by David Brooks | Jan 14, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
The belated arrival of cold weather to New Hampshire has brought back the eternal home-heating question: Do you save energy by turning down the thermostat at night? You may recall that question being answered in this column three years ago. But that was before heat...
by David Brooks | Jan 14, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
For years, New Hampshire’s population growth has depended on people moving here. But recently they’re doing less of it in a U-Haul, which may reflect a change in who is arriving. Every year the move-yourself company ranks all states based on how many one-way U-Haul...
by David Brooks | Jan 14, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
In the sort-of-official sign that real winter has arrived in New Hampshire, “ice-in” has been declared on Lake Winnipesaukee. The Jan. 13 declaration was the earliest this event has happened since 2018 and follows two warm winters that almost didn’t have ice-in...
by David Brooks | Jan 14, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
I wrote this two weeks ago but forgot to post it in the blog, so if it sounds like old news, it kind of is. The lingering effects of COVID-19 have driven an estimated 4,000 people out of New Hampshire’s workforce and led around 5,300 more to reduce their hours,...
by David Brooks | Jan 10, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire has received a $15 million federal grant to build more public charging locations of electric vehicles. The money is earmarked to build 199 charging ports – the EV equivalent of a pump at a gas station – in “both urban and rural areas.” That would...
by David Brooks | Jan 7, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
Beta Technologies of Burlington, Vermont, is trying to develop an electric-aviation ecosystem with both small planes and, importantly, charging infrastructure. It installed a charging station at Manchester airport last year (article here) and now says it has them at...