by David Brooks | Aug 16, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The latest release of 2020 census data showed no surprises for New Hampshire: Slow growth within fringe commuting distance of Boston and the Seacoast, not much growth elsewhere, shrinkage up North and along the non-Dartmouth parts of the Connecticut River Valley. But...
by David Brooks | Aug 16, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
It might feel like it sometimes, but when it comes to COVID-19 we are not actually back to Square One. Square Two, maybe, but not Square One. That’s about as optimistic as I can get. The depressing deja vu comes because new cases of COVID-19 are rising fast in New...
by David Brooks | Aug 13, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The Valley News has a good story on the problem that so-called compostable items like bags, plates and utensils are posing for landfills – especially in Vermont, which has a strict no-food-waste-in-landfill law. Basically, too many “compostable”...
by David Brooks | Aug 12, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Aug. 8 to Aug. 15. *** Allegro MicroSystems Assigned Patent for Gate Driver Isolating Circuit Allegro MicroSystems, Manchester, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No....
by David Brooks | Aug 12, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
As I write this on Thursday morning, the Census Bureau is preparing a press conference about local data from the Census that will be used for drawing political boundaries. This has always been a political process with parties pushing to gain election advantages, but...
by David Brooks | Aug 12, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
I’ve played recreational chess all my life, although not well. I was a bench-warmer on my high school chess team and played in a couple US Chess Federation tournaments through college. I ended up with a lower USCF rating than when I began, which is hard to do...