by Jim MacMillan Weirs Times Contributing Writer Thanks for your interest in locally brewed beers in and around New Hampshire. We are rated #1 in the USA for consumer consumption so we must be happy seriously…
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS – Afghanistan’s long and tortuous road to peace and reconciliation still seems a near mirage as an entrenched terrorist insurgency seems to rebuff political and…
by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor Perhaps you’ve read of the latest kerfuffle at the New Hampshire State House. Some feel a group of fourth graders were subjected to an inappropriate display of how a…
by Amy Patenaude Weirs Times Outdoor/Ski Writer My summer golfing-hiking and winter snowbird friend, Sharon, came all the way from Florida to ski a few days with me last week. We had talked about meeting…
By Kimberly J.B. Smith Contributing Writer When I was interviewing for my first job as an art teacher, an administrator from a city in New Hampshire asked me, “Are you an artist or an art…
by Jim MacMillan Weirs Times Contributing Writer Our weekly brew review (for those who cherish the love of beer) continues as we may have finally turned the corner on this winter season… but we will…
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer While serving as a Navy officer in Hawaii, a friend told me that I’d be happier and healthier if I lived the “aloha spirit” for which the islands…
by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor I realize there are still a few weeks to go but now is really the time to start thinking about doing your taxes. To those of you who have…
IS Destruction Sweeps Ancient Sites by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS–The barbarians are inside the gates of Nimrud, the ancient Assyrian city in northern Iraq now being plundered, pillaged, and bulldozed…
Two Nights in the Stone Hut on Mount Mansfield by Amy Patenaude Weirs Times Outdoor/Ski Writer Stowe Mountain Resort is a classic ski mountain. Mount Mansfield’s Chin is Vermont’s high point at elevation 4,395 feet.…
by Jim MacMillan Weirs Times Contributing Writer Well, we are about to celebrate yet another St. Patty’s Day on March 17 when supposedly there was much joyous noise made over someone who drove snakes from…
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS–Amid a near unquenchable thirst for natural resources, a desire to develop new trading partners, and an opportunity to press for political influence in a vast…