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Alumni Advice
Our daughter, Colleen, is the Executive Director of an AmeriCorps program called the Massachusetts Promise Fellowship.
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Meet Me at the Fair
The song, Meet me in St. Louis, Louis, arrived in 1904, the same year that the World's Fair opened in that city.
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Podcast: Pumping Away and More
Dan Holohan talks with Bryan Orr of HVAC School about how he got his start in the industry, pumping away, classic hydronics, and more in this entertaining podcast.
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Rebirth
The Boyertown Foundry is the big guy on the stool over there who is sometimes quiet, but who rises with pinpoint violence when needed.
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Geothermal Grows as a Great Alternative to Boilers
A few years back (I’m thinking around the middle of 2012-2013), I found myself sitting at a table in Atlanta, GA with several HVAC industry folks.
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The Power of Re-piping with PEX
For aging buildings — or newer structures with piping-performance issues — the decision to continue repairing the existing plumbing and heating systems versus doing a total re-pipe can be daunting.
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The Teachings of Fremont
When I was much younger and had just become a magazine writer, a gentleman named Fremont Lobbestael called me on the phone.
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AHR 2017 in Review
This year’s AHR Expo was in Las Vegas, which means I got to meet Elvis in addition to learning more about new products.
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Nature of the New Steam Beast
Steam systems ain’t what they used to be, or at least so it would seem to some homeowners.
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The Finicky Soap Pump
The Lovely Marianne and I were visiting daughters in suburban Maryland, and this almost always involves a stop at some shopping mall or other.
