Jay Fitzpatrick Three-peats Photo Awards

Two wins in Kearsarge Magazine's 2015 contest

Press release
Jay Fitzpatrick Three-peats Photo Awards

For the third straight year, photographer Jay Fitzpatrick of East Andover has earned two awards in Kearsarge Magazine’s annual photography contest. His photograph of the waterfalls at the outflow of Pleasant Lake in Elkins won the judge’s award for “Places,” and an image of three bobhouses on Lake Sunapee won in the “Things” category. Jay […]

Frank Baker Wraps Up a Lifetime of Restoration Projects

1959 IH Cub Lo-Boy is almost finished

By Donna Baker-Hartwell, for the Beacon
Frank Baker Wraps Up a Lifetime of Restoration Projects

This summer my father, Frank Baker Jr., finished up what will be his last “big” project – the complete restoration of a 1959 International Cub Lo-Boy tractor. Bought in December, 2012 from Todd Adams of East Andover, Dad spent two and a half years taking it apart, sand-blasting, repairing, rebuilding, and repainting everything down to […]

Henry Shea, September 3, 2015

Father of Anne Yates

Henry Shea, September 3, 2015

Henry M. Shea Jr., 85, of Plaistow, passed away September 3, 2015 at Exeter Hospital. He was born on August 22, 1930 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, the son of the late Henry M. and Jessie N. (Merrill) Shea. He was raised and educated in Haverhill and graduated from the Haverhill Trade School, Class of 1949. Henry […]

East Andover Village Preschool, September 2015

Creepy Crawly Walk on November 1

By Amy Rheaume, EAVP
East Andover Village Preschool, September 2015

September at the East Andover Village Preschool (EAVP) has been filled with new friendships, butterflies, and garden adventures. Twenty-five preschoolers and four teachers, many of who were strangers just a month ago, are spending our days together playing and learning. Each of us is taking a turn presenting a home-school project – a bag filled […]

Andover After School Program: September 2015

AASP welcomes Becca Lance

By Diane Adams, AASP
Andover After School Program: September 2015

Happy fall, everyone! We have had a great beginning of a new year. I’d like to welcome Becca Lance to our program. She is very enthusiastic and excited to join our team. She also works with Mrs. Jacobs and myself at AE/MS! I would like to take a moment to thank Stephanie Croteau, who helped […]

Walter Lane, September 15, 2015

Summered on Ragged Mountain

Walter Appleton Lane Jr., 87, of Hobe Sound, Florida, died in Stuart, Florida on September 15, 2015. He was born in 1928 in Boston to Dr. Walter Lane and Mildred Hollidge Lane. He was predeceased by his sister Barbara Wright. His parents had a home on Ragged Mountain, and Walter spent his summers growing up there. […]

Tay Clark, September 11, 2015

A tireless volunteer in Andover

Ann “Tay” Whittlesey Clark, 74, of Andover and of Greensburg, Kentucky, died on September 11, 2015 at Speare Memorial Hospital in Plymouth. Having contracted a serious illness at the age of nine, she was not expected to live beyond that age. On and off for the rest of her life, she struggled, uncomplaining, with related […]

Anita Ratte, July 18, 2015

Mother of Renee Ratte

Anita Ratte, 69, of Gilford, died on July 18, 2015, at Genesis Laconia Rehabilitation Center.   Anita was born on September 27, 1945, in New Haven, Connecticut, the daughter of the late Walter and Helen (Suhaka) Choronzy. A graduate of East Haven High School, she was also a graduate of Stones Business School in New […]

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