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Roger Wood
Roger Wood produces a podcast called “Roger Wood Indepth” covering news and life in New Hampshire. Wood is a well-known, award-winning radio, television and newspaper journalist with more than 30 years of experience. He has written and produced news and features for many radio stations and networks over the years.
Roger Wood recalls: “On Jan. 27, 1986, I sat in a motel room in Florida watching the New England Patriots get trounced 45 to 3 by the Chicago Bears in their first Superbowl Appearance. After the lopsided loss, I said to the other reporters, ‘At least tomorrow will be a great day for New England.’”
New Hampshire State Senator Dan Innis, R-New Castle is hoping that the second time will be the charm as he hopes to pass a law regulating toxins in water.
Podcast: Associate Publisher Roger Wood and founder Nancy West say thanks for the $10,732 NewsMatch donations you all made to the New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism. The money will be matched dollar for dollar by the Democracy Fund, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The Miami Foundation is the fiscal sponsor.
ROGER WOOD INTERVIEW: It’s a wild week for work on the new Sarah Long Bridge connecting Portsmouth with Kittery, Maine. It’s the day that the center lift span of the $160 million bridge replacement is being floated in on barges, to eventually settle on bearings to support it.
Roger Wood interviews Portsmouth photographer Jerry Monkman, whose video “The Power of Place” explores the places, issues, and people affected by Northern Pass, a proposed 180-mile long electricity transmission line project in New Hampshire that will carry electricity from Quebec to southern New England.
PODCAST: Veteran City Councilman and Assistant Mayor of Portsmouth is wrapping up his latest council term with an environmental victory. The former legislator has ushered in a resolution to have toxic chemicals removed from any cleaning in the city’s buildings and schools.
PORTSMOUTH—Inventory shortages of single family homes and condominium units led to a modest May rally for real estate sales in the 13 Sample Seacoast towns.
ROGER WOOD PODCAST: New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu is enjoying initial public popularity, and the legalization of marijuana for recreational use appears to be gaining support.
‘Lawson Found,’ a novel by veteran New Hampshire journalist Roger Wood, is now in the audio-book format.
Roger Wood Podcast: In a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on improving access to infrastructure, Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-NH. highlighted the importance of addressing challenges for rural communities in New Hampshire given the rural-urban digital divide.