The Andover Beacon | Our Hometown Newspaper

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.…

September 18, 2019 • Read

Celebrating the Past; Preparing for the Future

Andover Community Church is celebrating the past with gratitude, but looking towards the future. We have a new look, a new vision,…

August 23, 2019 • Read

Fun Murder Mystery Fundraiser for Franklin Opera House

Franklin Opera House will present their annual Murder Mystery Dessert Theatre, September 20 & 21, to benefit the Franklin Opera House Restoration…

August 22, 2019 • Read

Andover Library News & Views & Book Club

Chances Galore! Both libraries will issue one raffle ticket per visit throughout the month of September for a chance to win local…

August 22, 2019 • Read

Andover Planning Board Approved Minutes July 23, 2019

APPROVED Planning Board Minutes July 23, 2019 Members present: Nancy Teach, Chair; Art Urie, Vice-Chair; Doug Phelps; Randy Monti; John Hodgson; and…

August 24, 2019 • Read

Girls with Attitude Turn Lemons into Backpacks

Girls with Attitude Turn Lemons into Backpacks

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August 20, 2019 • Read

Andover’s Vienna Marcus ‘20 Elected School Leader

Andover’s Vienna Marcus ‘20 Elected School Leader

Each year, Proctor Academy’s students and faculty elect a school leader and assistant school leader…

August 22, 2019 • Read

A Taste of Proctor’s Off-Campus Programs

A Taste of Proctor’s Off-Campus Programs

Thirty Proctor Academy students will study off-campus this fall. More than 90 over the course…

August 22, 2019 • Read

Project Trio To Visit Kearsarge Regional School District

Summer Music Associates is a non-profit organization in New London that sponsors and promotes five…

September 19, 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

Wilmot Historical Society Posts New Oral Histories on Website

Wilmot Historical Society Posts New Oral Histories on Website

The Wilmot Historical Society invites you to view the latest oral history videos posted on the Memories of…

September 19, 2019 • Read

October News from Andover Village Preschool

October News from Andover Village Preschool

This year we welcomed 14 new children to our little school, joining the 11 children returning from last year. We have had a fabulous first month! The first few weeks of school are all about getting to know each other…

Kearsarge Regional Middle School Debuts Four New Scoreboards

Kearsarge Regional Middle School Debuts Four New…

Superintendent Winfried Feneberg is pleased to share that there are four new scoreboards at the Kearsarge Regional Middle School athletic fields. Each athletic field at Kearsarge Regional Middle School, including two soccer, one baseball and one softball field, has a…

First Graders Complete Summer Reading Challenge

First Graders Complete Summer Reading Challenge

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September 11 Memorial Ceremony Held at AE/MS

September 11 Memorial Ceremony Held at AE/MS

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AE/MS Welcomes Third Graders with Kona Treats

AE/MS Welcomes Third Graders with Kona Treats

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AE/MS Second Grade Group

AE/MS Second Grade Group

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AEMS Staff Welcomes Students and New Families

AEMS Staff Welcomes Students and New Families

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September 19, 2019 • Read

Andover’s Vienna Marcus ‘20 Elected School Leader

Andover’s Vienna Marcus ‘20 Elected School Leader

Each year, Proctor Academy’s students and faculty elect a school leader and assistant school leader to serve as representatives of the student body. For the 2019-2020 academic year,…

August 22, 2019 • Read

Andover Organizations

Andover Emergency Services Auxiliary Town Wide Yard Sale

Andover Emergency Services Auxiliary Town Wide Yard Sale

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September 21, 2019 • Read

Wetlands Conservation in Andover

In order to understand the importance of conserving wetlands, we must first understand what they are, what different kinds of wetlands…

September 21, 2019 • Read

Andover Hub to be Beneficiary of Thursday’s Child Event

The Andover Community Hub will be a beneficiary of the October 17 “Thursday’s Child” event at The Coach House Restaurant in…

September 19, 2019 • Read

Hit & Run! Thank You!

They say New Englanders tend to keep to themselves and…

September 21, 2019 • Read

Learning From History

I was born in Germany in 1948, after World War…

September 19, 2019 • Read

Remember When

Do you remember when Andover had a high school? I…

September 19, 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 native Zimbron has top N.H. women’s finish at Mt. Washington Hillclimb

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

From Grad to Grad School

Around the World

The Beacon Around the World

The Beacon Around the World

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

Around the World with The Beacon

Around the World with the Beacon, Spartanburg, South Carolina

Nora (Quinlan) Waystack, August 27, 2019

Robert “Bob” Flint, Sr., September 14, 2019

Robert W. McClellan, September 9, 2019

Leo A. McKenna, August 26, 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

Concord ‘Indie-Folk’ Soloist At October Coffeehouse Concert

Concord-based indie-folk singer-songwriter-guitarist Steven Chagnon, billed as “involved in music since the age of two or three” (he’s…

September 21, 2019 • Read

Andover Libraries Book Club October 2019

Through the Reading Glasses October 2019

Other Organizations

Salisbury Farmers Market Season Ends

The Salisbury Farmers Market came to a close on September 30th. The market has improved every year thanks…

September 21, 2019 • Read

The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire Hosts Jean Bosco Rutagengwa

Concord Regional VNA Offers Better Choices, Better Health™ Workshop

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

Build Your Halloween Scarecrow or Pumpkin Person Again This Fall

Yes, it’s time again, time to start building that Halloween scarecrow or pumpkin person! Last autumn, businesses around…

August 23, 2019 • Read

Please Help Identify This Picture

Tree Trimming along Route 11 in East Andover