by David Brooks | Jan 5, 2017 | Newsletter
The population of New Hampshire grew very little last year, according to the latest estimates from the Census Bureau, although we’re doing much better than Vermont and Maine. State-by-state estimates released recently said New Hampshire had 1,334,795 people as of July...
by David Brooks | Jan 4, 2017 | Blog
It’s now obvious that the Russians didn’t hack into Burlington Electric, the power utility in northwest Vermont, despite an early Washington Post story claiming it. (The Post, which is a real rather than fake news organization, wrote a follow-up story...
by David Brooks | Dec 30, 2016 | Blog
By the time you read this, the first heavy storm of the winter will be on its way out to sea and you will have one question on your mind: How much snow did I get? I hate to break it to you, but if by “how much” you mean “how deep,” nobody really knows for sure....
by David Brooks | Dec 29, 2016 | Blog
My favorite stories involve explaining ordinary things that we hardly think about (like, say, snow fences). For several years I’ve wanted to write one about telephone – sorry, utility poles. I finally got around to it last week, and it was published on...
by David Brooks | Dec 28, 2016 | Blog
I have a fairly long driveway next to an open field, and at least once every winter, snow drifts across it to the point where things get dicey without all-wheel drive. For two decades, I have talked about setting up a snow fence to keep out the drifts, but I’ve never...
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