Specialties

Locally owned for over 18 years, our newspaper is devoted to printing the stories of the people and places that make New Hampshire the best place in the world to live. No, none of the daily grind news will be found in these pages, just the good stuff. 30,000 copies are distributed every week in the Lakes Region/Concord area. 15,000 delivered to communities along the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee and another 15,000 to neighboring cities and towns. An independent circulation audit estimates that over 60,000 people read the Weirs Times every week.

History

Established in 1992.

The Weirs Times and Tourist's Gazette was first published in 1883 by Matthew H. Calvert when it was Calvert's Weirs Times and Tourist Gazette. He published the paper until his death in 1902. In 1992 The Weirs Times was resurrected by Publisher Bob Lawton who is the founder of "Funspot" family entertainment center in the Weirs. He envisioned a weekly publication that would focus on the grand history of not only the Lakes Region but the entire state of New Hampshire. Using the original masthead from Matthew Calvert's publication, as well as the map of Lake Winnipesaukee which occupied the center spread of the original paper, the first editon of the new Weirs Times hit the stands with 5,000 copies in June of 1992. Distribution was focused on the towns around Lake Winnipesaukee. Today The Weirs Times is a free, weekly publication with a circulation of 30,000 copies year round and has a readership of 66,000 who pick up the paper from Plymouth to Concord and from Ossipee to Portsmouth.