by David Brooks | May 26, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
When I drove up to the Milford Armory recently to get my free COVID-19 test, the National Guard solider at the gate explained the procedure this way: “It’s just like Dunkin’ Donuts.” He meant that I should stay in my car and the medic would come to me, but I’ve got...
by David Brooks | May 23, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Tux Turkel of the Portland Presss-Herald has a story about a Maine town with the wonderful name of Wytopitlock (population: 140) that wants to get rid of its only pay phone and replace it with a vending machine. A public interest payphone is part of a program...
by David Brooks | May 23, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Green Mountain Power, which covers most of Vermont, has been an innovative utility in many ways – partly because it’s pretty small, which makes it cheaper to try stuff. Two years ago it began subsidizing Tesla batteries for customers’ homes as long...
by David Brooks | May 23, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
As extreme precipitation events – meteorology-speak for “holy @#*@&@*&!!! look at it rain!!!!” – grow more common, it’s possible that me may need to look at standards for how much water dams can pass without being overtopped....
by David Brooks | May 22, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
A site called reportedcalls keeps track of complaints to federal agencies about telemarketing calls and it shows something unexpected: Complaints were way, way down in April, both in New Hampshire (as shown above) and nationally. Folks in New Hampshire is not shy...
by David Brooks | May 22, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH News Service: Researchers with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire have been monitoring an effort to reintroduce New England cottontails raised in captivity into the wild. Using DNA to track the survival and...
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