by David Brooks | Sep 3, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
Like many people, I am sad that the extension of the Greenway Trail through Concord will kill the Scenic Railriders business with its quirky pedaled train cars. On the other hand, I can’t wait to see what sort of machinery CSX brings here to pull up and haul off six...
by David Brooks | Sep 2, 2025 | Blog
Back in 2021 I wrote about the new-to-me (and relatively new to everybody) concept of a “flash drought.” That sounds like an oxymoron since “drought” usually reflects accumulated dryness rather than a quick-hit event. But as we saw last summer and fall, it...
by David Brooks | Sep 2, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
Science Cafe in Nashua will discuss PFAs at their session Sept. 16 (a Tuesday). This is a topic that has grown from “there’s one bad place in Merrimack” to “those things are absolutely everywhere” which makes the response much more...
by David Brooks | Aug 28, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
News from Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, where low water flows are making it hard to collect samples, which has been done for decades: Tammy Wooster of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies is based at Hubbard Brook and travels into the Forest to collect...
by David Brooks | Aug 27, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
NHPR has an interview (here) with a UFO podcast guy – a serous one, not a goofball – that reminded me how Betty & Barney Hills’ alien abduction could eventually be hitting movie theaters: “Toby Ball is an author and host of the podcast...
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