by David Brooks | Mar 21, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
What explains the incredibly tight housing market in New Hampshire right now, with rental units almost impossible to find and houses snapped up the moment a For Sale sign appears? One possibility is that the market is being artificially squeezed by vacation homes or...
by David Brooks | Mar 18, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire from March 13 to March 20. *** Desprez Assigned Patent for Methods Software for Pricing-Method-Agnostic Ecommerce Marketplace for Manufacturing Services...
by David Brooks | Mar 17, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
(This ran in the Monitor on Thursday. Also on Thursday, Buzzfeed News ran a piece (here) saying the Senate vote was sort of a mistake, snuck through under an obscure thing called unanimous consent. So dropping Daylight Saving Time may not be as near as we thought.)...
by David Brooks | Mar 15, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Here’s an idea for Concord as it tries to cut its carbon emissions: Swap individual gas furnaces in buildings for a city-wide heating system fueled by a renewable source. Pull that off and we’d be the envy of the net-zero world! Yes, that’s sarcasm – and...
by David Brooks | Mar 13, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
As a further sign of changes happening to the electric grid, non-traditional power sources – solar and wind generation, energy storage and reduction in demand resources – accounted for 15% of all power production that won the latest futures auction in New England, far...
by David Brooks | Mar 12, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire’s own Mount Washington will be the star of a major motion picture opening later this month but be warned: It’s not any Mount Washington we’re familiar with. “I told my friends who pointed that out: just roll with it!” said Pam Bales, a back-country...
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