Infrastructure
Stage Set For Drama (And Musical Comedy) On The International Border
Next month a new theater troupe, the Borderline Players, will put on its first summer musical. You can see the show in the U.S. or Canada — depending on where in the theater you sit.
Read MoreWaiting For Supplies For His Home, One Puerto Rican Rebuilds Another Man’s House Instead
You only have to ask Ramón Luis Morales once to know that the trauma of Hurricane Maria is still fresh.
Read MorePlum Island Residents Weigh ‘Green’ Or ‘Gray’ Infrastructure In Struggle Against Erosion
On the northern tip of an island surrounded by river, marsh and sea, a few dozen volunteers sink shovels into a mound of sand, digging 10,000 holes to plant 20,000 stalks of beach grass.
Read MoreA Microgrid System On Isle au Haut Could One Day Be A Model For The Entire Nation
Now, tiny Isle au Haut is the laboratory with a big solution: islanders and engineers are using artificial intelligence, complex algorithms and a bootstrapping attitude in an urgent effort to design what they are calling the next, next electricity grid.
Read More‘Welter Of Jurisdictions’ Complicate Efforts To Clean Up Connecticut River
A very old sewer system is still in use at about 800 wastewater treatment plants in the U.S., including along the Connecticut River. It’s called “combined sewer overflow,” or CSO. What overflows into waterways is a mix of storm water, street runoff and raw sewage.
Read MoreSouth County Beach Community In Rhode Island Continues To Retreat As Ocean Creeps Inland
The cottages in these rows are in a prime oceanfront location, but they won’t be here for long. Within the next two years, they will be moved about a quarter mile inland, because the ocean is creeping in closer and closer every year.
Read MoreHartford Rail Line Revives ‘Gateway To New England’
This week the new Hartford Line commuter rail will link Springfield, Massachusetts, to New Haven, Connecticut, and cities in between. For less than $16, commuters can catch more than 12 trains each day and travel speeds up to 110 miles an hour.
Read MoreWhy Is Energy Giant Eversource Wading Into The Water Business?
Eversource is currently trying to buy its second water company in the past year. The region’s biggest electric utility hopes to provide water service to hundreds of thousands of customers across four New England states.
Read MoreCentral Maine Power Strikes $22M Deal On Transmission Project That Could Cross Kennebec River Gorge
Central Maine Power (CMP) and a group of stakeholders in the western region of Maine, where the company wants to build a major new transmission line, have struck a mitigation deal worth up to $22 million.
Read MoreHousing in Converted Industrial Buildings Appeals to N.H. Millennials and Retirees Alike
In New Hampshire’s increasingly tight rental market, one area where there’s new development is conversion of industrial buildings. It’s a niche market, but one that’s attracting multiple generations of residents.
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