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The nation’s first major offshore wind farm, the under-construction Vineyard Wind off Massachusetts, has shown up in an important, if obscure, location.The project is one of more than 900 energy providers of various types who won bids to receive...

By DAVID BROOKS

New Hampshire loves our 603 area code, even though area codes mean less and less in this cellphone-number-portability world, and for 30 years we’ve been freaking out about reports that we’re going to “run out of numbers” and will need a second area...

By DAVID BROOKS

In the old days there was a newspaper truism that the best way to hear from subscribers was to drop a comic strip. Ten minutes after papers hit doorsteps, the switchboard would be lighting up with calls from indignant fans whatever denizen of the...

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An injured hiker who made an “innumerous amount of poor decisions” was rescued from Mount Washington on Saturday amid wind chill of 50 degrees below zero, after rescuers were carried up the mountain in a special Cog Railway train.According to New...

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Fans of the Flying Yankee, an eye-catching train that called Concord home for two decades before ending passenger service in 1955, have put in a bid to own the train and help decide its future.“Our goal is to restore as much as possible, try to use...

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Almost a year after it failed a required emissions test and after a few unsuccessful attempts to complete the process, the Merrimack Station power plant in Bow has received a hard deadline from the state to meet air pollution guidelines.“There were...

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The community power program continues to advance in most of the state but is facing a potential pause in three towns that are caught in an unexpected tangle over electricity rates.The Merrimack County Board of Commissioners voted in December to join...

By DAVID BROOKS

Henniker voters will face a town operating budget of $6.66 million, up 6% from the amount approved last year, on election day as well as a $1.5 million bond to continue upgrades of the wastewater system.Tuesday’s budget hearing contained some debate...

By DAVID BROOKS

You have probably heard the phrase “data is not the plural of anecdote,” meaning that evidence which has been gathered systematically is far more valuable than a collection of individual stories.I certainly have heard it, and I have used it myself,...

By DAVID BROOKS

ISO-New England, the folks who run the six-state power grid, have announced results for the latest capacity auction, which pays power plants a fixed amount regardless of their output, a system designed to make sure there will be enough electricity...

By DAVID BROOKS

There are many reasons that New Hampshire saw a record increase in insurance fraud claims last year. One of them might surprise you.“Adobe Pro has been a real game-changer for us,” said Brendhan Harris, Fraud Director at the New Hampshire Insurance...

By DAVID BROOKS

If you’re waiting for one of the signs that winter has finally arrived in New Hampshire – the declaration of “ice-in” at Lake Winnipesaukee – it’s been touch and go all season.“I’m thinking this year we’re not going to see it,” said Dave Emerson of...

By DAVID BROOKS

The city of Concord has a golden opportunity to show that it’s serious about its admirable clean-energy goals, but it’s not the sort of opportunity you might think of.Two huge mixed-use developments are proposed for the city. Between them, they’ll add...

By DAVID BROOKS

In the previous three years, according to data presented Wednesday night, the Weare School District has hired 46 new teachers, yet only 25 of them are still working in the district.Most of the rest have left to work in other districts, often...

By DAVID BROOKS

Voters in Henniker and Weare will consider a $15 million budget for the John Stark School District, up 2.36% from the current budget, and a new contract for support personnel at Friday’s deliberative session.If all warrants pass, it is projected the...

By DAVID BROOKS

A team including the owner of Tandy’s Top Shelf restaurant in Concord has bought Hermanos Cocina Mexicana, one of the city’s oldest single-owner restaurants, and will be re-opening Vinnie’s Pizza.“Hermanos – we’re going to keep it the same. It has...

By DAVID BROOKS

Henniker wants to attract and retain teachers with a master's degree and will intentionally raise pay to compete with surrounding communities including Concord.Voters will be asked to approve a proposed two-year teachers contract that would give an...

By DAVID BROOKS

The robocalls that imitated President Joe Biden telling people not to bother voting in New Hampshire’s presidential primary were generated by a Texas-based public relations firm called Life Corporation “and an individual named Walter Monk,” according...

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Scientists like to say that their work usually proceeds two steps forward and one step back. But sometimes that’s optimistic.Case in point: A scientific effort I’ve been writing about since 2010, the work to bring back the American chestnut tree to...

By DAVID BROOKS

Voters in Weare will see a proposed $18.71 million operating budget for the town’s two schools, an increase of $231,000 or 1.25%, at the school district deliberate session on Wednesday, Feb. 7.If the budget passes the school tax rate would increase...