New Hampshire Slopes Are Open!!
by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Many of us had less than a 24-hour notice that Bretton Woods lifts would be spinning on Sunday, November 13th. I first heard the news from reading a friend’s…
Year: 2016
Call It A Day Double IPA by Moat Mountain Brewing Co
Don’t you just love surprises? Like when you forget it’s your birthday and someone important in your life says ‘Happy Birthday dear.’ Or when you are getting up to start your day and your sweetie…
Not Just Another Chicken
by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Weirs Times Contributing Writer Why did the chicken cross the Rhode? Rhode Island, that is. The answer: To get to New Hampshire to experience a transformation . It has been…
Trump Aftershocks
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer NEW YORK – A jarring electoral earthquake has rocked America with a stunning upset win by Donald J. Trump, the Republican insurgent candidate. The epicenter of the…
Divided Nation
It might just be the most divisive time in our Nation’s history. Never before have people been so diametrically opposed and there doesn’t seem much hope of the two sides ever meeting. We have seen…
Georgiana Falls
by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Danielle and I met up just before 8 am at the Irving, the alien gas station, just north of I-93’s exit 33 on Route 3 in Lincoln. I get…
Signal Mountain Fire Tower On The List Of 93
by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer There are lots of mountain lists and right here in New Hampshire we have many mountain lists. Some lists have been around a long time and are well known, while…
Toasted Pumpkin Ale by 603 Brewery
As promised last week, we look at another great pumpkin flavored beer which embodies the spirit of what fall is about. The cooling temperature, the changing colors of foliage, and the time when we look…
Boyhood Memories-Autumn
by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Weirs Times Contributing Writer No fair for me, and that was no fair to me. October 12th was Columbus Day. Every year it was Columbus Day, and every year on…
It’s My Party
I was contacted by the folks at the Guinness Book of World Records recently to inform me that I just might be included in their next edition. It seems that this election day will be…
Abusers Seek Seats on UN Human Rights Council
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS -In a quiet but contentious campaign, countries are competing for new openings on the UN’s Human Rights Council. Many of the contenders for membership on…
Autumn Hiking Along The Maine Coast
by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Why not? We could stay with our AT thru-hiking friend Carey Kish and his fine wife Fran in Southwest Harbor on Mount Desert Island. We could see the Ocean.…
Pumpkins Everywhere!
Taking from the initiative began last week, October’s Brew Review is devoted to pumpkin-style beers which are typically a fall seasonal. Because of the very short season compared to summer ales and the like, pumpkin…
Ambition Gone Awry
by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Weirs Times Contributing Writer A young man’s actions in the city of Laconia, New Hampshire in the year 1906 might be described as ambition gone awry, credit without credence, how…
Curiouser and Curiouser
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer While not a proper English word, when used together as Lewis Carroll coined them in Alice in Wonderland, “curiouser and curiouser” is an acceptable way of saying something…