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Manchester to Improve City Bus System

By Debra Daigle on Thursday, July 27, 2006.

The Manchester Transit Authority is getting a major overhaul.

In response to growing ridership and a study of its operations, the MTA is replacing much of its fleet and changing some of its routes.

NHPR Correspondent Debra Daigle reports.

The Mystery Stone

By Mark Bevis on Thursday, July 27, 2006.

The Mystery stone is back on display at the Museum of New Hampshire History.

It's egg-shaped and about 4 and a half inches long and is made from a kind of stone not usually found around here.

And someone has carved symbols on it.

Is it prehistoric? Is it native American? Is it from outer Space?

Wes Balla, the Director of the Museum tells NHPR's Mark Bevis, the stone is once again getting alot of attention thanks to the national media.

Hybrid Car Clubs

By Great Lakes Rad... on Wednesday, July 26, 2006.

Car clubs are nothing new.

VW owners get together to talk about old bugs.

Antique car owners share restoration secrets.

And now hybrid car owners are starting their own clubs to socialize and to learn how to squeeze even more miles
per gallon out of their fuel-efficient vehicles.

The G-L-R-C's Chuck Quirmbach reports.

State Kicks Off Computer Upgrade

By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, July 26, 2006.

Executive branch officials and key lawmakers agree having a single system to keep track of the state's revenues and expenses will be well worth the millions they've set aside for the project. But they also admit getting the program on-line will pose challenges.

Bill Gardner's Beef with the Gray Lady

By Dan Gorenstein on Wednesday, July 26, 2006.

This past Sunday, the New York Times ran a story on the Democratic Party considering changes to its presidential primary calendar.

A DNC committee had recommended placing two more states into the first few weeks of the calendar- a time period that has belonged exclusively to Iowa and New Hampshire.

The Times story differed from other coverage in only one peculiar way.

New York Times senior political reporter Adam Nagourney wrote that New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner refused to speak, and hung up on him.

Every other paper that covered the story seemed to have no problem talking with the state's top election official.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein went to find out if Gardner had a beef with the Old Gray Lady.

Nashua's Aldermen Reject Labor Contract

By Sheryl Rich-Kern on Tuesday, July 25, 2006.

In Nashua, the board of alderman have rejected four union contracts for about 150 city employees.

Workers from the library, police, and other city hall offices have gone without a contract for over a year, and no pay raises for two years.

NHPRâ€™s Sheryl Rich-Kern reports.

Organic Farmers Struggle to Keep up with Demand

By Sheryl Rich-Kern on Monday, July 24, 2006.

Demand for organic foods â€“ everything from milk, to beef and produce â€“ is growing around the nation.

In New Hampshire, the supply is not keeping up with demand.

Some think thatâ€™s a problem for the farming industry.

Yet others realize itâ€™s an opportunity.

NHPRâ€™s Sheryl Rich-Kern reports.

Chasing Butterflies

By Cheryl Senter on Monday, July 24, 2006.

Driving the back roads of New Hampshire, you might see a couple of men in the their early 60s combing nearby fields.

Longtime friends Richard Gray and David Elberfeld have got a hobby.

Armed with butterfly nets, reference books and a giant red notebook, the two are documenting the state's butterfly and moth populations.

NHPR's Cheryl Senter came across them in a field off Route 4 in Grafton. Click here to view slide show of Butterfly Men

Pharmacists Walk Legal Line

By Kerry Grens on Sunday, July 23, 2006.

The practice of pharmacy has changed considerably over the last century.

It used to be that pharmacists filled prescriptions by taking the raw ingredients and mixing up medications.

Now only about one percent of the prescriptions in the United States are prepared individually for patientsâ€”most of them are dispensed pre-made by pharmaceutical manufacturers.

In New Hampshire a handful of pharmacists continue to fill prescriptions the old way.

But to practice their craft, they must operate in a legal limbo.

New Hampshire Public Radioâ€™s Kerry Grens has more.