by David Brooks | Apr 15, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Last week I wrote a story about a culvert that collapsed in the city of Concord. As part of discussion with General Services, the generically-named city body that includes the street department, I asked a question: How many culverts does Concord have? A confession: I...
by David Brooks | Apr 13, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
As I have noted before, research indicates that mowing your yard every other week instead of every week can help native pollinators and bees. But I also noted that this goes against advice to reduce tick populations in your yard, because ticks like longer grass...
by David Brooks | Apr 11, 2019 | Newsletter
This newsletter is a delight and a joy and the highlight of your week, of course, but there are other delights and joys out there as well. For example, Science Cafe NH in Concord is next Wednesday, the 24th, with our monthly Q&A discussion – in this case,...
by David Brooks | Apr 11, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Fans of tiny houses will have to wait longer to see if New Hampshire lawmakers will embrace them, as a bill to ease approval of the structures is going to a study committee. The state Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved a bill...
by David Brooks | Apr 11, 2019 | Newsletter
Ham radio has been a staple of the geek world since long before the first semiconductor was semi-conducting, and it’s still around. Local newspaper reporters like me occasionally realize this and do a story, such as this one from the Portsmouth Herald, which...
by David Brooks | Apr 11, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
(Note to print readers of the Monitor: Yes, the story in print said “1200 band modem” – I’ll have to blame that one on an editor who’s probably too young to remember when modem speeds were a topic of conversation.)(I can’t be too...