by David Brooks | Aug 12, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
For two decades I’ve been writing about the transition that New Hampshire agriculture has gone through, from a few large farms growing a single crop (apples, for example) that is sold en masse to wholsalers, to many small farms that grow a bunch of stuff...
by David Brooks | Aug 12, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
In what I regard as a pleasant surprise, the state legislature (a body of which I am not usually fond) did a clever thing this session by making one of those easy-to-overlook changes that can improve life. “A lot of states are looking at doing this. New...
by David Brooks | Aug 11, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Aug. 10. Power Budget Calculation Using Power Headroom PARALLEL WIRELESS,...
by David Brooks | Aug 11, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
I live across the street from a dirt road that runs down a short but steep hill. When there are really heavy rains, as happens more often these days thanks to our warming atmosphere, sand can flow clear across the road into my driveway and the town has to come out and...
by David Brooks | Aug 7, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
The opossum, of course. What other choice was there? U-L story here. When I was a kid, possums were a southern thing. I don’t think they were found in New Hampshire back then, or at least were very rare. Just another species moving north as we change the...
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