It’s June; it’s time; it’s baseball season! For the Bachelder Library Book Club’s May selection, I chose to re-read one of my favorites, especially because it’s June; it’s time… Michael Chabon’s “Summerland” is an extraordinary book: part children’s, easily adult, steampunk and adventure, he sucks in the reader inning by inning, run by run. He […]
Libraries Newsletter The Andover Libraries need your help with two projects! We are hoping to deliver books to folks who cannot make it to the library. Generous patrons have volunteered to help, but we do need to know who these appreciative friends and neighbors might be. Please give us a call if you know anyone […]
Thank you to all our community members who visited our Art Show at the Bachelder Library in May; we loved reading all the kind, encouraging comments you left in our guest book. Also in May, we worked in our garden (we are excited to see our peas thriving and carrots beginning to pop through), we […]
Thursday, June 20th
Executive counselors Mike Cryans and Andru Volinski will be at the Andover Hub on June 20 at 6 PM. Cryans represents district 1, which includes Andover and Danbury, Volinski represents district 2, including Salisbury. Both will answer questions and tell us about the Executive Council and its role in New Hampshire. Councilor Volinski will also […]
The Andover Service Club held its monthly meeting on May 8 at the Andover Grange. Delicious refreshments were provided by hostesses Kit Norris, Eileen Mackey, and Kathy Kelley. This was followed by an informative and interactive program presented by fiber artist Priscilla Parmenter. The ladies were shown how to card and spin raw wool into […]
Sunday, June 9
The Andover Historical Society will open the Tucker Mountain Schoolhouse for the season, and host its first open house, on Sunday, June 9 from 1 to 3 PM. The schoolhouse is located two miles from the Highland Lake Inn. Just follow the signs from Route 11 in East Andover Village. From June through October the […]
Mark your calendars! The Andover Historical Society (AHS) announces the following schedule of public events beginning in May and continuing through mid-October. All are free and open to the public. For more information about the Society, go to www.andoverhistory.org. Saturday, May 4: Indoor spring clean-up, 9 AM-noon, at the Potter Place Railroad Station Museum and […]
Sale begins May 26 at Gordon-Lull House in Potter Place
A collection of over 50 sketches, pen-and-ink drawings, pastels, oil and watercolor paintings, and prints by celebrated New Hampshire artist Annaleida van’t Hoff (1909-1997) will go on sale on Saturday, May 26, in Andover, where van’t Hoff lived and worked for much of her life. The works have been made available by Lisa McCall, van’t […]