Roger Wood

Training students in the next generation of vehicles

Ode to the smartphone

Heroic dad of murdered son talks about his life after the tragedy

Perhaps we are too complacent when we think about the recent school shootings in Florida, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas and now Idaho? There are, sadly, many other states suffering from such violence. We hope it doesn’t happen in your state but hope is not enough to prevent such tragedies.That’s exactly why Mark Barden formed the Sandy Hook promise organization. His son Daniel was one of the 20 students and six adult staffers killed during a shooting in Newtown Connecticut. The shooter  then took his own life. That is the case in many of such acts. I talked to him, and he was outgoing about his personal grieving as well as his commitment to helping students, parents, teachers,and administrators minimize the chance for such tragedies.

New Hampshire’s Great Bay, located in the Seacoast region, is beautiful and pristine. The towns and cities around it want to keep it that way.  So do the state and federal governments. A recent agreement to work together to reduce pollutants like nitrogen is designed to protect this estuary. Roger Wood in his latest podcast talks via Zoom with Blaine Cox, John Coon and Melissa Paly, representing major stakeholders in this effort.

Podcast interview with Will Stewart executive director of the organization that promotes NH as a desirable place to work and live.

7 miles off New Hampshire‘s diminutive but welcoming and sparkling shoreline, Lie the isles of shoals, a small grouping of islands, really spits of land exist. Most are uninhabitable, but two of them, AppleDore and Star Island, Have been the homes of fishermen in the past, and now host visitors, Mainly scientists and college students at Appledore, and families and conference gatherings at Star. You can see the sparkling oceanic house from the shoreline, especially at night, as twinkling lights offshore. Those lights were dimmed last summer because of the pandemic. But in a short time, Joe Watts, chief executive officer of the star island corporation nonprofit, will reopen the sprawling structure to the public once again. Roger Wood, in his latest podcast, caught up with Joe Watts To talk about his long-standing history with the building and his hopes for a rejuvenation this year.

Its founder says the Franklin NH whitewater river surfing site is the first in New England.

Interview with Lars Trodson on Block Island