by David Brooks | Jun 14, 2017 | Newsletter
A reader, Floyd Backes of New Ipswich, called me recently to tell me about something interesting that happened to him: He was driving his truck in hilly Temple, a town in southern New Hampshire, when the New Hampshire public radio signal at 89.1 FM turned into a...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by David Brooks | Jun 14, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
This story of mine ran in today’s Concord Monitor. I had a blast with it – my family has long wondered “why are trails in other parts of the country easier than in New Hampshire?”, so I got a chance to answer it. The next time you find yourself...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by David Brooks | Jun 14, 2017 | Newsletter
My weekly chat with NH Public Radio’s Peter Biello discussed, as it usually does, my column in the Monitor, which concerned a Seacoast program trying to mix solar power and energy efficiency as a lure to get more people to move from just talking to actually...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by David Brooks | Jun 13, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The Portland Press-Herald reports that the Maine state Senate has “effectively tabled” a bill that would let the state switch to Atlantic Standard Time if Massachusetts and New Hampshire decided to do it, as well. The main selling point: No daylight...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by David Brooks | Jun 12, 2017 | Blog
Fresh-water invasive weeds, of which milfoil is the most common culprit but far from the only one in New Hampshire , don’t and walk from lake to lake – we carry them. And often we carry them on boats or the trailers hauling boats. That’s why New...