Iceland in May
by Amy Patenaude Weirs Times Outdoor/Ski Writer “Iceland, really?” yes it is true. Charlie and I went to Iceland to compete in Iceland’s premier Worldloppet cross-country race on May 2nd. May 2nd is…
Smuttynose Brewing Company’s Kindest Find Imperial Red Ale
When you think of New Hampshire brewers, what companies come to mind? Well of course, we have a Bud plant in Merrimack and Sam Adams is everywhere. And there are now over 40 breweries…
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British Conservatives Sweep Back to Power/Defy Naysayers
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS–Defying dire polls, deflating many media pundits, and derailing a left-wing lurch from the Labor Party, Prime Minister David Cameron Conservative Party swept back into power…
Not In The Mood
I knew it wasn’t a good idea this morning to write this column about turning fifty-nine and a half this week. I didn’t get much sleep last night and I may even have had a…
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Rockingham Brewing Co’s Curly’s Gold
As we New Hampshire folk settle into spring and summer months, our tastes change. We look for lighter fare and things that won’t weigh us down as we move about getting chores done and preparing…
Killings, Censorship, Control, Define New Media Landscape
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS—The targeted killings of journalists, the suffocating censorship in many countries, and the widening governmental controls on media activities, characterize the contemporary media landscape in large…
Little Attitash And Still Waiting For Spring
by Amy Patenaude Weirs Times Outdoor/Ski Writer Yes, I know it is May. Technically the season of spring, according to my calendar, began on Friday March 20th but Mother Nature is still allowing winter to…
A Civil War?
Not since the Hatfields and the McCoys. Not since the Yankees and the Red Sox. Not since gluten versus gluten free has there been such a rivalry brewing. Of course I am talking about Laconia…
Kelsen Brewing’s Paradigm Brown Ale
by Jim MacMillan Weirs Times Contributing Writer Nestled in a conspicuous row of stores of a small mall in Derry, NH, hides Kelsen Brewing, a nano brewery who is getting noticed. In business only a few…
Pakistan Key Piece in China’s Wider Great Game
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS–The rhetoric reached the heights of the Himalayas, the pomp and pageantry evoked that of an operetta, but the political optics delivered a clearly focused political…
It’s Time For Reality Day
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer April showers might bring May flowers, but the lies of April lumber into May like zombies, mindless and moldy. Advocates of those special April days called “Equal Pay…
Good Television?
As you know, community public television (aka local access) is one of the most misunderstood forms of entertainment, basically because it is hard to understand what is being said on many of the programs. If…
Belgian Mare Brewery’s Alsteadder Ale
by Jim MacMillan Weirs Times Contributing Writer As the series of single owner / self-distributed brewers continues, we concentrate on New Hampshire’s entrepreneurs who accept the challenge to brew the best beers they know how to…