Ian Huyett, Author at Granite Grok

HUYETT: How Maine Stole the Portsmouth Harbor Islands—and How to Take Them Back

December 5, 2025 Ian Huyett

Maine stole our land when we weren’t looking. The historical evidence is overwhelming and clear. For almost 300 years, the Granite State’s northern border ran down through the Piscataqua River, snaked across Maine’s Portsmouth Harbor shoreline, then bisected the Isles of Shoals. New Hampshire’s borders embraced the entire harbor, including Badger’s Island, Seavey’s Island, and … Read more

NH Conservatives Have a Personnel Problem

February 18, 2025 Ian Huyett

In January, news broke that Shannon Buttermore—a Gilford mother of three—had been denied a kidney transplant by Dartmouth Hitchcock because she refused a COVID vaccine shot. Dartmouth’s actions were an open violation of New Hampshire’s 2022 “Patients Bill of Rights,” which prohibits the denial of medical care on the basis of vaccination status. Although Buttermore had … Read more