The justices said the border is in the middle of the river, which means the islands where the yard is located are in Maine. New Hampshire shipyard workers have long argued against being subject to paying taxes to the state of Maine. And those workers were instrumental in launching efforts in the granite state's claim to the shipyard. Joining me now to talk about the high court's decision, representatives on both sides of the arguments. |
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Here with me in the studio, New Hampshire Attorney General Phil McLaughlin. And on the phone, the Deputy Attorney General for the state of Maine, chief of the AG's litigation division,Paul Stern, who argued before the Supreme Court on this matter. |
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Navy Shipyard |
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New Hampshire's children and the elderly came out on the plus side during work on the state budget today.The Senate Finance Committee added more than seven million dollars to pay for vaccines for children. Committee members also added money to expand a program for chronically ill children, home care for the elderly, and home visits to help pregnant women on Medicaid. Money was also allocated for children's mental health programs. The budget will be voted on by the full Senate next week. |
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New Hampshire just celebrated the expansion of Route 101 from Manchester to the Seacoast and now officials are turning their attention westward. The state begins a series of meetings tonight as part of a year-long study of Route 101 from the Vermont border to Manchester. Right now the two lane road is Main Street in many communities. Tonight's meeting in Wilton and others in Milford and Amherst are designed to gather information and concerns about the road. Back in 1962, consultants recommended the road be expanded to four lanes between Keene and Merrimack. Planners say there is no way that would happen now. They expect individual solutions for each community. |
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Drinking coffee during your commute to work - or ignoring the snow or ice on your car roof - could mean a fine of 250 to 1 thousand dollars in the future. The Senate Transportation committee today voted in favor of a bill on a new motor vehicle violation that would revoke licenses for 60 days for the first offense and up to one year for the second offense. If driver negligence causes a fatal accident, drivers could lose their licenses for up to seven years. The bill has already passed the House. Supporters say it would encourage drivers to use more common sense. |
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Congressman John Sununu is urging the Secretary of the Army to create a memorial for the veterans who died aboard the U-S-S Thresher. The Portsmouth-based nuclear submarine sank during a test mission in 1963, killing all one-hundred-and-29 crew members on board. At a news conference today, Sununu announced that he's proposed legislation to build a Thresher memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. Sununu said he feels the monument is long overdue, and anticipates the bill will be successful. |
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Seeing is believing - so a pollution research group has launched a website to try and show Northeasterners how much haze has cut their views. The Web site includes hazy scenes from New Hampshire's Mount Washington. The group - Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management also shows the view from Boston and Acadia National Park in Maine. Environmental analyst Gary Kleiman says the group wants to make the public aware of what it's lost. Atop Mount Washington, haze from moisture, dust or smoke means 130-mile views sometimes shrink to less than five miles. You can check out the conditions live at w-w-w- dot-hazecam - dot- net. |
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So was it a hazy day atop Mount Washington? We checked in with Julia Heemstra at the Observatory to get the latest on our weather and to find out about conditions up there tonight. |
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Mount Washington, now 37 degrees F, 0 visibility, winds out of the west at 16mph TONIGHT Up North Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms through this evening. Low in the mid 40s. West wind 10mph. Chance of rain is 50 percent Down South Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers or thunderstorms through evening. Partial clearing around midnight. Low in the upper 40s. West wind 10 mph. Chance of rain is 40 percent. TOMORROW Up North Cloudy with a chance of showers or thunderstorms. Much cooler and windy. High in the lower and mid 50s. Nrthwest wind 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain is 50 percent Down South Early morning sunshine otherwise becoming mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms from late morning on. Windy. High in the mid and upper 50s. Northwest wind 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain is 40 percent. |
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Every summer, some of the luckiest job seekers in New Hampshire have the opportunity of a lifetime. They spend the season working at some of the most picturesque locations in New Hampshire. It's seasonal employment, but the experience lasts forever. We want you to meet some of those people - they work in the clouds on Mt. Washington, at the AMC huts. |
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Optimism about jobs and the future of the U-S economy are behind the big increase in consumer confidence. That's what analysts are saying about the Conference Board's latest survey. The index increased six percent from April to May. |
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The Dow rose 33 points to eleven-thousand-39, while the tech-driven Nasdaq lost 75. The S and P five hundred closed the day down nearly ten points. |
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Here's a look of stocks of interest to New Hampshire investors. Autodesk was down one dollar eighty cents. Delhaize America was unchanged. Pennichuck Corporation was up ten cents a share. Sanmina dropped two- dollars and twenty three cents. And Teradyne closed the day down two dollars and twenty nine cents a share. |
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Finally tonight, for the past four seasons, a small group of UNH senior mechanical engineers has taken part in a national competition. It's called the Mini Baja. The off-road endurance race comes at the end of ten months of research and testing of a prototype vehicle. Producer Scott Jones takes us behind the scenes to see our future engineers at work.and play. |
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The UNH mini baja team wound up in eighteenth place out of 47 schools that participated in the competition, and achieved all of their objectives. \For More Information\www.unh.edu/sae/ |
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Tomorrow on New Hampshire Outlook - Is New Hampshire's economy in a recession or not? Two of the state's top analysts look at the numbers. |
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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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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Is New Hampshire's economy headed for recession? Two of the state's top analysts crunch the numbers. Join us tonight at 7:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Is New Hampshire's economy headed for recession? Two of the state's top analysts crunch the numbers. Join us tonight at 11:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Earlier this afternoon we caught up with Congressman John E. Sununu in somersworth who is concerned over The Supreme Courts decision to dismiss the claim that the New Hampshire border extends to the Maine shore. |
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DATE:5/29/01 TOPIC: The border dispute between New Hampshire and Maine over the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard has ended. This afternoon - the United States Supreme Court ruled that the shipyard is in Maine. Here with me in the studio, New Hampshire Attorney General Phil McLaughlin. And on the phone, the Deputy Attorney General for the state of Maine, chief of the AG's litigation division,Paul Stern, who argued before the Supreme Court on this matter. SEGMENT LENGTH:6:14 NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: |
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DATE:5/29/01 TOPIC: Every summer, some of the luckiest job seekers in New Hampshire have the opportunity of a lifetime. They spend the season working at some of the most picturesque locations in New Hampshire. It's seasonal employment, but the experience lasts forever. We want you to meet some of those people - they work in the clouds on Mt. Washington, at the AMC huts. SEGMENT LENGTH: 6:08 NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: |
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DATE:5/29/01 TOPIC: Finally tonight, for the past four seasons, a small group of UNH senior mechanical engineers has taken part in a national competition. It's called the Mini Baja. The off-road endurance race comes at the end of ten months of research and testing of a prototype vehicle. Producer Scott Jones takes us behind the scenes to see our future engineers at work.and play. SEGMENT LENGTH:5:38 NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: |