by David Brooks | Nov 7, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
UPDATE: This item, my column in the Concord Monitor, ran Tuesday morning, on election day. Manchester voters soundly rejected any change, choosing the original flag by a margin of 15-1 over any other choice, reports the Union-Leader. I didn’t realize I had such...
by David Brooks | Nov 3, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Every year ISO New England, the organization that runs the six-state New England power grid, issues its Regional System Plan, which reports on the current situation and makes predictions over the next decade. Below is their summary of highlights – including the...
by David Brooks | Nov 3, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
A week after a windstorm caused more power outages than any previous storm in the history of New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, the utility’s last few hundred customers are still being hooked up – but there’s a reason it’s taken so long: They’re on islands in Lake...
by David Brooks | Nov 3, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
There’s an embarrassment of riches for science cafes next week: Due to scheduling issues, both Nashua and Concord will hold their Science Cafe NH on the same night. The following night will see the Piscataqua Science Cafe in Portsmouth. Nashua: Narcan and The...
by David Brooks | Nov 2, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire has long been a bitcoin hotbed, thanks in large part to the influx of libertarian/Free State folks, for whom the idea of currency operating outside of government control is pure catnip. They claim – and it seems very likely – that we have the...
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