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Keeping an Eye on Kindergarten

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, March 3, 2005.

Just a few school districts nationwide have no public kindergarten and they're all in New Hampshire. We'll look at why the Granite State has resisted mandatory kindergarten and now a new, major push to change that. Laura's guests are Fred Bramante, state Board of Education member, and Caroline Butler, principal of Maplewood Elementary in Somersworth. We'll also hear from Bud Hawkins, chair of the Derry School Board.

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2005 Brattleboro Film Festival Opens

By Kevin Forrest on Thursday, March 3, 2005.

The Brattleboro Women's Film festival takes place this weekend in Vermont. The settings for the films cover a lot of ground, from the hills of Vermont to the fields of Kenya to the ladies room on at the Staten Island Ferry.

The Vermont Standard's Kevin Forrest reports.

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Laura Waterman

By John Walters on Thursday, March 3, 2005.

Five years ago, writer and mountaineer Guy Waterman committed suicide at the summit of Mount Lafayette. His wife Laura Waterman has written a book, Losing the Garden, that tells the story of their relationship, Guy's long battle with depression, and his decision to end his life.

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