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Many communities benefit from residents who don’t just enjoy the arts, music and theater , they work hard to promote them. In the town of Exeter – population 15-thousand, , one man has taken what some would call an extreme position in support of local arts. He will promote only those events that take place in his town or towns immediately next door.

It’s a personal mission that comes at a moment when Exeter faces a challenge to its own cultural future.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Jon Greenberg has more.

The town of Hollis is looking for farmers.

A few years ago, the town bought more than 180 acres of apple orchards to preserve from development.

But the farmers who were working the orchard don't want to renew the lease.

So the town is looking for new tenants to harvest the land and preserve the views.

But so far there hasn't been much interest.

NHPR Correspondent Sheryl Rich-Kern reports.

Local and state governments across the country are keeping a close eye on the emerging form of the federal stimulus package.

There’s talk about repairing roads and highways and hints of more focus on mass transit.

Concord’s Public Transit system expanded its service six months ago using mostly federal dollars.

But the city’s new trolley service is an example of a transit system that does very little to move the masses.

NHPR’s David Darman has more.

The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts recently sent out a survey to nearly 200 non-profit cultural organizations in the state.

The purpose was to find out how the arts organizations are faring during these tough economic times.

Of the 30 percent that responded, two-thirds reported a downturn in contributions and nearly two-thirds are receiving fewer grants.

The Council's Director Rebecca Lawrence described the survey's results to NHPR's Mark Bevis.

In many rural areas, such as the North Country, finding and affording dental can be a serious health challenge.

But the North Country Health Consortium has a partial answer.

It called the Molar Express and it takes the dentist to the patients.

NHPR Correspondent Chris Jensen has the story.