| Weirs Times | |
| Type: | Weekly newspaper |
| Format: | Broadsheet |
| Foundation: | 1883 |
| Owners: | Weirs Publishing Company Inc. |
| Editor: | Brendan Smith |
| Circulation: | 30,000 |
| Headquarters: | 515 Endicott Street North, Weirs, Belknap County, NH 03246 |
| Oclc: | 15993584 |
The Weirs Times is a free weekly newspaper that features stories about New Hampshire personalities, businesses, and histories. It has over 30,000 weekly readers in the central and eastern regions of the state.[1] [2] Established in 1883, the Times was originally titled Calvert's Weirs Times and Tourists' Gazette.[3] Editor and owner Matthew Calvert published the paper every summer until 1902.[4]
In 1992 Bob Lawton revived the paper using the same masthead Calvert used, as well as the copyrighted map of Lake Winnipesaukee that was printed on every issue of Calvert's paper.[5] Lawson is also a former representative to the New Hampshire legislature and owns Funspot, which was named the largest arcade in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2008.[6]