Judy Turk and the Beacon Visit Washington DC
Shawna Barton Marries Jacob Otis on October 3
Newlyweds living in Andover
Shawna Barton, daughter of Jeff and Tina Barton of Andover, was married to Jacob Otis, son of Steve and Cindy DelBene of Boscawen. The nuptials took place in Salisbury on October 3. Shawna is a lifelong Andover resident and graduated from Merrimack Valley High School in 2011. She graduated from Colby-Sawyer College this May with […]
East Andover Village Preschool, October 2015
Special story-telling program on for December 12
By Lawre Goodnow
The changing seasons of New Hampshire are not lost on our young Preschoolers at East Andover Village Preschool. They notice the changing colors of the leaves and the cool mornings that requires them to wear coats. More closely they continue to discover changes in our playground garden. They notice that the tall sunflowers are […]
Happy Thanksgiving from the Andover Afterschool Program!
Please help them collect Labels for Education
By Diane Adams, AASP
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! It’s hard to believe we are already into November. October was filled with autumn and Halloween fun. We hunted for leaves, pine cones and searched for acorns. We made bird feeders out of the pinecones and counted the acorns and had a friendly competition. The buckets were placed outside where we […]
Mary Hoyt King, October 9, 2015
Raised five children on Hoyt Road
Mary Belle Matthews Hoyt King passed away peacefully after a brief illness on October 9, 2015 in Goodyear, Arizona surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Groton, New Hampshire on June 17, 1927. Mary was raised in Groton and is the daughter of the late Frank “Cap” Matthews and Lena (Hobart) Matthews. Mary […]
Lorraine Silvia, October 4, 2015
Mother of Jacqueline Nadeau
Lorraine (Lorena) M. (Amarantes) Silvia, 77, formerly of Tiverton, Rhode Island and wife of the late Francis L. Silvia Sr., passed away peacefully surrounded by her family and caregivers on October 4, 2015. She was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on May 26, 1938 to John Amarantes and Gloria (Camara) (Amarantes) Labaree. Lorraine was an active […]
Mark Cangiano, September 27, 2015
Long-time Proctor Academy trustee
Leon Mark Cangiano Jr., of Brookline, Massachusetts and Andover, New Hampshire, died on September 27, 2015 after a 10-year battle with Alzheimer’s. Mark was born in Boston on November 27, 1941, the son of Leon Mark, Sr. and Eleanor (Holt) Cangiano. After graduating from Milton Academy (1959) and Middlebury College (1963), he joined his father’s […]
Betty-Jeanne Maheux, September 23, 2015
Apprenticed with Frank Poblenz
Betty-Jeanne D. Maheux, 84, of Laconia died on September 23, 2015 at home, surrounded by her family after a brief period of failing health. Betty-Jeanne was born on November 25, 1930 in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of the late Franklin E. and Jessie L. (Goodwin) Bassett. She moved to Laconia at the age of five. At […]
Highland Lake Applefest 2015
Philippa Ratzki and Leopoldo Guerra Married, September 6, 2015
Farm-to-table dinner, a starry sky, and candlelight
Philippa Ratzki and Leopoldo Guerra were married on September 6 in an outdoor ceremony at the home of the bride’s parents, Mario Ratzki and Caroline Moulton, in East Andover. The groom’s parents, Leopoldo Guerra and Gloria Naranjo, traveled from Colombia to attend. Vera Broekhuysen, the bride’s oldest childhood, officiated. The ceremony took place in front of […]