by David Brooks | Jan 2, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
As the region’s aviation community anxiously awaits the annual yes-or-no decision about whether the Alton Bay Ice Runway will open, here’s a tidbit to consider: Keeping Cessnas and Beechcraft from crashing through as they land isn’t why officials have to wait until...
by David Brooks | Jan 2, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Dec. 24. *** Trailer for Autonomous Delivery DEKA PRODUCTS LIMITED...
by David Brooks | Jan 2, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Note: The Monitor puts out an annual “Impact Statement” about the past year and I was asked to write something about the Granite Geek column. Here it is: Granite Geek has been a weekly newspaper column since early in the first Bush administration (not W...
by David Brooks | Jan 2, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
As I listen to hand-wringing about empty office towers due to people’s continued preference to work from home instead of commuting to a cubicle (those ungrateful swine!), a Christmas thought comes to mind: How is Santa’s workshop doing? I imagine that elves prefer a...
by David Brooks | Dec 31, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
I didn’t realize tht the town of Hanover has been ubying its own electric supply for a decade. The Valley News has a story about the practice, which ended when it joined the community-power coalition, which allows lots of towns to do the same thing. Kulbacki...
by David Brooks | Dec 28, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
A big Maine biochar plant has gotten a $5 million investment that puts it on the road to producing 160 tons (950 cubic yards) a month, reports Mainebiz (full article here). I wrote about the plant back in Feb. 2022. Biochar, a charcoal-like material, is produced by...
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