Andover’s Zach Barton Loves Making Maple Syrup

2023 award winner for best sugar shack

By Donna Baker-Hartwell
Andover’s Zach Barton Loves Making Maple Syrup

The weekend of March 18 – 19 was the annual statewide Maple Weekend. Trail Side Sugar House, at 246 Currier Road in Andover, was ready for it with 450 gallons of Grade A maple syrup. I visited owner Zach Barton the day before the big weekend. His sugar house was last year’s winner of the […]

Lindsey Schust’s New Single “Sugar Shock” Airs January 20

Country and pop with a tropical island feel.

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Lindsey Schust’s New Single “Sugar Shock” Airs January 20

  New Hampshire based singer-songwriter, Lindsey Schust, will release her new toe-tapping single Sugar Shock on January 20, 2023.  Listeners can stream the song on all music platforms (including Amazon Music, Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube). Sugar Shock combines country and pop with a tropical island feel. The song was recorded in Andover by Jimmy […]

60th Wedding Anniversary Celebration Honors Louise and Ted Andrus

Daughters arranged milestone event gathering and announcement

By Nicki French
60th Wedding Anniversary Celebration Honors Louise and Ted Andrus

A backyard celebration was held on Saturday, August 6, in Salisbury with family and friends in honor of the 60th wedding anniversary of Louise and Ted Andrus. The Andruses were married August 3, 1962 in Franklin by a justice of the peace. Ted and Louise had no honeymoon. They had no home and owned no […]

Webster Resident Announces Candidacy for District 26 Run

New Floterial District includes Andover

By David Nesbitt

My name is David Nesbitt, a nine-year resident of Webster. I am announcing my candidacy to the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Merrimack Floterial District 26.   A floterial district is one that “floats” over other districts in order that each district has the correct proportion of representatives to the local population.  In this case, […]

Deborah Aylward of Danbury Files Candidacy for District 5

Republican Party booth on Fourth of July

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Deborah Aylward of Danbury Files Candidacy for District 5

Deborah Aylward announced that on June 9 she filed with the Danbury Town Clerk as a Republican candidate for one of the two New Hampshire House of Representatives seats serving Merrimack County District 5 (Andover, Danbury, Hill, Salisbury, and Webster).  Aylward is a native of Washington DC and a New Hampshire resident since 2006. Having […]

Andover’s Holly Trott Places Second in Local Dance Competition

2022 Dancing with the Newport Stars

By Larry Chase
Andover’s Holly Trott Places Second in Local Dance Competition

Longtime Andover resident Holly Trott was among the winners of a recent “2022 Dancing with the Newport Stars” contest held at the Newport Opera House and sponsored by the Newport Area Chamber of Commerce. Trott and her dancing partner Aaron Cherry, a resident of Newport, came in second among the six couples competing for the […]