2019 – Page 3 – The WEIRS TIMES

UN General Assembly Confronts Global Crisis Overload

Op/Ed by Metzler September 19, 2019September 18, 2019

UNITED NATIONS- Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Potentates are assembling in New York for the 74th General Assembly. During this annual rite of Autumn, delegations from the UN’s 193 member states shall debate, discuss and hopefully…

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A Home Improvement Column?

A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire September 18, 2019September 18, 2019

If you have gotten over the fact that the Weirs Times looks a little different this week, you might have also noticed that it is also the start of our Annual Fall Home Improvement Section.…

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Carrigain Notch & Mount Carrigain

On The Trails & Summits September 18, 2019

The mountaintops were hiding behind the clouds as I drove down Crawford Notch. I turned up Sawyer River Road and drove up the gravel road that is now narrow in a few places due to…

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Helpful Books

A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire September 18, 2019September 18, 2019

As we get older, focusing more on keeping ourselves healthy is important. It isn’t always easy to do as there are so many unhealthy opportunities that surround us every day and most of them smell…

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Losing Our Religion

Op/Ed by Gorrell September 12, 2019October 3, 2019

Last month in these pages (“Nobody Can Disappoint Like Family,” August 1st) I lamented Governor Sununu’s acquiescence to one of liberalism’s newest tenets. With his signature on SB263, “gender identity,” is now a legally protected…

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Great Hill Fire Tower

On The Trails & Summits September 4, 2019

Great Hill certainly lives up to its name. The panorama vista from the Great Hill Fire Tower is one of the finest. The Sandwich Range winds around Great Hill, from Sandwich Mountain all the way…

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September 1, 1939

Op/Ed by Gorrell August 29, 2019October 3, 2019

At the risk of outing myself as a philistine, I must admit that I’m not a fan of poetry. After the forced march through haiku in middle school and learning the naughty delights of dirty…

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Journey’s End: Vermont’s Long Trail

On The Trails & Summits August 22, 2019August 22, 2019

Liz and I are finally End to Enders. We finished the Long Trail last Wednesday, all 272 miles. We began section hiking the Long Trail a year ago last June. We hiked 20 days total;…

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From Good Wood To Goodwill

Op/Ed by Gorrell August 15, 2019October 3, 2019

There is something refreshing about seeing familiar sights with new eyes. That was my sense while hiking to the summits of North and Middle Tripyramids last weekend. My hiking group consisted of two old guys…

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Cannon & Loon – Family Mountaintop Fun

On The Trails & Summits August 9, 2019August 9, 2019

Katie and Scott, my husband Charlie’s sister and her husband, are from Wisconsin and they came to visit us and they wanted to see our White Mountains. We couldn’t have been happier to show them…

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Nobody Can Disappoint Like Family

Op/Ed by Gorrell August 1, 2019October 3, 2019

Some version of “Nobody can disappoint like family” has probably been around for as long as humans have been forming families. It’s human nature to be disappointed when those closest to us don’t live up…

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My Other Job

A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire July 25, 2019July 23, 2019

My job always get a little harder in the summertime. I am not talking about being the editor of this paper, but my “other” job. Being the self-anointed voice of the Flatlander here in Central…

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Mount Pemigewasset and Clark’s Trading Post

On The Trails & Summits July 24, 2019July 23, 2019

We sure had a full day of summer fun last Sunday. Bria and I met at the north end of the Flume parking lot at 9 am. Since we had two cars we decided to…

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Man On The Moon: Looking Back At One Of America’s Greatest Achievements

Features July 23, 2019August 22, 2019

As a boy of 13 in the summer of 1969 I was mesmerized, as was the rest of the world, when American men walked on the moon in a quest which carried a risk of…

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Other News

A F.O.O.L. In New Hampshire July 21, 2019August 22, 2019

I had a lot of fun putting together this edition’s front page story about the Apollo 11 Moon Mission that happened 50 years ago this week. It certainly wasn’t difficult. I had so many newspapers…

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Year: 2019

UN General Assembly Confronts Global Crisis Overload

A Home Improvement Column?

Carrigain Notch & Mount Carrigain

Helpful Books

Losing Our Religion

Great Hill Fire Tower

September 1, 1939

Journey’s End: Vermont’s Long Trail

From Good Wood To Goodwill

Cannon & Loon – Family Mountaintop Fun

Nobody Can Disappoint Like Family

My Other Job

Mount Pemigewasset and Clark’s Trading Post

Man On The Moon: Looking Back At One Of America’s Greatest Achievements

Other News