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November News from Andover Service Club

The Andover Service Club held its November meeting on Wednesday, November 13, at the Grange Hall in East Andover. Among the topics…

November 23, 2019 • Read

Andover Emergency Services Auxiliary Sells Cookies, Cocoa & Christmas Trees

Please join us on Friday, December 6, from 5 to 9 PM at the East Andover Fire Station, where we will sell…

November 23, 2019 • Read

New London Barn Playhouse Announces a Holiday Performance

The New London Barn Playhouse is pleased to announce their second annual Home for the Holidays, starting with A Very Barnie Christmas…

November 23, 2019 • Read

Warner Historical Society Holds Holiday Shopping Event

Warner Historical Society Holds Holiday Shopping Event On December 7, from 10 AM to 4 PM, the Warner Historical Society will throw…

November 23, 2019 • Read

Andover Thrift & Gift Shop Features Local Artisans

Andover Thrift & Gift Shop Features Local Artisans

The Andover Thrift & Gift Shop is featuring the unique creations of talented Artisans, in addition to their wide selection of women’s…

December 5, 2019 • Read

Hub Offers Christmas is for Kids! Event on December 8

Hub Offers Christmas is for Kids! Event on December 8

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November 25, 2019 • Read

JOSA Opens Season with Performances by Two Jazz Legends

The Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon (JOSA) Series opens its 2019-2020 season with performances by…

November 25, 2019 • Read

Andover School Taxes

Andover School Taxes The 2019 annual School District Meeting voted an operating budget of $5,655,656,…

December 2, 2019 • Read

Public Hearings Scheduled for Possible Zoning Changes

The Andover Planning Board has scheduled Public Hearings to exchange ideas about possible zoning changes…

November 26, 2019 • Read

Andover Historical Society Joins Kickoff for Railroad Series

Andover Historical Society Joins Kickoff for Railroad Series

Want to learn more about the dramatic impact on New Hampshire’s people and places caused by the coming…

October 21, 2019 • Read

Tucker Mountain School House Holds Last Open House of the Year

Tucker Mountain School House Holds Last Open House of the Year

The Tucker Mountain School House will be open on Sunday, October 13 from 1 to 3 PM. Visitors…

September 19, 2019 • Read

A Sign of the Times

A Sign of the Times

High above the roof of the Potter Place railroad station, volunteer Fred Nystrom, a Contoocook railroad buff, checks…

September 19, 2019 • Read

Black Heritage Trail NH Hosts Guided Bus Tour in Warner

Black Heritage Trail NH Hosts Guided Bus Tour in Warner

The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (BHTNH) will hold its first ever guided tour in the town…

September 19, 2019 • Read

Proctor’s Fall Jazz/Rock Performance

Proctor's Fall Jazz/Rock Performance

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Andover Students Recognized by Proctor Athletics

Andover Students Recognized by Proctor Athletics

Andover students continue to impact Proctor in a myriad of ways; in the classroom, in the art studio, and on the athletic fields. This fall, the following Andover students were recognized by their teams for outstanding contributions to Proctor Athletics:…

Students Return from Proctor’s Ocean Classroom

Students Return from Proctor's Ocean Classroom

Andover’s Jaimes Southworth ‘21, Cedar Kiedaisch ‘21, and Chloe Makechnie ‘20 completed nine weeks at sea aboard the 135 foot schooner Roseway as a part of Proctor Academy’s Ocean Classroom program this fall. The crew of 21 students sailed from…

News from East Andover Village Preschool

News from East Andover Village Preschool

At the end of October, we held our Creepy Crawl 5K Fundraiser. Thank you to the many area businesses who were event sponsors, and to all of you who came out to run or walk the course. Even with the…

Turkey Spotted Out Behind AE/MS!

Turkey Spotted Out Behind AE/MS!

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Clifford Visits the AE/MS Book Fair

Clifford Visits the AE/MS Book Fair

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Selecting Books at the AE/MS Book Fair

Selecting Books at the AE/MS Book Fair

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December 2, 2019 • Read

AEMS Students Have Literary Scavenger Hunt

AEMS Students Have Literary Scavenger Hunt

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December 2, 2019 • Read

Andover Organizations

The Andover Community Hub Initiates Campaign

Now that The Andover Community Hub is officially a non-profit organization, and into its fourth year of existence as a community…

December 5, 2019 • Read

Andover Service Club’s Pie Sale A Sweet Success

Andover Service Club’s Pie Sale A Sweet Success

Circle K in Potter Place generously allowed the Andover Service Club, once again, to set up shop inside their store for…

December 5, 2019 • Read

Andover Thrift & Gift Shop Features January Artisans

The Andover Thrift & Gift Shop is featuring the unique creations of talented Artisans, in addition to their wide selection of…

December 5, 2019 • Read

Logging on Tucker Mountain Road

Tucker Mountain Road residents have experienced a number of large…

November 6, 2019 • Read

Report from Concord, October 2019

It looks like the fall foliage in Andover reached its…

November 6, 2019 • Read

Appreciating Andover

October in Andover stimulated my sense of appreciation. The warm,…

November 6, 2019 • Read

It’s a Boy!

