Not The Column I Planned
by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor Procrastination is never a good thing for a writer with a deadline. It can make some of your best ideas worthless. For instance, a few weeks ago I came…
Donna Catanzaro – Consequential Merriment
By Kimberly J.B. Smith Contributing Writer I encourage you to visit the WCA/NH show in Plymouth at Pease Public Library– a celebration of 20 years for the Women’s Caucus for Art N.H. chapter. The…
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603 Brewery’s Ice-Out Blonde Ale
by Jim MacMillan Weirs Times Contributing Writer Thanks for your interest in locally brewed beers in and around New Hampshire. We are rated #1 in the USA for consumer consumption so we must be happy seriously…
Afghan Peace Process Far From Assured
by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS – Afghanistan’s long and tortuous road to peace and reconciliation still seems a near mirage as an entrenched terrorist insurgency seems to rebuff political and…
State Something Day
by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor Perhaps you’ve read of the latest kerfuffle at the New Hampshire State House. Some feel a group of fourth graders were subjected to an inappropriate display of how a…
Spring Skiing – Sunshine & Snowtime
by Amy Patenaude Weirs Times Outdoor/Ski Writer My summer golfing-hiking and winter snowbird friend, Sharon, came all the way from Florida to ski a few days with me last week. We had talked about meeting…
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Eleanor LaBranche – A Young New Hampshire Talent
By Kimberly J.B. Smith Contributing Writer When I was interviewing for my first job as an art teacher, an administrator from a city in New Hampshire asked me, “Are you an artist or an art…
Stoneface Brewing IPA
by Jim MacMillan Weirs Times Contributing Writer Our weekly brew review (for those who cherish the love of beer) continues as we may have finally turned the corner on this winter season… but we will…
Minority Rule
by Ken Gorrell, Weirs Times Contributing Writer While serving as a Navy officer in Hawaii, a friend told me that I’d be happier and healthier if I lived the “aloha spirit” for which the islands…
More Tax Tips
by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor I realize there are still a few weeks to go but now is really the time to start thinking about doing your taxes. To those of you who have…
Barbarians Inside the Gates
IS Destruction Sweeps Ancient Sites by John J. Metzler Weirs Times Contributing Writer UNITED NATIONS–The barbarians are inside the gates of Nimrud, the ancient Assyrian city in northern Iraq now being plundered, pillaged, and bulldozed…
Stowe Mountain Resort
Two Nights in the Stone Hut on Mount Mansfield by Amy Patenaude Weirs Times Outdoor/Ski Writer Stowe Mountain Resort is a classic ski mountain. Mount Mansfield’s Chin is Vermont’s high point at elevation 4,395 feet.…
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