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A small, dilapidated building that once controlled railroad traffic throughout the region but has been on the verge of being demolished for years has been included on the latest Seven to Save list. “Because physical examples of railroad history and...

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A just-released look at the attitudes of people in New Hampshire tells a sobering story: In recent years Granite Staters have been feeling more isolated and less connected to their town or city, have become more suspicious of government and are...

By DAVID BROOKS

If you’re looking for a Christmas tree this year, there’s a very New Hampshire-ish option to consider: Cutting down a wild one in the White Mountain National Forest.Yes, it’s legal and has been for well over a decade, although you do need a permit....

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Tens of thousands of New Hampshire seniors will have to find new supplemental health insurance coverage next year because some companies, including Harvard-Pilgrim, Human and Ambetter, are pulling out of the Medicare Advantage business in the...

By DAVID BROOKS

A couple of recent events have created a really horrifying thought for me: “Oh my gosh, what if the cranks were right and I was wrong?!?”In this case the cranks – my term, not theirs – are the people who say fluoride shouldn’t be added to public...

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The carnage left in the wake of Hurricane Helene has reinforced the importance of one of the oldest forms of communication technology still in widespread use: Ham radio, officially called amateur radio.“The devastation from Hurricane Helene is one...

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The owners of Concord’s South Street Market want you to know that their corner store, which has been part of the city for close to a century, is not closing even though it is for sale.The building holding the store and four apartments was listed for...

By DAVID BROOKS

In a rare bit of good news about climate change, UNH researchers say that two negative effects of the altered environment seem to cancel each other out, suggesting that soil carbon in our forests won’t be hurt in the way people had feared.The...

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An electric vehicle charger is being unveiled in a Concord parking lot Wednesday and it’s gathering a lot of attention for a very odd reason: It’s really slow. “The reality is that cars are parked over 90% of the time. This is a great way to harness...

By DAVID BROOKS

The University of New Hampshire, Plymouth State and Keene State are making it possible for certain high-school seniors to be automatically accepted even without applying, part of a national trend known as direct admission.UNH and PSU announced Monday...

By DAVID BROOKS

When it comes to climate change, most of us have finally worked our way through the five stages of grief.Some lunkheads are still stuck on denial but the onslaught of global weather disasters such as Hurricane Helene means the bulk of humanity has...

By DAVID BROOKS

Selling a family business that’s been around for more than a half-century isn’t easy if you want your customers to be happy. Consider the case of Rowland Studio.It’s a thriving business doing custom framing of paintings, photos and memorabilia –...

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New England College has received a $10 million gift, the largest in its 80-year history, to boost science, technology, and mathematics programs.The gift comes from Austin Kovacs, class of 1960, and his wife, Betty Ann. In 2022, the Kovacs’ gifted $1...

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The pun, you’ve probably heard, is the lowest form of humor, the verbal equivalent of a Three Stooges eye-poke. Don’t tell that to Richard Lederer.“Edgar Allen Poe, of all people … wrote of puns: ‘It has been said that those who dislike them are those...

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Any big city exhibits aspects of William Gibson’s famous line that the future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed – but few take it as far as Beijing.(Yes, folks, this is an example of that fine journalistic tradition: the “What I did on...

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Much of social media is nasty, as we all know, but there are places where it is charming. One of those is the Reddit subgroup about composting.Yes, composting.Every day people from around the world post pictures on the group showing their pile of...

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Over the past five decades, David Bugbee has been drained 20 times over.Not all at once, of course, but since Red Cross technicians have stuck a needle in his arm and removed a pint of his blood 204 times since he was a student in Manchester in the...

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There’s a group of New Hampshire volunteers who are like mail carriers in that neither rain nor snow will keep them from their appointed rounds.That’s because rain and snow is the reason for their appointed rounds.“My husband and I really like...

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Moving results from the research world into the real world can be a real challenge but I think the challenge is hardest when the research concerns people’s health.It’s one thing to show that a medicine or treatment or practice helps patients in a lab...

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Consider this scenario: You go away on vacation and then come home to find that somebody has bought your house without your knowledge and without paying you anything. They lock you out, and your only remedy is to take them to court.Sounds far-fetched,...

By DAVID BROOKS

Jeanne Gerulskis remembers her first impression of the Christa McAuliffe planetarium when she interviewed for the job of director back in 1997.“The lights on the walkway were broken, there was nobody at the desk to greet me. There was no parking lot...