Barley Wine – BIG WATER BREWERY
Well, it just keeps getting better here in New Hampshire these days. Fall is fading quickly and we are headed into that long winter hibernation. But with each passing day, we await a new treat…
Obama’s Keystone Pipedream
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS—President Barack Obama has cancelled the Keystone XL, ending a seven year saga in which the pipeline from Alberta, Canada would have provided 800,000 barrels of…
Maine Man Hikes Appalachian Trail For Second Time – 38 Years Later
by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Hooray for Beerman! Hooray for Carey Kish! My friend Carey Kish of Mount Desert Island, Maine followed the Appalachian Trail’s white blazes from Springer Mountain, Georgia all the way to…
LRAA art gallery at the Tanger Outlets
LRAA opening pic by DJ Geribo Anyone who has been following the artists of LRAA will agree that they are an integral part of the Lakes Region of New Hampshire. From featured artists at local…
Word Play
I was reading online what someone thought were the best fifty-one lines ever from literature. It was an impressive list of famous authors throughout history whom most of us know, or should know. There was…
Caption Contest Photo #569
Photo #569 Caption This Photo! Entries due by 12/03/15 Do you have a clever caption for this photo? Send your best caption to us within 2 weeks of publication date… (Include your name, and home…
Stoneface Robust Porter – Stoneface Brewing Co.
Winter season implies that we are settling in for a long, cold period of time in which we find comfort in good food and spirits… uh, beer actually. We drink light beer in the summer…
Iran Human Rights Grim Despite Diplomatic Thaw
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS – The human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran remains grim and dire despite a number of diplomatic breakthroughs and an overall thaw…
Ain’t Over Till It’s Over
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times The recently late but eternally great Yogi Berra famously said, “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” That’s a concise diagnosis for the problem ailing our constitutional Republic: We don’t…
Another Ten
This week I turn sixty years old. I’m sure, some of you out there, seventy years old and older, are probably thinking to yourselves: “Big deal. So this is a column? Let me know when…
Caption Contest Photo #568
Photo #568 Caption This Photo! Entries due by 11/26/15 Do you have a clever caption for this photo? Send your best caption to us within 2 weeks of publication date… (Include your name, and home…
King Misanthrope RIS – Henniker Brewing Co.
Winter is on its way and soon the howling wind and bitting cold will remind us to stay inside and cozy up to some good food and warm drink. It is a time set aside…
UN Human Rights Council Elections Betray Victims
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS—Elections and selections among candidates to the UN Human Rights Council has again highlighted a glaring flaw in a system where politically authoritarian regimes such as…
Cashing In
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, which would be understandable considering the logistics involved, you most likely realize that this is primary campaign season here in New Hampshire. It is the season when aspiring…
Caption Contest Photo #567
Do you have a clever caption for this photo? Send your best caption to us within 2 weeks of publication date… (Include your name, and home town). Caption Contest, The Weirs Times, P.O. Box 5458,…