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Story Archives of 'New England'
Making a Historic Home Energy Efficient
By Amy Quinton on Friday, March 19, 2010.Historic homes and buildings are part of what gives New England its charm.
But often those drafty old homes come with high energy bills.
Some would argue that making them energy efficient can compromise their historic integrity.
But as New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton reports, a conference this weekend will show homeowners how to achieve both goals.
State to Evaluate Laidlaw's Plans for Biomass Plant in Berlin
By Chris Jensen on Thursday, March 18, 2010.Laidlaw Berlin BioPower wants to build a large electricity generating biomass plant in Berlin.
It has become the focus of lots of questions and a sometimes angry debate and now state officials are considering whether to approve it.
NHPR Correspondent Chris Jensen has this report.
How to Survive the Strange
By Avishay Artsy on Thursday, March 18, 2010.
Network television shows boast star actors, large budgets, and lots of special effects. Internet television, on the other hand, tends toward the amateurish. But it can be produced far from Hollywood sound stages, even in New Hampshire.
In recent years filmmakers on the Seacoast have been flexing their creative muscles making shows for the web, and building devoted audiences for their content. Now this loose-knit collective of producers is starting another series.
Our producer and director Avishay Artsy checked in on the auditions.
Cleaning Up the Mess By Going 200 Miles Upstream
By John Dillon on Tuesday, March 16, 2010.The US Environmental Protection Agency has worked for decades with New York and Connecticut to clean up Long Island Sound.
Too much nitrogen in the water has led to “dead zones” where fish and shellfish can’t survive.
Now the federal agency is asking sewage treatment plants nearly 200 miles away in other states to help reduce pollutants that are hurting the sound.
As part of a collaboration with Northeast stations, Vermont Public Radio's John Dillon reports.
Bird Watching in the Modern Age
By Laurie Sanders on Tuesday, March 9, 2010.
Bird watching as a hobby dates back to the 1800s when watching birds became more fashionable than hunting them for food.
These days advances in technology have revolutionized birding – from high-tech binoculars to smart phones aps that can play recordings of bird songs to try to lure them in. But some birders have their own special ways to attract our feathered friends.
For Living on Earth, producer and naturalist Laurie Sanders has this profile.
Nashua High South Students Set Up School Food Pantry
By Sheryl Rich-Kern on Wednesday, March 3, 2010.According to federal figures, one in eight Americans receives some form of emergency food assistance. It could be in the form of food stamps, a food pantry, a soup kitchen, or all three.
Seeing a need among their students, a group of teachers at Nashua High South decided to do something on their own to fight hunger.
New Hampshire Public Radio Correspondent Sheryl Rich-Kern has the story.
You Tell Us: Listener Feedback
By Virginia Prescott on Wednesday, March 3, 2010.
Now for comments on a few segments from last week on Word of Mouth.
Listener Richard from Portsmouth was happy to hear Author Ted Conover discuss his new book, “The Routes of Man.” Richard wrote,
“There’s something that I love about this guy’s narratives. I get lost in the place that he has taken me. [His] book about Sing Sing [Prison] was a glimpse at a life that few of us (we hope) will never have any opportunity to see.”
Northeast Storm Leads to Major Power Outages
By Josh Rogers on Friday, February 26, 2010.The winter storm packing high winds has left 700,000 homes and businesses without power across the Northeast.
New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers has more.
Maine Doctor Teaches Narrative Medicine
By Josie Holtzman on Thursday, February 18, 2010.
Doctors. We often associate them with labcoats, clipboards, and sometimes less than forthright answers. They may not be to blame for the bureaucratization of their trade, but it is an unfortunate and ongoing phenomenon. One Maine doctor, however, is trying to buck the trend. A professor at the University of Southern Maine, Charlie Perakis tracks animals in his free time and embraces nature as part of the healing process.
Brookline Wants to End the Leases on Melendy Pond
By Sheryl Rich-Kern on Thursday, February 4, 2010.New Hampshire’s waterfront can be hot properties for second-home buyers. Many of these communities formed have been around for generations. Now one of them may have to pack up and leave.
For the last 50 years, residents on Melendy Pond in Brookline have built homes and paid taxes. But they’ve never owned the land. They lease it from the town. And now Brookline wants those leases to expire.
NHPR correspondent Sheryl Rich-Kern reports.
