by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2019 | Newsletter
I’m not a big fan of those fake “days” to celebrate, including New Hampshire Day on Sept. 7, the anniversary of us joining the Union. But if you must celebrate New Hampshire Day, the National Inventors Hall of Fame suggests you do it by...
by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Students at the Manchester School of Technology are building an actual airplane, but they need volunteer mentors to help students build the airplane, a two-seat RV-12iS light sport aircraft. “Our student plane-build project has received solid financial support,...
by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire has the shortest coastline of any state bordering an ocean but it’s still long enough and has enough development that sea-level rise and erratic storm surges will cause gazillions of dollars in damage down the road. So what should we do? A new...
by David Brooks | Aug 27, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
I’ve long been fascinated by culverts, those zillions of pipes that carry small waterways under roads – writing about them (e.g., here) so much that one editor at the Monitor makes jokes about my passion. Culverts interesting because they’re a...
by David Brooks | Aug 27, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
The day has long gone when “building unveils solar array” is much in the way of news – but I’ll make an exception for Dover High School, which installed a rooftop array so big that it increases the state’s (admittedly small) solar...
by David Brooks | Aug 26, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
There are certain rituals which signal the coming end of New Hampshire’s summer, and one of them is showing up at the end of tree branches all over the place. “Drive down any street and you’ll see them,” said Kevin Clough, owner of K. Clough Landscaping & Design...
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