Making Sense New England - February 2010

This episode looks at smart remodeling, buying more on your grocery budget and reducing the stress of unemployment.

 

Clip Duration
26:47
Full Length Episodes of Making $ense
Watch the full third episode online now   Making Sense New England - January 2010
Protecting your investments from swindlers, following a dream of starting a business, obtaining small business loans, and staying warm with help from a home energy assistance program are all featured.		 Watch the full first episode online now Making $ense New England - November 2009
Featuring a “frugal zealot” from Maine, a job club in Vermont and residents of a New Hampshire neighborhood taking action to save their homes.
         
Watch the full second episode online now   Making $ense New England - December 2009
Featuring fraud victims in Maine, colleges in Vermont addressing post-secondary education costs, former paper mill workers in New Hampshire retraining for new careers and a look at common security clubs.		    
 
Short Clips from Making $ense
Watch the avoiding investment scams segment Avoiding Investment Scams
A Maine couple invest in a wind turbine company to support “green” enterprise, only to discover they are unlikely to ever receive a return on their investment or even their investment back.		 Watch the SMARTvt job club segment Job Clubs
In Vermont, the SMARTvt job club of Burlington brings unemployed professionals together for networking, career-building and support.
       
Watch the common security clubs segment Common Security Clubs
Host Jennifer Rooks finds about "Common Security Clubs” from the Institute for Policy Studies.		 Watch the financing college segment New Careers for Mill Town Workers
Former mill workers in Berlin, NH, learn new skills to prepare for new careers outside of manufacturing.
       
Watch the community loan fund segment Community Loan Fund
The residents of Aberdeen Park in Stratham, NH faced a dilemma that could have forced them off the land they lived on.		 Watch the savings swindlers segment Savings Swindlers
By the time Bob Kalinowski realized that his dad was being swindled out of his life savings, it was too late.
       
Watch the financing college segment Financing College
Learn how colleges in Vermont are working together to help students and their families cope with the financial challenges of post-secondary education.		 Watch the investor fraud interview SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter
SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter is interviewed by Jennifer Rooks of MPBN about some of the new ways criminals are targeting investors.
       
Watch the frugality segment Frugal Zealot
Amy Dacyzyn of Maine, author of the “Tightwad Gazette,” talks about how frugality works, both in good times and bad.		 Watch the starting your dream business segment Starting Your Dream Business
A lot of people dream of starting their own small business, but it takes a lot of courage to do so.

Read “Redefining Rich” in which  New Hampshire Magazine tracks down five inspirational Granite Staters in various stages of career transition.
       
Watch the independent banking and small businesses segment Independent Banking and Small Businesses
We talk with Bill Gilson of Monadnock Community Bank about how to go about obtaining a loan.		 Watch the staying warm segment Staying Warm
For many people in northern New England, staying warm this winter with a tight personal budget is a challenge.