by David Brooks | Jul 18, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
By Lori Wright, UNH News Service: As climate changes, Northeast winters are warming more rapidly than other times of the year. While this may mean favorable growing conditions start earlier in the year, some ecosystems, such as perennial grasslands, can take better...
by David Brooks | Jul 17, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The state will soon be testing an automated method to warn drivers when another car is about to pull out into a busy street, and transportation officials want to know what you think about it even before it exists. The system, known as an Intersection Conflict Warning...
by David Brooks | Jul 16, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Concord residents have heard a lot in recent years about their gasholder, the handsome but crumbling brick building built to hold gas made from coal in the days before natural gas. (I’ve written at least a score of stories about it – here’s one.)...
by David Brooks | Jul 16, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from July 11 to July 18. *** Centripetal Networks Assigned Patent for Efficient Cyber Protections of Mobile Devices Centripetal Networks, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has been assigned a...
by David Brooks | Jul 15, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
A mysterious disease killing songbirds throughout the mid-Atlantic states has not yet shown up in New England but wildlife officials are keeping a careful lookout, with some recommending that people remove their bird feeders and bird baths as a precaution. “Birds...
by David Brooks | Jul 14, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Maine has become the first state to enact an EPR law (“enhanced producer responsibility”) that puts the financial burden of recycling on the producers and sellers of products, instead of the consumers and their local government. NY Times story (here) puts...
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