by Chris Lopez | Mar 13, 2019 | Lakes Region, Mover Stories
I first heard about the Free State Project in 2010 when I picked up a flyer at a Libertarian Party event. The idea immediately appealed to me, so I put it up on my icebox, and there it sat for the next eight years. As my retirement inched closer, I started to give...
by Tony Jankowski | Mar 20, 2018 | Community, Lakes Region, Moving to New Hampshire
In 2009, I moved (with my girlfriend at the time) from just across the Massachusetts border to New Hampshire. I was an active Free Stater even before the move, driving to attend the few events that happened regularly back then. When I moved, I chose a place that had...
by Tony Jankowski | Aug 21, 2017 | Community, Lakes Region
The Lakes Region Porcupines (LRP) want to be known as folks who move to New Hampshire and get to work in the community. We like to think that we can win hearts and minds, but first we need to introduce ourselves without making people cringe. We do this by giving our...
by Tony Jankowski | Mar 22, 2017 | Lakes Region, Mover Stories
I’ve been a participant and signer since 2005, and in 2009 my now wife Jaime and I moved from just over the border in Massachusetts. When I say “just over the border,” I mean 1/8 of a mile, and that’s where I grew up. Sure, I went to school in...
by Guest Blogger | Jul 30, 2015 | Community, Lakes Region
Many of the nearly 2,000 people who have already moved here to New Hampshire for the Free State Project have become involved with supporting and volunteering in their communities. Early movers to the picturesque Lakes Region near the center of our beautiful state are...
by Emmett Harris | Aug 13, 2013 | Lakes Region, NH Life & Issues
Individual sovereignty is a concept that formed the bedrock of Common Law traditions extending back to the Magna Carta. Its essence is self-ownership, and its antithesis is subservience and slavery. The idea is axiomatic. Some have even called it self-evident. There...
