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Mayor Joyce Craig’s Private Pool Club Immune from Coronavirus?

June 5, 2020

Earlier this week, Mayor Joyce Craig cast several tie-breaking votes to keep city pools, the Splash Pad, and playgrounds closed for at least another month due to public health concerns. City Health Department Director Anna Thomas insisted that the pandemic “is spreading like wildfire” throughout Manchester. But sources tell GraniteGrok that the city health department … Read more

The Secret Pollution of Lake Winnipesaukee

June 5, 2020 Norm Silber

The major gem of the Lakes Region of New Hampshire is our famous Lake Winnipesaukee. Its 72 square miles of water are dotted with 274 islands, some larger than others, and many with “camps” or homes on them. To call some of these edifices “camps” might be a major understatement.

Higher Tax, Less Rehiring

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Op-Ed

With the pandemic driven business shutdowns, New Hampshire is expecting enough of a drop in Business Enterprise Tax (BET) to trigger a tax rate increase under a law passed a few years ago. The BET is a tax on having employees.

Riverside Speedway and the Indian Stream Republic

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Op-Ed

WWLPD? “What Would Luther Parker Do?” Mike Humphrey knows. Humphrey is the owner of Riverside Speedway in Groveton while Parker once helped govern the Indian Stream Republic.

Norm Silber Announces Run for State Rep in Gilford & Meredith

June 4, 2020 Norm Silber

Wednesday was the start of the filing period to run for state offices in New Hampshire. Although the General Election is not until November 3, if primary elections are required for any offices they will be held on September 8. A key issue this election cycle will be the level of taxation New Hampshire citizens … Read more

BLM Vigil ‘After Party’ – Mostly Self-Loathing White Kids Who Have Been Taught to Hate America

June 3, 2020 Kimberly Morin

Last night “Black Lives Matter” held a vigil at Stark Park in Manchester. They had already held a protest the weekend before but for some reason wanted to hold another, one that started at 8PM at night. There were threats of Antifa Communists who were planning on rioting and looting the city, especially the South … Read more

ReopenNH Wants you to Draw a Line in the Sand and Storm the Beaches this Weekend

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Now that we’ve determined that some protests are more equal than others, it must be time to have another one of the less-equal kind. ReopenNH announces a weekend on the beach so you can draw a line in the sand.

We Aren’t a Nation of Kneelers

June 3, 2020 Stephen Scaer

The Puritans wouldn’t even kneel to God. When freed slaves knelt as Abraham Lincoln passed by, he told them, “Don’t kneel to me; that is not right. You must kneel to God only, and thank him for the liberty you will hereafter enjoy.”

For New Hampshire Citizens this is Not a Bad Joke – This is the Future.

June 2, 2020 Op-Ed

Riddle: What is worse than a virus sweeping America and the government shutting down much of the economy?

Answer: A Virus, the shutdown, and then a tax hike on your shrinking paycheck.

For New Hampshire citizens this is not a bad joke. This is the future.

Never-Trumper’s Son is Encouraging Riots and Rioters

June 2, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The son of New Hampshire’s Trump Derangement Syndrome Poster Girl, Jennifer Horn, is publishing tips and encouragement for rioters in New Hampshire on his Facebook page.

“Trump has called for the shooting of citizens exercising their constitutional rights”

June 2, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The Nashua Teachers Union (NTU) is sharing a link on their Facebook page to a letter from the Teachers Union in Minneapolis (MFT). In it, the President is accused of calling for citizens exercising their constitutional rights to be shot. Well, now, this, I must see!

Special Education or Chutes and Ladders?

June 2, 2020 Stephen Scaer

Governor Chris Sununu is right to be concerned that many special education students are being left behind during remote learning, but will his Emergency Order #48 make a bad situation worse by burying schools in paperwork?

Andru Volinsky – Mask Hypocrite

June 1, 2020 Skip

Yes, Volinsky is wearing a mask. At the recent Black Lives Matter rally. And yes, he’s just being politically correct because, well, that’s who and what he is. Go ahead and ask him “Don’t ALL LIVES MATTER”?

NH Dem Rep. Insults Every Other Police Force in the Nation, *Blames Violence on Trump Supporters

June 1, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Some folks should stay away from Social Media. Nashua Alderman and NH House Rep. Jan Schmidt, for example. It appears as if she is incapable of doing anything online without putting her foot in her mouth. A right to which she is entitled.

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Andru Volinsky Uses Black Lives Matter for a Photo-Op – Here’s What Else it Means

May 31, 2020 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky masked-up and virtue-signaled his way through Manchester the other day. He said something about George Floyd and Black Lives Matter. You mean the group whose co-founder said white Democrats use black people for photo-ops?

Keene to Consider a Mask Mandate That May Lead to More Infections, Other Health Issues

May 30, 2020 Steve MacDonald

A Keene, New Hampshire city Councilor (at-Large Randy Filiault) says he will propose an ordinance requiring masks indoors in public places across the city. A move that the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) says, “may, paradoxically, lead to more transmission of Covid-19…”

If the Nashua Mask Ordinance is About Education You Are Teaching People a Lie

May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Is it possible that Nashua politicians know masks won’t do anything, but they want to yank your chain (virtue signal) and make you think they care and are protecting you? Or are they idiots who get their science from Trump-hating MSNBC talking heads?

“Old, Sick and Frail into the Lifeboats first”

June 2, 2020May 30, 2020

Most of us have seen the movie “Titanic.” The story starts off with a beautiful new ship, off on its maiden voyage, with everyone in a grand state of revelry. All is elegant and wonderful until the ship hits the iceberg. At that point, all the women and children are loaded into the lifeboats, and … Read more

Alderman’s Husband Encourages Shoppers to Flee Nashua

May 30, 2020 Beth Scaer

The Nashua City Aldermen overwhelmingly voted to require masks when doing business or shopping in Nashua, with a penalty of up to $1,000 for violators, for the purpose of slowing the spread of COVID-19.

Victoria Sullivan: My Remarks to the Reopen NH Taskforce

May 29, 2020 Op-Ed

I want to start by thanking Governor Sununu for his leadership during these unprecedented times. I also want to thank the members of the task force for their time and commitment to reopening NH.