by David Brooks | Mar 26, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
You know a problem is serious when your physicians, veterinarians, dentists, laboratory staff, medical technicians and even the occasional reporter crowd into a single room to talk about it. Resistance to antibiotics, as a Concord symposium last week demonstrated, is...
by David Brooks | Mar 25, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Among the endless free advertising – sorry, I mean technology journalism – produced out of Monday’s product rollout by Apple there is a small New Hampshire connection: One of the shows being produced for Apple TV’s new streaming service will...
by David Brooks | Mar 25, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Old-time stone walls in New England were often built along property lines and property lines were often laid out along compass directions. Ergo, they inadvertently provide a record of changing magnetic declination cause by the slow movement of magnetic north. That...
by David Brooks | Mar 25, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
I am ashamed that when writing a story about the Concord street department having reported 4,000 potholes in the city, I didn’t think to include a “Day in the Life” parody. (slaps forehead!) Better late than never: 4,000 potholes in Concord New...
by David Brooks | Mar 25, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
The geek canonization (so to speak) of Ralph Baer continues to gather steam. Officials in Manchester are scheduled to hold a dedication ceremony on May 10 of what will become, unofficially at least, Ralph Baer Plaza in Arms Park, on the bank of the Merrimack River...
by David Brooks | Mar 22, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Tiny Chesterfield, home to 3,600 people between Keene, N.H., and Brattleboro, Vt., appears to be the first town in the state to take advantage of a new state law allowing municipal broadband internet. The Brattleboro Reformer had this story in advance of the town...
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