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Preserving land from development is all about woods and streams and birds and beasts. That’s the fun part.But it’s also about laws and contracts and tax rules and finance. That’s the boring part – yet without it, the woods and beasts are in...

By DAVID BROOKS

When it comes to science, there’s something to be said for longevity. Consider the Lamprey River.The Lamprey, which flows 212 miles from Northwood through Durham to Newmarket, isn’t exactly a huge river but it is the largest contributor of fresh water...

By DAVID BROOKS

It was a little hard to hear him over the sound of “In the Mood,” but Mark Nelson had an explanation of why a big crowd is drawn to Concord every two months to dance to music that’s nearly a century old.“I think people are looking for a low-pressure...

By DAVID BROOKS

An Italian restaurant will be built in the middle of the Merchant’s Way development near Exit 17 of I-93 in north Concord, the latest step in the years-long expansion of the site.“This is the part we wanted to save for a full-service restaurant. We...

By DAVID BROOKS

Consolidated Communications, which operates the legacy telephone network in New Hampshire, has agreed to be bought for $3.1 billion by private equity firms Searchlight Capital Partners, and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI).The...

By DAVID BROOKS

When Ed Stein passed away in July after a long and happy life that was colored but not constrained by mild autism, his sister Kathy wanted to do something that would memorialize him.“He was the kind of guy where he would walk into a room and it would...

By DAVID BROOKS

New Hampshire regulators have left in place the state’s net metering program, which pays owners of solar panels when they send power to the grid, but a looming expiration date could make financing more difficult.The order from the Public Utilities...

By DAVID BROOKS

A truck parked at the edge of the bustling mob scene during the Tradeapalooza job fair at NHTI encapsulated the difficult position that higher education faces these days.Plastered on its side was a picture of two women talking. One asked where the...

By DAVID BROOKS

Cutting your own Christmas tree is a snap. Unless, that is, it weighs 3,100 pounds, is as wide as a lane of traffic, and nature decided to make the whole process more complicated.“The wind makes it a little trickier,” said Ryan Rambeau, Concord tree...

By DAVID BROOKS

Thomas Kurtz, the Dartmouth professor who co-created the computer language BASIC and the networking system DTSS with John Kemeny, helping launch the computer revolution, has died. He was 96.Kurtz was interviewed via email for the Monitor’s Granite...

By DAVID BROOKS

 It looks like New Hampshire hunting has lost its COVID-era boost.Through Aug. 31, New Hampshire sold 31,266 hunting licenses, according to the Department of Fish and Game. That’s 14% fewer licenses than were sold during the first eight months of 2020...

By DAVID BROOKS

It will be smarter than ever to wear blaze orange when going into the woods this weekend, as New Hampshire heads into the year’s most popular hunting season.Firearm season for white-tailed deer began Wednesday, Nov. 13, and traditionally the first...

By DAVID BROOKS

High winds and very dry conditions fed multiple brush fires in New Hampshire on Tuesday, with no improvement in sight. Officials are urging people to delay any type of outdoor fires. “Even if you have a permitted campfire, use caution … the wind can...

By DAVID BROOKS

A fifth company will be offering health insurance to eligible individuals in New Hampshire in 2025 as the state enters the annual open enrollment period. WellSense Health Plan, a nonprofit health insurance company in Massachusetts, will be offering...

By DAVID BROOKS

The effect of a very dry autumn is beginning to show up in the region, notably with brush fires in Massachusetts and parts of southern New England, and while New Hampshire has been spared so far, little precipitation is on the horizon with...

By DAVID BROOKS

Last week I wrote about interesting stuff that UNH is doing in space, but there’s something interesting on the ground in Durham, as well. A big something. Big and cold.Admittedly, it doesn’t sound all that interesting. It’s just a giant water storage...

By DAVID BROOKS

A huge trade show coming to NHTI on Friday, Nov. 15, to show off the range of jobs available in industries known loosely as “the trades” is targeting students, as you would expect. But it has another audience at least as important: Their parents.“By...

By DAVID BROOKS

In a long and storied journalism career, mostly at the Concord Monitor and its sister paper the Valley News, Mark Travis occupied just about every position available in local newspapers, from freelance writer to publisher. But it wasn’t those titles...

By DAVID BROOKS

Some elected officials have received letters claiming that they were violating the New Hampshire Constitution by following the state’s procedure for elections, prompting the Secretary of State to tell officials to ignore the letter and proceed as...

By DAVID BROOKS

A woman died in a Monday evening house fire in Raymond.New Hampshire State Fire Marshal Sean P. Toomey, Raymond Fire Chief Paul Hammond and Raymond Police Chief Michael Labell said Tuesday that the house at 13 Hummingbird Lane was reported on fire...

By DAVID BROOKS

The AccuVote machines in Laconia’s Ward 3 is among those in eight polling places that were randomly chosen to be audited following Tuesday’s election.Two places using the new VotingWords device, Moultonborough and Rochester Ward 2, will also be...