Born: Elizabeth Paige Richardson, August 9, 2015

Trevor and Evan St. Clair

Born: Beckett David Pontbriand

Summer Reading Program Rocket Launch

Summer Reading Program Rocket Launch

Girls with Attitude Turn Lemons into Backpacks

New Hampshire Electric Co-op Foundation Awards Grant

$17,000 Divided Between 17 High School Graduates

Other People News

Andover Artist Publishes Story of Hope for Veterans

Andover Artist Publishes Story of Hope for Veterans

Andover native Zimbron has top N.H. women’s finish at Mt. Washington Hillclimb

Meet Dr. Hanrahan, A Local Provider

Franklin VNA & Hospice Nurse Saves Overdose Victim

Around the World

Charlie in Montreal

Charlie in Montreal

The Beacon Around the World

Around the World with the Beacon: Michelle Lambert and Joanne Edgar

Around the World with The Beacon

Lee Ford, December 3, 2019

Lee Ford, December 3, 2019

Vicki S Workman, December 1, 2019

Jean I. Bezon, November 8, 2019

Edward C Hall, November 7, 2019

FNRT-MC Draft Minutes of Board Meeting September 18, 2019

FNRT-MC, Draft Minutes of Board Meeting September 18, 2019 Andover Hub, Andover . Board Attendees: Alex Bernhard, Steve Darling, George Heaton, Craig Heim, Lindy…

September 21, 2019 • Read

Great Blue Heron Catches a Meal

Great Blue Heron Catches a Meal

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September 19, 2019 • Read

Carriage Driving on the Rail Trail

Carriage Driving on the Rail Trail

Once again the Granite State Carriage Driving Association held a Drive and Ride event on the Northern Rail Trail on the 11th of August…

August 16, 2019 • Read

Input Needed For Forest Action Plan 2020

Audubon September Programs Being Offered

Landowner Options Workshop Offered

26TH ANNUAL FSB CHARITY SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT

Franklin Savings Bank will host its 26th Annual Charity Softball Tournament on September 18 – 22, 2019 at Odell Park in Franklin. All proceeds…

September 18, 2019 • Read

Sophia and David Reynolds Win in Division Championship

Sophia and David Reynolds Win in Division Championship

Andover’s Reynolds family continues to shine when it comes to being fast runners. At the recent high school Division II Championship Games, Sophia and…

March 1, 2019 • Read

AE/MS Track Team Has Successful Season

AE/MS Track Team Has Successful Season

The Andover Middle School track team started practice on April 1st. Twenty six excited middle schoolers from 5th through 8th grade were ready to…

June 29, 2018 • Read

Lions Club Christmas Basketball Tournament Results

AE/MS Girls Basketball Team Battles Franklin Girls

Camden Donovan Takes First in Indoor Track Event

Pemigewasset Choral Society Upcoming Events

The holiday season will soon be upon us. The Pemigewasset Choral Society would like to invite you to…

December 2, 2019 • Read

The Coffeehouse Offers “Local Color” in Next Three Concerts

A Friday Evening at the Andover Coffeehouse

Other Organizations

What’s Happening In Wilmot this December?

Join the fun at the Wilmot Community Association There’s a ho – ho – whole lot happening in…

December 2, 2019 • Read

Franklin VNA & Hospice Provides Grief Support Options

Ongoing Transmission Line Maintenance

Grand Opening of Edward Jones Office in New London

Grand Opening of Edward Jones Office in New London

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August 16, 2019 • Read

CDFA Awards $5 Million in Tax Credits to New Hampshire Nonprofits

Effort to promote sustainable slopes

Town Librarian and a Volunteer Create Scarecrows

Town Librarian and a Volunteer Create Scarecrows

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October 21, 2019 • Read

Time to Put Up Scarecrows & Pumpkin People

Build Your Halloween Scarecrow or Pumpkin Person Again This Fall