When you think you are finally done with winter, yet another snow storm hits and reminds you that New England is that place where it isn’t over until the stout lady sings. So with that…
by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Weirs Times Contributing Writer It is not unusual for a local newspaper company to report the news concerning a building project in the community it serves, but it is exceptional for…
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS -Modern slavery is tragically thriving in the Twenty-first Century! While ethnic, religious and military conflicts seem to be the grist of news headlines, the quiet…
You never know what the day will bring. A corny enough saying, but so very true. Working at the Weirs Times presents me with great opportunities. One, of course, is having the freedom to express…
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS -Thunder clouds are swirling over the Korean peninsula as a perfect storm of political instability and regional geopolitical challenges rumble through South Korea. North Korea’s…
by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Weirs Times Contributing Writer It was the year that Robert Frost’s book of poems titled “ New Hampshire” was published, the Laconia Car Company manufactured its last railway cars, and Governor…
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer March roared in like a lion at Vermont’s Middlebury college, where students chose to riot rather than debate the estimable political scientist Dr. Charles Murray. If only we…
Last week I gave some ideas in using famous movie quotes to help new transplants, otherwise known as Flatlanders, in adjusting to their first winters here. I had no idea at the time what was…
Late Winter Storm Brings Smiles To Fans of Snow… by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Winter hasn’t given up yet and there’s proof! We’re still shoveling the snow that winter storm Stella left behind as she…
Recently, this column gave you two related articles on ‘Attack of the DIPA’s’ or Double IPA’s which spoke of that beer style as well as the magnitude of DIPA beers flooding the market each week.…
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer When Sir Walter Scott wrote of tangled webs woven to deceive, he could not have imagined the tangle of Gordian knots modern man would create trying to fool…
by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Weirs Times Contributing Writer Daylight Savings Time, though perhaps never considered a major political or social issue, seems to have always been a controversial idea, particularly when we realize that we…
I’m sure I’ll take some grief for this, but if I don’t say something, who will? Back about ten years ago I took a lot of heat for questioning the state legislature in quickly…
by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer The Fat Lady has not begun singing yet. There is still plenty of snow on the mountaintops and on the ski slopes. Don’t give up on Winter! Keep skiing, snowboarding,…