Wilmot Garden Club’s Annual Plant Sale on May 24

8 AM to noon in Wilmot Flat

Press release

The Wilmot Garden Club is holding its annual plant sale from 8 AM to noon on the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend, May 24, at the Old Wilmot Firehouse next to the Wilmot Post Office in Wilmot Flat. As always, the annual plant sale will be held on one day only, rain or shine. A […]

Wilmot Farmers Market Receives Grant to Increase Its Visibility

Market setting aside space for artists and artisans

Press release

The Wilmot Farmers Market (WFM) received a New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food mini-grant to use for a promotional project. The grant will enable the market to have more signage for the contiguous towns around Wilmot and have a larger presence once a month in The Kearsarge Shopper. The goal is to increase […]

Workshop on Chainsaw Safety and Maintenance in Wilmot

Join Eric Johnson on May 8 at 7 PM

Press release

The Wilmot Conservation Commission is sponsoring a workshop on chainsaw safety and maintenance for the weekend woodcutter, with Eric Johnson of East Andover, Program Director of the New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association; and Spencer Laramie, a professional logger, as presenters. The workshop will be held on Thursday, May 8, at 7 PM at the Wilmot […]

Register Online for Black Fly Blitz by May 23 at Noon

Memorial Day race in Wilmot at 9 AM

Press release

Online registration is open for the Wilmot Community Association’s (WCA) 10th annual Black Fly Blitz 5K. The race starts at 9 AM on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26 in Wilmot Flat. The first 100 runners to register will receive a free Black Fly Blitz T-shirt. Online registration, which closes at noon on Friday, May 23, is […]

Mount Sunapee’s Adventure Park Opens May 24

Many events throughout the summer

Press release

This summer and fall more than 60,000 people will visit Mount Sunapee Resort in Newbury. The resort’s new Adventure Park, along with the 81st annual League of New Hampshire Craftsmen’s Fair plus other special events, have made Mount Sunapee one of the most popular summer and fall attractions in the Dartmouth/Lake Sunapee Region of New […]

Andover’s Natural Resources Face Pressures from Development

May 12 presentation looks at protections

Press release

A senior staffer at the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests will offer a presentation on protecting the natural resources of the Andover area at 6:30 PM on Monday, May 12, in Proctor Academy’s Old Stone Chapel in Andover village. The presentation, co-sponsored by Proctor Academy and the Andover Conservation Commission as part […]

Andover Naturally, May 2014

Spring Time is Foraging Time

By Lee Carvalho, for the Beacon
Andover Naturally, May 2014

Finally May! After such a long, snow-encased winter, it is wonderful to be out in the woods again. With trees only beginning to leaf out, one can see the skeleton of hills, pits, and ridges that form the floor of the woods. And if you are out looking for wildflowers and warblers, you might just […]

Charity Ride for Hemophilia Society on the Rail Trail

June 27 to 29 event raises funds, awareness

Press release

The Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA) expands its fourth annual Gears for Good charity bike ride to several regions across the nation starting this year. The first regional bike ride will be held in Andover on the weekend of June 27 through 29. On Saturday, June 28, the ride will go from the Highland Lake […]

Crafters Market Coming to Wilmot

Saturdays 9 to 2 starting on May 17

Press release

Starting on Saturday, May 17, area craftspeople will have a chance to display and sell their crafts through a new Crafters Market in Wilmot. The market will be open every Saturday from 9 AM to 2 PM starting on May 17 at the Wilmot Community Association building, 64 Village Road in Wilmot. “There are a […]

Colby-Sawyer Students Push for 20% Local Food

College partners with many producers within 100 miles

By Jacqueline Susmann, Colby-Sawyer '14
Colby-Sawyer Students Push for 20% Local Food

A student-led initiative to secure 20% of the food items offered in Colby-Sawyer’s dining hall from local sources sparked a successful partnership between students, college administrators, and Sodexo Dining Services. That goal was met this spring; 20.9% of Colby-Sawyer’s food purchases come from sources located within 100 miles of the college. Chicken, pork, beef, soymilk, […]

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