by David Brooks | May 8, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The snow is almost gone (alas) so spring hiking season is here – which gives me an excuse to re-run one of my favorite stories, from last June. Check the comments on the original story, especially the Virginia resident who implored us to keep Northeast trails...
by David Brooks | May 7, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH News Service: Gardeners preparing to plant their fruits and vegetables have a number of new summer squash, melon and pumpkins options that were developed at the NH Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire by a researcher who...
by David Brooks | May 7, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
I noted on my Twitter feed last week that the Dyn sign atop the company’s Manchester building – which while other companies had rooftop signs, was the first big, in-your-face tech-startup branding on the Millyard – has gone and been replaced by a...
by David Brooks | May 5, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The company VeoRide, which recently started a small dockless bike rental system at New England College in Henniker, will set up in Nashua this summer, reports the Nashua Telegraph. VeoRide will launch on June 2, with 200 specially made bicycles that are unlocked via a...
by David Brooks | May 2, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
This is a story about a Manchester startup using blockchain and peer-to-peer storage and micropayments as the basis of a fledgling YouTube competitor, which is very cool. But it’s also a story about a small startup (21 people, one round of funding) that already has to...
by David Brooks | May 1, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
In a move that the Consumer Advocate calls a “decisive step forward into the 21st century,” the state wants to change the way Liberty Utilities gets paid for natural gas to make it easier to create energy efficiency programs. The Friday ruling by the New Hampshire...