by David Brooks | Mar 13, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Old-timers in New Hampshire have been saying they can’t remember snow hitting Town Meeting election day like it has last year and this year. So we checked, looking at National Weather Service data from Concord airport, the official measuring site, and they were...
by David Brooks | Mar 13, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
One of the most intriguing, if not vital, stories swirling around New Hampshire voting in the past four years has involved “ballot selfies”, or photos of your own completed ballot that are posted online. In 2014 the state made them illegal, a modern...
by David Brooks | Mar 12, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The unbelievable weather changes that we are seeing within the Arctic Circle – it was above freezing for a few days in darkest mid-winter, and an ice-free Arctic now seems a real possibility – appear pretty removed from New Hampshire, but not so: Shipping...
by David Brooks | Mar 7, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Back on March 6, 2011, more than 4 million plastic disks were accidentally discharged from the wastewater treatment plant in Hooksett into the Merrimack River. Known as biofilm chips, the disks helped with water treatment by providing additional surface area for...
by David Brooks | Mar 6, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The Alliance for Green Heat is an organization that supports burning wood for, as you might suspect, heat. Among other things, it sponsors an annual competition to build a better wood stove. This year’s competition, the fourth, has an added wrinkle: Part of it...
by David Brooks | Mar 6, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Out-of-state company wants to build a big energy project. Some people object, some celebrate. Media get involved. Fight ensues about state regulation versus town control. Meetings are held, money is spent, egos are bruised,...
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