Mount Monadnock & Gap Mountain
(The new AMC Southern New Hampshire Trail Guide is Out!) by Amy Patenaude Weirs Times Outdoor/Ski Writer May was a great month for skiing and hiking! Becca and I skinned up Cannon and skied down…
Year: 2015
East Asia Leads Way in Lackluster Global Growth
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS—Amid modest economic growth worldwide, East Asia still leads the way. That’s according to the UN’s updated “World Economic Situation Prospects” where the global economic growth…
Old Stuff
Last week I had the opportunity to tell of my trip to Chicago where I saw a Mold-A-Rama, a fifty year old vending machine that made plastic dinosaurs in front of your eyes. Seeing it,…
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Smuttynose Brewing Co.’s Tripel Belgian Style Ale
Living in New Hampshire affords us some great opportunities. We love the lakes, the mountains, sports in both, the freedom to choose what we like to do, where to go, and the freedom to choose…
Rebuilding Together
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer Skeptics like me don’t believe in miracles, even when we see them. But I saw one last month. It wasn’t a dramatic parting of the sea or an…
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Smuttynose Brewing Co.’s S’Muttonator Double Bock Beer
New Hampshire is winning the race… as it seems, in beer brewing and consumption of the same. We are #1 and proud of it! It is always something that is in flux and needing attention.…
Staying Fit
Brendan is on vacation this week so we are reprinting this article from September 26, 2013. It is also one of the over forty columns in his new book “The Best OF A F.O.O.L.…
Foreign Policy is Domestic Policy, Rubio Advises
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer NEW YORK–In a stirring and substantive foreign policy address, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) presented his presidential vision for a new America. Calling for transformative leadership in…
Iceland in May
by Amy Patenaude Weirs Times Outdoor/Ski Writer “Iceland, really?” yes it is true. Charlie and I went to Iceland to compete in Iceland’s premier Worldloppet cross-country race on May 2nd. May 2nd is…
Smuttynose Brewing Company’s Kindest Find Imperial Red Ale
When you think of New Hampshire brewers, what companies come to mind? Well of course, we have a Bud plant in Merrimack and Sam Adams is everywhere. And there are now over 40 breweries…
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British Conservatives Sweep Back to Power/Defy Naysayers
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS–Defying dire polls, deflating many media pundits, and derailing a left-wing lurch from the Labor Party, Prime Minister David Cameron Conservative Party swept back into power…
Not In The Mood
I knew it wasn’t a good idea this morning to write this column about turning fifty-nine and a half this week. I didn’t get much sleep last night and I may even have had a…