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Granite Geek: Net-zero development says it won’t be weird or super expensive
08-19-2024 12:10 PM

By DAVID BROOKS

This column concerns a New Hampshire housing development that will be net-zero, something the world really needs, but before we get to details let’s face facts: Your first reaction is that it will be too expensive or too weird to make a difference.I...


Concord awaits electric school buses for cost and health reasons
08-18-2024 12:01 PM

By DAVID BROOKS

Concord celebrated the eventual arrival of electric school buses Wednesday thanks to federal programs designed to replace the diesel buses that have been polluting schoolyards and streets for decades.The key word, however, is “eventual.” The three...


NH says fake cryptocurrency scheme took investor’s money
08-13-2024 3:39 PM

By DAVID BROOKS

An online scam that pretended to invest a New Hampshire resident’s money in cryptocurrency, complete with a fake account, has been issued a cease and desist order by the state Bureau of Securities.According to a press release from the Secretary of...


Granite Geek: Electric heat pumps are great for homes, even if they’re not a magic bullet
08-12-2024 2:07 PM

By DAVID BROOKS

There’s a good reason why the federal government is giving $450 million to New England to help get electric heat pumps into homes and businesses: They’re great machines and not just for climate change reasons.“I have been saving about $1,000 a year,”...


Granite Geek: This plant isn’t endangered anymore, but not for the reason you’d think
08-05-2024 3:37 PM

By DAVID BROOKS

Today’s column, I’m happy to say, involves good news about the environment. It’s not huge news, admittedly, and it’s not quite as exciting as I thought it was going to be, but in today’s world, I’ll take anything I can get.The story concerns a...


COVID watch: There are more cases but not more hospitalizations in N.H.
08-04-2024 4:00 PM

By DAVID BROOKS

If New Hampshire is being hit by a summer surge in COVID cases being seen in parts of the country, as hinted by increased amounts of virus in our wastewater, it’s not sending people to the hospital.“As I’ve talked to hospital leaders … they certainly...


Granite Geek: Can a ‘just the facts’ approach move the needle on climate change?
07-29-2024 12:28 PM

By DAVID BROOKS

When a global catastrophe is destroying entire towns overnight via fire, flood and storm, it shouldn’t be hard to convince people that we should take things seriously.If only.It has been 20 years since I began writing stories that warned about the...


Comcast Business joins with Starlink satellite service
07-23-2024 9:50 AM

By DAVID BROOKS

Comcast Business is trying a new way to reach customers aside from through its cables, collaborating with the Starlink satellite-Internet service from SpaceX.Comcast currently reaches 118 New Hampshire communities in much of southern New Hampshire and...


Granite Geek: Cybersecurity for your sink and toilet is no laughing matter
07-22-2024 2:37 PM

Considering that he’s one of the state’s most important cybersecurity folks whose organization is helping to secure vital government facilities, there are times when Jason Sgro gives some unexpected advice.“We’ve run into wastewater and drinking water...


In New Hampshire, global IT problem affects flights, hospitals, courts, even 911 system
07-19-2024 10:38 AM

By DAVID BROOKS

The software problem that affected systems around the world took New Hampshire’s 911 system offline for a while Friday, delayed or canceled a few flights at Manchester airport, and disrupted hospitals and the states’ court system.“At its height it...


Person exposed to measles visited several restaurants, including one in Concord
07-18-2024 4:44 PM

By DAVID BROOKS

A person who had been exposed to measles visited several restaurants earlier this month, including the Texas Roadhouse in Concord, and health officials are warning people who may have come in contract with them to be careful.“Anyone who is not...


Loon Census to be held Saturday (you can help), followed by a Loon Festival
07-17-2024 2:42 PM

By DAVID BROOKS

New Hampshire’s iconic waterfowl will be celebrated and studied Saturday, as the Loon Preservation Committee conducts an annual census on lakes across the state, then hosts its 45th annual Loon Festival in Moultonborough.“The Loon Census is a valuable...


Granite Geek: An AI ‘tutor’ is great! Or bad! Or both!
07-15-2024 3:50 PM

The decision by New Hampshire to allow AI-powered software as a “tutor” in public schools is a great reminder that the technology we call “artificial intelligence” is both wonderful and worrisome at the same time.It’s also a reminder that handing...


Granite Geek: Burning wood to cool down the library. Yes, cool it.
07-08-2024 12:17 PM

Setting fire to wood is a great way to stay warm, which is why human beings have been doing it ever since we became human beings, but to my surprise there’s a place in New Hampshire where it’s used to stay cool. “It has been working great,” said...


Granite Geek: Will drones replace fireworks?
07-01-2024 3:48 PM

By DAVID BROOKS

When 300 drones took off last weekend over Lake Sunapee to execute a complicated dance of LED lights over the water, entertaining folks with an pre-Independence Day alternative to a fireworks show, it was a sign of the times.Well, maybe.“Our most busy...


Sunday’s tornado in NH was unusual but not unique
06-25-2024 11:28 AM

By DAVID BROOKS

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 touch down each year.Sunday’s storm had 90 mph winds and was the lowest category of tornado, known as EF1...


Granite Geek: The invasive browntail moth is back in NH! (Wait – back?!?)
06-24-2024 1:07 PM

By DAVID BROOKS

There’s a surprising backstory to the latest nasty invasive insect to arrive in New Hampshire, the browntail moth:We already eradicated it once. But we can’t do it again. At least, we can’t do it again in the same way.The browntail moth has just been...


This camp can stay cool even if the power goes out
06-21-2024 1:36 PM

By DAVID BROOKS

Amid all the ways people in New Hampshire have been coping with this week’s heat dome, only one would be familiar to our distant ancestors.“This tradition hasn’t changed much in 125 years!” wrote Natalie Ward, general manager for Rockywold-Deephaven...


Large solar array coming to land along Merrimack River in Concord
06-19-2024 12:09 PM

By DAVID BROOKS

A solar array that could power close to 1,000 typical homes is coming to scrubland along the Merrimack River in Concord.The project would involve more than 11,000 panels, capable of tracking the sun during the day, producing 4.58 megawatts AC. It...


Granite Geek: Ham radio remains surprisingly relevant, as Field Day will attest
06-17-2024 1:26 PM

It says something about amateur radio that despite its high-tech trappings – they can bounce signals off the moon, chit-chat with the International Space Station, and have to keep track of solar storms – one of the tools used in the field is a rock...

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