by David Brooks | Nov 7, 2017 | Newsletter
Firearms season for deer, which by far the most popular hunting season in most of the country, started Wednesday in New Hampshire. Why Wednesday? And why can hunters kill certain genders at certain times, and more deer in certain parts of the state than other parts?...
by David Brooks | Nov 7, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
UPDATE: This item, my column in the Concord Monitor, ran Tuesday morning, on election day. Manchester voters soundly rejected any change, choosing the original flag by a margin of 15-1 over any other choice, reports the Union-Leader. I didn’t realize I had such...
by David Brooks | Nov 3, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Every year ISO New England, the organization that runs the six-state New England power grid, issues its Regional System Plan, which reports on the current situation and makes predictions over the next decade. Below is their summary of highlights – including the...
by David Brooks | Nov 3, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
A week after a windstorm caused more power outages than any previous storm in the history of New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, the utility’s last few hundred customers are still being hooked up – but there’s a reason it’s taken so long: They’re on islands in Lake...
by David Brooks | Nov 3, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
There’s an embarrassment of riches for science cafes next week: Due to scheduling issues, both Nashua and Concord will hold their Science Cafe NH on the same night. The following night will see the Piscataqua Science Cafe in Portsmouth. Nashua: Narcan and The...
by David Brooks | Nov 2, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire has long been a bitcoin hotbed, thanks in large part to the influx of libertarian/Free State folks, for whom the idea of currency operating outside of government control is pure catnip. They claim – and it seems very likely – that we have the...
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