Can you measure happiness? Kearsarge Valley Transition Initiative thinks so. In association with HappyCounts.org, it is releasing the first comprehensive survey of happiness in the Kearsarge region, as part of the Community-Based Research Project class at Colby-Sawyer College. “This survey is comprehensive and based on what is important and relevant to our lives,” says Harvey […]
Lions and tigers and bears! Oh, my! Join us for our next fundraising event: Concert for the Animals at the Elks Lodge, 192 Central Street, Franklin, on Saturday, March 23, from 6 PM to midnight. Enjoy good music, food, door prizes, and a raffle, all for $10. Okay, not really, actually cuddly cats and docile […]
Susan Chase, the Andover “Town Crier” correspondent for the Concord Monitor, reminds Andover organizations and individuals that she welcomes notices of upcoming events and other items of potential interest to Monitor readers from Andover for publication in the “Town Crier” section of the paper each Sunday. Organizations that would like publicity for their events can […]
We began our new year with a program about the Isles of Shoals. Nancy Barrett, our leader, had attended a conference there and was so taken with the islands and its history that she wanted to share her information with the Halcyon Seeker members. So many times we are so anxious to go other places […]
The Andover Lions were unable to meet due to slippery roads on February 11. Hopefully, we will be able to meet on the 25th of February. The speaker for the second meeting in January was Eric Wiswall, owner of the Haunting Whispers Vineyard in Danbury. We were also delighted to have Erin, his wife and […]
Area residents are invited to a showing of the 2012 documentary Surviving Progress on Wednesday, March 6, at 7 PM in the library of the Andover Elementary/Middle School. The film is sponsored by the Kearsarge Area Transition Initiative and the Andover Energy Group. Surviving Progress poses the challenge currently facing our world of how we best use […]
Soda Shoppe, Franklin: Saturday, March 30
The annual Town Report includes reports from all the Town committees, boards, commissions, and other entities that form our local government. It also includes reports from some agencies and organizations that serve our community. To round out this annual update, the Beacon asked over 20 other organizations that serve our community for a short report on […]
Immaculate Conception in Potter Place is a small church with a full house each Sunday. Our only mass is at 8:30 AM, and everyone who attends becomes special, and we are all connected. Events during the year include the upcoming Spaghetti Supper (now 33 years old), our Spring and Fall Rummage Sales, and our annual […]
East Andover Village Preschool continues to grow and learn on Chase Hill Road as part of the Andover Congregational Church property. Our continuing teachers are Elizabeth Janvrin, Alicia Colby, and Carmen Bates, and we have welcomed Lois Magenau to our teaching team. We have morning and full-day preschool programs for children ages three years to […]