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Renewable Energy Company Has Big Plans for Former Timco Sawmill

By Amy Quinton on Monday, May 12, 2008.

A new green energy company plans to buy the former Timco sawmill in Barnstead.
Timco closed 5 years ago and the town lost about 100 jobs.
The new company, Sanco Energy, wants to produce energy, raise fish, and grow food year-round in greenhouses.
While it may sound like a huge undertaking, Barnstead residents hope the company will bring the jobs back and provide the tax base the town needs.
New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton reports.

Wi-Fi Could Save Your Life

By Jacob Eaton on Monday, May 12, 2008.

Wi-Fi networks can be found in your home, your office, and your favorite coffee shop. Now, the British Office of Communications (Ofcom) predicts that the same technology may be implanted in human beings – and used to save their lives.

How I Spent My Stimulus

By Vanessa Valdes on Monday, May 12, 2008.

The talk of how you should spend that much-anticipated stimulus check (pay your debt! save it all! go nuts on Amazon!) has been unending since the government announced its plans to gift taxpayers with a few hundred bucks earlier this year. A new website gives you a sense of what people are actually doing with their money.

Dreams of a North Country Revival

By Richard Ager on Sunday, May 11, 2008.

It's been a tough few years for northern New Hampshire, leading many to look for new keys to economic vitality. A new prison’s already there; a new biomass plant is right around the corner. But other plans, like high-tech corporations, arts houses and more tourism, could be years away for a region many say needs a boost now. We’ll look at the state of the North Country’s economy and what could come next.

Guests

  • Peter Riviere, executive director of the Coos Economic Development Corporation
  • Charles Jordan, editor of the Colebrook Chronicle

We'll also hear from

  • Charles Bass, former Congressman and Senior Advisor to the CEO of Laidlaw Energy Group, which has acquired part of the former Fraser Paper Mill in Berlin to construct a new biomass-energy power plant
  • Pat Corso, President and CEO of the Mount Washington Resort
  • Katie Paine, president and CEO of K.D. Paine and Partners, a market research company based in Berlin