New Hampshire resident Al Brandano is seeking emergency relief via a write-of-mandamus for the upcoming 2024 Elections. He says the state has violated federal law regarding the retention of election records after the 2020 and 2022 elections. In previous elections, the state allegedly ordered memory cards from the (super reliable?) AccuVote machines returned to the vendor … Read more
Bishop Brady High School in New Hampshire made national news when its girls’ soccer team refused to play another girls’ team with a boy on it. That story got picked up by Fox and a host of national online platforms. Our copy included a link to another story we published that day—a follow-up on that … Read more
NH Tourism, action in West Manchester’s parks (come volunteer!), what’s happening this election, and more!
Cornerstone is pleased to release our complete list of endorsements for the 2024 general election. We do not make these endorsements lightly, but after much thought and prayer. 🗓️ Mark your calendars for the election on Tuesday, November 5. 📍 You can find your house voting district by searching your town in the list here. You can find … Read more
A major Granite State sports story this fall involved neither football, NASCAR, nor the Red Sox, but rather girls’ soccer. We’re looking at you, Bow, N.H. The story wasn’t really about soccer between the pitch lines but rather about those spectating from the sidelines—mostly parents, at least at first. You see, Bow High School hosted … Read more
Mr. Rabideau, my middle school photography teacher, often preached “halves and doubles” in lecturing about tweaking the F-stop and shutter speed. The institution of substitution was what his lesson was about. Take a different example from the grocery store junk food aisle. When some Sunshine or Nabisco product introduces a new version labeled as “reduced … Read more
Marc Jaques is supposed to self-report on December 2nd for a 60-month jail sentence after pleading guilty to child pornography charges but that liberty has been cut short, at least temporarily. He was picked up law enforcement yesterday, the reasons being speculative. We had the opportunity to break the news last night, after a local … Read more
Ending Gender Discrimination in Public Information Access I have faced unjustified obstacles and outright hostility for four years while attempting to access public information from Nashua under New Hampshire’s 91-A Right to Know law. What I’ve experienced goes beyond bureaucratic inefficiency to include gender-based discrimination. Nashua’s leadership treats women differently—and worse than men. The Disparity: Men … Read more
WMUR is, once again, doing what they do as the propaganda machine. I already shamed Adam Sexton last month for playing Chris Wallace for Vikram, and now is a good moment to remind the readers that he is “on notice” as the Lily Tang Williams vs. Maggie Goodlander debate awaits us on October 31. However, … Read more
The Bishop Brady Girls High soccer team decided to protect their girls from multiple dangers this week. The team chose to cancel the game against a transgender player whose father happens to be a recently convicted sex offender. Marc Jacques reportedly attends all of his child’s “girl’s” soccer games, home and away, while he awaits … Read more
On July 1, 2024, Girls who play school sports thought they would finally be protected from being forced to play against boys. That safety net was taken away by an NH judge on August 19th, who decided that this boy could still play on the Plymouth Girls High School Soccer team while a parent lawsuit worked its way … Read more
Where did they come from? Natural Resource Inventories are being conducted, updated and revised all over the state of New Hampshire by municipalities, but what are they and where did they come from? In 2000 the US Congress created the State and Tribal Wildlife Grants Program. This program provides federal funds to state Departments of … Read more
It’s election season, and once again, progressives are advocating higher taxes by claiming that legislators over the last decade have cut taxes for “big businesses,” “large, out-of-state corporations,” and “millionaires and billionaires.” These claims are intentionally misleading. They rely on voter ignorance about New Hampshire’s tax system to create the impression that lawmakers in recent … Read more
If I hadn’t heard rumors about Geno Marconi’s concerns and, some would say, opposition to the Gulf of Maine Wind Boondoggle and Pease development plans for Rye Harbor, I’d think this was legitimate. I don’t. Concord, NH – New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella announces that New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice Anna Barbara … Read more
Just days after the third anniversary of the wrongful arrest of nine New Hampshire citizens during an Executive Council meeting, these defendants are now plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Governor Chris Sununu and the NH State Policehttps://granitegrok.com/?s=NH+State+Police. The Civil Suit claims that, Additional counts cite violations of the Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth Amendments, as well … Read more
Did you know that New Hampshire Clerks only reconcile the general election ballots they receive from the SOS? They are not required to reconcile the total number of absentee ballots they receive from the Secretary of State (SOS). At the close of every election… *We know the total number of general election ballots the Clerk receives from … Read more
Undecided on District 2 Candidates for Congress? Maggie Goodlander v Lily Tang Williams. Some observations: District 2 of New Hampshire is one of the most interesting races in the country for the following reasons: Concord, New Hampshire (central to District 2) is the State’s Capital. It’s where visiting presidents and vice presidents come to visit. … Read more
On Veto Day, I addressed the New Hampshire House of Representatives one last time. I made a speech in favor of overriding the veto of HB1093, the bill prohibiting school boards from mandating mask-wearing. Last March, the House voted to pass this bill while the Senate did the same a few weeks afterwards, but it … Read more
Alderman Moran’s behavior and comments at Nashua Board of Aldermen (BOA) meetings often seem bewildering and inappropriate. This was again illustrated at the BOA meeting of 24 September 2024 when he opined on taxpayers’ reactions to receiving their “surprise” property assessment mail. Excerpts from Alderman Moran’s comments during RESPONSE TO REMARKS OF THE MAYOR: https://youtu.be/nOf9YDorMgo?si=OvDACDlM_oauB9vo&t=797 … Read more
Just over nine years ago, I lay in a Paris hospital getting an ultrasound to assess the health of my preborn child. He was just shy of 12 weeks old, and it looked as if this young life might not survive complications with my pregnancy. Back in the U.S., an apparent scandal was engulfing the … Read more