Daily Archives: February 13, 2018

New Hampshire lawmakers debate licensing out-of-state semi-trailers

House Republicans in New Hampshire are counting on out-of-state semi-trailer licensing to raise money for the state. While New Hampshire Republicans often argue against expanding fees, the proposal introduced Feb. 8 is unusual in a couple of ways. First, many of … Continue reading

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Fear-mongering by the Portsmouth City Planning Staff???

It wouldn’t be the first time that someone is crying “Wolf” over…..wait for it…..CLIMATE CHANGE!  Now, I have NO problem in city officials in trying to head off problems – it’s what humans do as being the almost the most … Continue reading

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GraniteGrok Breaks Alexa Top 5 For Internet “Media” Sites In New Hampshire

Back on January 2nd, 2018 we set a goal of improving from number nine on our list of Media sites in New Hampshire to number seven. We did that, and a little bit more. As of this morning, February 13th, 2018 … Continue reading

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Representative Karel Crawford Votes for Income Tax

Karel Crawford — who represents Tuftonboro, Moultonborough, and Sandwich in the state legislature — voted February 8 for a 0.67% income tax on New Hampshire workers in the form of HB 628. | More at Tuftonboro.net

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UNH, surveys on children, and who is looking out for them? WARNING to PARENTS

Now that New Hampshire has a law (signed by Governor Sununu in 2017) that requires informed written consent from parents/guardians before a school district can administer a non-academic survey, I wanted to share an e-mail exchange between a professor at … Continue reading

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