by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
People tend to over-estimate how much electricity is put out by solar panels, so I was very dubious when I heard that a 29-unit apartment complex coming to West Lebanon would get all of its energy, including heating and cooling, strictly from panels on the building....
by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Five years after the invasive insect known as the emerald ash borer was first spotted in Concord, it has spread so far throughout the state that officials may end the quarantine which tried to contain it. The move would not be a surprise since scores of other states...
by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
For the last four* years I’ve been a pretty regular interviewee on the Tuesday broadcast of All Things Considered on New Hampshire Public Radio, talking about my column in the paper that week. It’s a labor-non-intensive way (and free – no money...
by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
As a loyal reader, you know that I am in the midst of a drive to create a highway historical marker honoring the creation of the computer language BASIC and the Dartmouth Time-Sharing System. (Here’s a reminder, if you need it.) I gathered more than enough...
by David Brooks | Aug 30, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
(Squirrels and chipmunks wiped out my raspberries and peaches and blueberries this year – they are a plague. Road kill is justifiable payback.) The population explosion of squirrels and other small rodents in New Hampshire is proving to be a nuisance in more...
by David Brooks | Aug 30, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Veoride, an Indiana-based company that runs dockless bike operations around the country, including at New England College in Henniker, says its biggest New Hampshire operation hit 10,000 rides in two months. The company announced the number on its blog, saying it hit...
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