by David Brooks | Feb 4, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire has its fourth utility scale wind farm: The 29-MW Antrim Wind Farm has finally gone online, reports the Keene Sentinel. Like pretty much anything being built these days, the wind farm was opposed by neighbors and groups who thought it was ugly, or would...
by David Brooks | Feb 3, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Two pieces of New Hampshire transportation usage data came out over the weekend. First, Amtrak’s Downeaster, the passenger trains that run between Boston and Brunswick, Maine, (not Bangor, as I initially said) with several stops in the Seacoast area, is doing...
by David Brooks | Feb 3, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
When it comes to New Hampshire’s future with flying cars – or “roadable aircraft,” to give the preferred term – advocates have their main argument ready. “Somebody’s got to go first. Why not us?” said Rep. Steven Smith, R-Charleston. Smith was...
by David Brooks | Jan 30, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire is one of 12 states that require everybody who is in a conversation consent to audio recording because it can be done. (That’s why reporters as “do you mind if I record this interview?” instead of just turning on the app.) But those...
by David Brooks | Jan 30, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
We all know things are going to change as the climate warps around us. But it’s still startling when a change actually arrives. Like this one: Cross-country skiing in New Hampshire needs snowmaking. This seems very wrong, even to a downhill skier like me. Donning skis...
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