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THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, January 21, 2010
We i r S be a c H We b Si t e iS bu S i n e S S
oW n e r ’S co m m u n i t y pr o j e c t
by roger Amsden
News Correspondent
WEIRS BEACH - Robert Ames started
working as a bowling alley at-
tendant at his dad’s Half Moon
Bowling Alley when he was only
eight years old and has many
special memories of the hustle
and bustle of Weirs Beach in its
heyday.
A little over 10 years ago
he started his own website,
weirsbeach.com, which combines
a visitor’s guide, which covers the
entire Lakes Region, with a his-
tory of the area which features
many old photos and postcards
and links to virtually anything
Aerial view of Weirs Beach in 1947, above. The weirsbeach.com web
that a person would want to
page, started by Robert Ames, is at right. CoUrtesy WeIrsBeACh.Com
know about the area.
“I’ve tried to make it as compre- growing up. I try to include ev- date and improve the web site. ing bring people to the area so
hensive and up to date as pos- erything that’s pertinent to Weirs “My work on it resembles a bell that we all benefit,” says Ames.
sible. It’s a way for people who Beach,” says Ames. curve, way up in the winter and Over the years he’s had the
are thinking about coming here Now that winter has set in, down to virtually nothing in the chance to do extensive research
to see all the things that they Ames, who, along with his broth- summer. It’s a personal project for the web site and says that one
can do while they’re here and ers Jeff and Michael, runs the with me. Everything’s free so of the best sources for invoking
also for locals who might want to Half Moon businesses that their there’s no money to be made. I nostalgia are old postcards.
refresh their memory about what father, Sid, started in 1948, says try not to exclude anyone and see “The Weirs was at its zenith
the area was like when they were that he’ll have more time to up- it as a community service, help- during the See weB on 18
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