Weirs Times Summer Fun Guide Out Now!
It’s been a long, strange trip since March, but now summer is here in New Hampshire and The Lakes Region.The “Summer Fun” seasonal feature section that the Weirs Times has published since 2012 has grown…
New Hampton’s Kelley-Drake Conservation Area – Finding Nature & History
PHOTO: Amy’s hiking adventure ends with some paddling on Kelley Pond. Learn about places to put your canoe or kayak in the water at New Hampshire Fish & Game website: https://wildlife.state.nh.us/maps/boatfish/index.html or just Google: NH…
Sound Of Birds At Dawn
PHOTO: An American robin perches in a tree in New England, June 2020. Merganser Lake. Photo by Chris Bosak Late spring/early summer is a great time to sleep outdoors. I’m lucky enough to have a…
Wright Museum of WWII In Wolfeboro To Open For Season On Monday, June 22nd
PHOTO: Wright Museum Curator Justin Gamache prepares photos for the “Vietnam: The Real War” at the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro. WOLFEBORO — On Monday, June 22, the Wright Museum of WWII in Wolfeboro, NH will…
West Landaff Versus East Landaff – The Bunga Road Controversy
PHOTO: The old “Peg Mill” at East Landaff where the meeting to approve the building of the Bunga Road was made. When one group of people want to do something there is usually another group…
Is America Turning the Economic Corner?
Defying all expectations, the U.S. job numbers surged back in early June in a surprise and stunning rebound. While the usual gaggle of “experts” were somberly predicting an additional eight or nine million job losses,…
Pitcher Mountain Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway
PHOTO: Yours truly checking out the abandoned Pitcher Mountain Fire Warden’s cabin. The Fire Warden’s Road up Pitcher Mountain is part of the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway. Becca and I started the morning in Center Nelson and…
No Mention Of You-Know-What
After three months of writing about it, I promise you that this week I won’t even mention the you-know-what virus in this column.This week the subject will be all about me.As you may or may…
Wild & Easy
Well, Memorial Day weekend’s weather and crowds really proved everyone was ready to get back to life as we knew it. The Lakes Region was flooded with visitors hungry for good times, great food and…
The Hobo & Winnipesaukee Scenic RR Prepares To Open For The 2020 Season
LINCOLN – The Hobo and Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad is advising the public that the 54 miles of rail between Tilton, NH and Lincoln, NH should now be considered active for the 2020 season. Various train…
Beijing’s Hong Kong Squeeze
The crisis was brewing for months. Storm clouds were gathering around Hong Kong’s splendid bay as China’s communist authorities have put the vice grip squeeze on democratic Hong Kong’s political rights and social freedoms. The…
Summer Reading
Now that we have been told to “Stay At Home” for another two weeks, it is no surprise that folks are running out of things to keep them occupied.You have played all the board games,…
Bird Sightings Around New Hampshire
PHOTO: A hermit thrush on the ground in New England this month. Chris Bosak Photo It’s been a busy spring around here for sure. The bluebirds have youngsters, the grosbeaks are regular visitors and the…
The Barnum Resolution In The Legislature “How The House Was Adjourned”
It may sound odd but Phineas Taylor Barnum’s circus was called Barnum’s Great Moral Show at the time it arrived in Concord, New Hampshire in the year 1881. Though the creator of many hoaxes, intended…
Vertical Jigging For Striped Bass
PHOTO: While slightly more difficult due to the seated position, vertical jigging can also be effective in a kayak. Of all the ways to catch striped bass, vertical jigging is one of my favorites. There’s…