by David Brooks | Dec 2, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
While I was on vacation, New Hampshire released an RFP (Request for Proposals) to build an @NH_OSI and the @nhdes have released an RFP for an electric vehicle charging stations along high-travel routes. NHPR notes that they “may or may not be free to use.”...
by David Brooks | Nov 22, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Bald eagles, as I’m sure you know, are making quite the comeback in New Hampshire (along with much of North America). New Hampshire Audubon and the Loon Preservation Committee wondered what effect this large fish-eating predator was having on another iconic...
by David Brooks | Nov 21, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Had a great Science Cafe discussion Wednesday about engineered lumber, a.k.a. mass timber a.k.a. cross-laminated timber, and its present and future role in construction. Because I moderate these sessions, walking around with a microphone a la Phil Donohue, I...
by David Brooks | Nov 19, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire is one of four states that numbers exits on interstates sequentially, instead of by mileage from the start of the road. I wrote about this issue in 2017, when Rhode Island made the switch: If the 15th exit is 39 miles from the border, should it be Exit...
by David Brooks | Nov 19, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire’s population has been growing slowly, or not at all, for the past decade or so. But Ken Johnson, the state’s demography guru, says that is slightly misleading. Here’s an email he sent me about his latest research: Of all the things...
by David Brooks | Nov 19, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
The Currier Museum in Manchester bought the Usonian Automatic house in that city, a rare example of the failed attempt by Frank Lloyd Wright to create cheap but good-looking homes that could be built by the homeowners. The two-bedroom, 1,400-sq.-ft home is made of a...
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