Politico's energy section E&E News has a long piece about the future of the two coal plants in New Hampshire. It doesn't have anything that hasn't been covered extensively in Granite Geek and the Concord Monitor, but if you're new to the topic it's an excellent...

New Hampshire's push to carve out a niche in the biomedical field by creating a research and development center for tissue regeneration has gotten another boost: $44 million from, the amount that “ReGen Valley” — the marketing tag for the Advanced Regenerative...

The Boston Globe has a story (read it here) about odd-looking fish that have been caught in the Gulf of Maine which look sort of like a cod and sort of like a haddock. People are trying to figure out if they're a new species, a hybrid, or what. Reports of the fish...

Duncan Syme, who co-founded Vermont Castings, the company that turned wood stoves into a major heating source in America after the first Oil Embargo, has passed away. Here's a quick note about him, which says he also made a wood-fired Zamboni (!!!). A detailed history...

Want to help local high school students build an airplane? Then you're invited to attend the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire's upcoming plane-build volunteer mentor open house on Tuesday, Aug. 13 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. At the open house, you'll learn about the museum's...

Cutting grass on a mower, or getting hay on a harvester, is efficient as all get-out but let's face it, a person walking through a field, cutting hay by swinging a huge curved scythe, the sort that Death carries, is a lot more impressive. Former NH Agriculture...

Road salt runoff is a big problem in cold climates, killing all sorts of plants and making life tough for aquatic beasties. There are constant efforts to use less of it or find alternatives, like brine, but the reality is that we're going to continue dumping it on our...

The tornado that touched down in Dublin on Sunday was unusual but far from unique since New Hampshire generally sees one or two of the twisters each year. Sunday’s storm had 90 mph winds and was the lowest category of tornado, known as EF1 on a five-point scale....