Government
Portsmouth Folks in Search of Government Transparency
What do these Portsmouth folks want? They tell Roger Wood Indepth the answer is simple — Government Transparency.
Roger Wood InDepth
What’s Happening With the Sarah Long Bridge Project?
Lane closures next week on Sarah Mildred Long Bridge in Portsmouth. Roger Wood Indepth reports.
Education
4th, 8th Graders Score High in Math, Reading: Roger Wood Indepth
4th and 8 th-graders in the Granite state scored very high in math and reading. See how they compare with other New England states.
Exeter
Roger Wood Indepth: Seacoast Real Estate Sales On a Tear
Real estate sales are going through the roof on the Seacoast.
Politics
Roger Wood Gets Former Portsmouth Police Chief’s Take on Scandal
What would former Police Chief William Burke have done?
Podcast: Memorial Bridge Taps Tide To Light, Monitor Itself
Roger Wood Indepth Podcast: Memorial Bridge project
For the first time in history, the Piscataqua River will be harnessed for electrical power generation.
A small-scale turbine will be installed on one of the bridge piers. Its purpose, says Ann Scholtz of the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, will be to provide power for sensors and lighting on the two-year-old rebuilt bridge between Portsmouth and Kittery, Maine.
Scholtz told Roger Wood that some 250 sensors will continually monitor traffic, the environment, and the structural condition of the span. It’s called the “Living Bridge Project,” and is now at a preliminary design stage.
money
Roger Wood Indepth: NH Rebellion Founder Wants Money Out of Politics
CNN has labeled him a fringe candidate lumping him in with those who dress up for a spectacle, like one who wears a boot on his head, but Roger Wood finds the real Larry Lessig.
Bank
Podcast: Survey Finds NH Folks Are Financially Savvy
New Hampshire has some of the most financially savvy residents in the nation. In fact, only North Dakota ranks higher in a study conducted by Gobankingrates.com. The Los Angeles-based firm surveyed all 50 states and the District of Columbia to report their findings. Mississippi finished last in the Money-Savvy-States-survey.
Environment & Science
Roger Wood Indepth — Everything You Need to Know About Northern Pass
Roger Wood interviews Martin Murray, communications manager for Eversource, Catherine Corkery, director of the New Hampshire chapter of Sierra Club and Dan Dolan, president of Northeast Power Generators Association.
The ambitious project may be years away, but the battle is already underway over the massive Northern Pass electricity project in New Hampshire.
If ultimately built, a 192-mile transmission line will be constructed — underground and on towers — from Quebec province through New Hampshire. It would provide some 1,000 megawatts of power to the state and New England from Hydro-Quebec’s water driven hydro-electric plants in Canada.
Education
Roger Wood Indepth Speaks With Portsmouth Author Nathaniel Ritzo
Nathaniel Ritzo volunteered to join the U.S. Army. As the lifelong Portsmouth resident puts it, “The Army volunteered me to do everything else.” That everything else included two tours in Iraq. Ritzo signed up because he wanted to serve his country. And, just like every American, he was shocked and horrified by the events of 9/11, 2001. For Ritzo, that ultimately led to two tours in Iraq, a non-commissioned officer serving in the signal corps.