by Tim Moore Contributing Writer Fall is just around the corner and I wanted to focus on some opportunities that many anglers miss. As the days get shorter and the nights get cooler, lakes and…
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer It was in the upper 80s yesterday and the leaves are beginning to show fall colors, so it’s perhaps a strange time to be writing about maple syrup…
The dust is about to settle on another summer tourist season here in Central New Hampshire. Traffic is lighter, restaurants are less busy, the waterways not as frightening to navigate and the shopping carts at…
We should live by a simple set of rules… Try to be nice to each other, help out when you can, keep opinions that could start an argument to yourself, eat good food and drink…
by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Weirs Times Contributing Writer Two thousand nine hundred and ten New Hampshire residents who served in the Union forces during the Civil War were unaccounted for at the end of the…
“The Blue Line” by Elaine Morrison “Feelings of despair overwhelm the alcoholic. The blue line encompasses him and his addiction. They are one. Recovery is a choice.” By Kimberly J.B. SmithContributing Writer There are many…
As I write this, the Summer Olympics in Rio are almost over and I feel like I need a vacation. It seems like only yesterday that I could easily endure two weeks of massive night…
by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer We are not made of sugar. If we were made of sugar we would have melted and washed downstream of the East Branch of the Saco River. We pitched our…
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer PARIS – A vital American ally has gone geopolitically adrift in the wake of Turkey’s failed military coup, and the subsequent crackdown on all forms of domestic…
New Hampshire’s brewing industry is alive and well. Evidence of this is seen almost every day in one way or another. Whether it is a new brewer opening their doors for the first time or…
by Tim Moore Contributing Writer In my last column I discussed vertical jigging for lake trout. Vertical jigging is considered an art by many anglers. When fish are deep, whether on structure or suspended, vertical…
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer PARIS–Imagine for a moment arriving at Sunday morning religious service only to see the doors of the church guarded by camouflage-clad soldiers with automatic weapons.…
by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Weirs Times Contributing Writer Hearing the name “Potter’s Place” and occasionally riding by it ( I say ‘by’ rather than ‘through’ because you are in and out quickly when…
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer Bugs Bunny’s signature line, delivered nonchalantly – often at the point of Elmer Fudd’s gun – is the perfect response to Dr. Bob Kocher, one of the physician-architects…
I was horrified to pick up the newspaper last week to read that our governor was involved in a car accident. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but the idea of it even happening was upsetting…