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Stakeholders React to News Verizon Might Sell Local Network

By David Darman on Thursday, August 17, 2006.

Verizon officials say they have put their traditional, local phone system in Northern New England up for sale.

In New Hampshire, the reaction to the news is muted, as no agreement for sale has yet been announced.

But at least one group of stakeholders has concerns about Verizon's possible exit from the local service scene.

New Hampshire Public Radio's David Darman has more.

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Inventions Great and Small

By Shay Zeller on Thursday, August 17, 2006.

This episode of the Front Porch is not available on CD or Cassette

Tonight on the Front Porch, we'll hear first-person recollections from folks who knew Orville and Wilbur Wright, the grandfathers of modern aviation. We'll look at the real lives of the men who've become legends in American history. This piece comes to us by way of the Public Radio Exchange. Click here to go directly to the story and share your thoughts on it.

And later in the show, we talk with Bob Parks, author of Makers: All Kinds of People Making Amazing Things In Their Backyard, Basement or Garage. It profiles the scientific-minded folks who are using everyday materials to try to build a better mousetrap. Makers is published by the people at Make Magazine.

***This interview originally aired December 29, 2005***

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Drug Testing in Schools

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, August 17, 2006.

Random drug testing in schools, said to be constitutional by the Supreme Court in two landmark cases, is slow to catch on, if at all. We're looking at the problem of drugs in schools and see if random testing of students hs having an effect in the classroom. Laura's guests are Todd DeMitchell, Professor of Education and Justice Studies & Administration and Supervision Program in the Education Department at UNH and Ted Comstock, Executive Director & General Counsel for the NH School Boards Association. We'll also hear from Michael Meyers, Principal of the Hackettstown, New Jersey Middle School, which has instituted random drug testing, Nate Greenberg, Superintendent of the Londonderry School District and Barbara Keshen, Staff Attorney for the NH Civil Liberties Union.

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