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By DAVID BROOKS

Relatively low winter power rates from the state’s electric utilities have led to a change in Concord’s community power program.

By DAVID BROOKS

Like all Hometown Heroes, Donna Toomey is always ready to help somebody in need. In her case, however, the need is often very specific.

By DAVID BROOKS

An independent study of ambulance trips in New Hampshire says that each call costs between $414 and $2,317, not including mileage, depending on level of care and where they take place.

By DAVID BROOKS

It’s cold outside and you’re trying to decide how much to bundle up. Should your decision be based on the air temperature, the wind chill or the “feels like” number?

By DAVID BROOKS

The lingering effects of COVID-19 have driven an estimated 4,000 people out of New Hampshire’s workforce and led around 5,300 more to reduce their hours, according to a new study from the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute.

By DAVID BROOKS

As community power prepares to enter its third full year in New Hampshire, close to half the state’s population will soon have access to a program which gives towns and cities more control over their electricity source.“We expect continued adoption in...

By DAVID BROOKS

If you’re new to a community that has annual meeting for town and school, the whole process can be intimidating. With that in mind, the Monitor hereby presents Everything You Wanted to Know About Annual Meeting But Were Afraid to Ask.What is annual...

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They’re called “forever chemicals” but the program destroying PFAS in New Hampshire firefighting foam shows that a better name might be “everywhere chemicals.”“They really are everywhere,” said Amy Dindal, business line director for Battelle, a...

By DAVID BROOKS

New Hampshire’s highways didn’t get any safer in 2024 but at least they didn’t get deadlier, judging from year-end data about fatal accidents – with one sad exception.The number of drivers under the age of 21 who were killed on state roads last year...

By DAVID BROOKS

New Hampshire is gearing up to join a federal program testing dairy cattle for virulent strains of bird flu, which so far has been detected here only in some wild birds in early 2024.In other parts of the country, concern about Highly Pathogenic Avian...

By DAVID BROOKS

I promise that this column was written by me and not by artificial intelligence. The fact that I have to write such a sentence says volumes about where we are at the moment.Here’s another one of those volumes: You can get a weekly email summarizing...

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There’s a standard way to shut down physics cranks who say they’ve disproved Einstein – for some reason, cranks never “disprove” scientists who aren’t famous – and that’s to point to your GPS.The satellite system for tracking our location on Earth...

By DAVID BROOKS

People coming from other countries are playing an increasingly important role in New Hampshire’s small but consistent population growth, recent Census data shows.The number of adults and children living in the Granite State grew 2.3% between the 2020...

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The much-debated new rules for landfills in New Hampshire were easily approved by a legislative committee Thursday but the issue is certain to remain on the front burner.JLCAR, a committee of 10 senators and representatives who approve rules that...

By DAVID BROOKS

It’s embarrassing that it took a guy from New York to teach me a cool piece of ecological history in a local spot I’ve been to multiple times. And via YouTube, no less – egad!The spot is Dublin Pond, also called Dublin Lake, which is halfway between...

By DAVID BROOKS

The cost of electricity from Eversource and Unitil is set to decline in February to approximately the same rate, marking a sharp year-on-year decline for Unitil, Concord’s main power utility.The Public Utility Commission has approved an energy rate of...

By DAVID BROOKS

Two historic buildings in Boscawen – the 1913 library and the 1892 Torrent Building – have been sold and Select Board member Lorrie Carey couldn’t be happier.“We’re enthusiastic that we have changed the stewardship of two historic buildings to...

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Five years after COVID lockdowns supercharged the idea of talking to your doctor or nurse online from home, telehealth has become such a regular part of medical care in New Hampshire that advocates hope the state will loosen laws concerning...

By DAVID BROOKS

New Hampshire residents have always been pretty sensible about getting ourselves vaccinated, certainly better than those scared-of-modernity goofballs in Vermont because we know a good deal when we see it. And you can’t get a much better deal than...

By DAVID BROOKS

Steadfast Spirits, a distillery on Hall Street in Concord, has purchased the nearby Lithermans brewery and the owner plans to take the brewpub back to its earlier “vibe.”“The focus is on going back to those original beers, small batches of really good...