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Pumpkinheads and Scarecrows All Over Town!

Pumpkinheads and Scarecrows All Over Town!

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November 6, 2022 • Read

Alex Bernhard Receives Recognition for 17 Years of Service to FNRT

Alex Bernhard Receives Recognition for 17 Years of Service to FNRT

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November 4, 2022 • Read

Andover Garden Club Announces Winners of Horticultural Awards

Andover Garden Club Announces Winners of Horticultural Awards

he Andover Garden Club is excited to announce the winners of the Beautification of Andover – A Garden Competition. In early summer…

October 23, 2022 • Read

Through the Reading Glasses November 2022

Once upon a long time ago, there lived a boy named Harry Potter. Well, not exactly. How about: once upon a time…

October 22, 2022 • Read

Santa Returns to the Hub to Meet and Greet Visitors

Santa Returns to the Hub to Meet and Greet Visitors

As he did before COVID appeared, Santa Claus is coming to town – again! He’ll be meeting and greeting visitors at the…

October 22, 2022 • Read

Hub Giving Tree Ignites Spirit of Holiday Giving

Hub Giving Tree Ignites Spirit of Holiday Giving

The third annual community-wide campaign to encourage the spirit of holiday giving to those Andover residents most in need will begin with…

October 22, 2022 • Read

Preschoolers Listen Intently During Storytime at Bachelder Library

Preschoolers Listen Intently During Storytime at Bachelder Library

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November 25, 2022 • Read

Bachelder Library New Acquisitions for November 2022

Adult Fiction All Good People Here, Ashley Flowers The Case for Jamie, Brittany Cavallaro Fall…

October 22, 2022 • Read

Hub Completes Two Major Capital Campaign Projects

Hub Completes Two Major Capital Campaign Projects

The Board of Directors of the Andover Community Hub is pleased to announce that…

October 22, 2022 • Read

Property Gain Marks Second Half of Andover Historical Society’s 40 Years

The second half of the Andover Historical Society’s 40 years began with the addition of three new properties. …

July 21, 2022 • Read

Author Shares A Piece of Andover History from Book “Beech Hill”

The Andover Historical Society recently received a donation of 50 journals written by Wendell Elkins, the son of…

July 18, 2022 • Read

Florence Clarke Gove Celebrates 100th Birthday in July

Florence Clarke Gove Celebrates 100th Birthday in July

Note: This article about Florence Clarke Gove was written by Dorothy O. Ford in January of 1997. Florence…

June 22, 2022 • Read

Andover Historical Society Celebrates 40th Anniversary

In Potter Place lies a classic Victorian Style rural passenger train station built by the Northern Railroad in…

June 20, 2022 • Read

AE/MS Holds Veterans Day Celebration on Thursday, November 10

AE/MS Holds Veterans Day Celebration on Thursday…

The AE/MS school community invites all veterans to a Veterans Day Celebration on Thursday, November 10, at 9:30 AM at Andover Elementary/Middle School. This event is to honor our veterans and show gratitude and respect for their duty and sacrifice.…

Braeden MacKenzie Contributes to Varsity Girls’ Soccer Record of 6-4-1

Braeden MacKenzie Contributes to Varsity Girls' …

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Proctor Gets a Solid Start to Fall Athletics With Strong Performances

Proctor Gets a Solid Start to Fall Athletics Wit…

Proctor Academy’s fall athletic teams are off to a solid start to the fall season. As of October 22, varsity football sits at 3-1, varsity girls soccer is 6-4-1, varsity field hockey 6-3, and varsity boys soccer 3-7-2. With just…

Proctor Hosts Annual Fall Art Show; Jazz/Rock Ensemble

Proctor Hosts Annual Fall Art Show; Jazz/Rock En…

Proctor’s Visual Arts Department will host its annual Fall Art Show on Friday, November 11, at 6 PM in the Wilkins Meeting House. Student work from woodworking, metal engineering, metal sculpture, studio art, ceramics, and photography will be on display…

AE/MS Plays Soccer Enthusiastically Against Franklin Middle School

AE/MS Plays Soccer Enthusiastically Against Fran…

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AE/MS 7th Grader Goes for the Ball While Playing Franklin

AE/MS 7th Grader Goes for the Ball While Playing…

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Fifth Grade Teacher Katie Dow Announces This Years Play

Fifth Grade Teacher Katie Dow Announces This Years Play

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October 23, 2022 • Read

Alice in Wonderland Play Announcement Elicits Excited Response

Alice in Wonderland Play Announcement Elicits Excited Response

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October 23, 2022 • Read

Andover Organizations

Turkey Raffle to be Held on Friday, November 18, 7 PM

The annual Turkey Raffle, sponsored by the Andover Fish and Game Club, will be held at the Clubhouse in East Andover…

November 7, 2022 • Read

Alex Bernhard Receives Recognition for 17 Years of Service to FNRT

Alex Bernhard Receives Recognition for 17 Years of Service to FNRT

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November 4, 2022 • Read

Thrift and Gift Shop Offers Many Holiday Gift Ideas

Shopping local not only saves you time and money, but supports local business people. Shopping at the Andover Thrift and Gift…

October 23, 2022 • Read

Carlisle Supports Rights, Health, Safety, and Social Support Programs

Lorna grew up in a large family in Webster, absorbing…

November 4, 2022 • Read

Voter Praises Candidate Aylward for Dedication

Over the past few months I have spent time talking…

November 4, 2022 • Read

Governor Sununu’s Record Contradicts Moderate Stance

Governor Sununu pretends to be a moderate. He is anything…

November 4, 2022 • Read

It’s a Boy!

Born: Elizabeth Paige Richardson, August 9, 2015

Trevor and Evan St. Clair

Born: Beckett David Pontbriand

Andover Sisters Wake Up With America

Andover Sisters Wake Up With America

Summer Reading Program Rocket Launch

Girls with Attitude Turn Lemons into Backpacks

New Hampshire Electric Co-op Foundation Awards Grant

Other People News

60th Wedding Anniversary Celebration Honors Louise and Ted Andrus

60th Wedding Anniversary Celebration Honors Louise and Ted Andrus

Webster Resident Announces Candidacy for District 26 Run

Deborah Aylward of Danbury Files Candidacy for District 5

Former AE/MS Student Graduates with Juris Doctor Degree

Around the World

Around the World with the Beacon

Around the World with the Beacon

Linda McGrail Reads the Beacon While Seated on a Camel in the Negev Desert

Jerusalem Provides a Backdrop as Andover Community Church Members as They Read the Beacon

To Texas and Back in an Electric Vehicle: $240

Charlotte Adeline (Currier) Clark – October 8, 2022

Charlotte Adeline (Currier) Clark – October 8, 2022

Marjorie Clark – October 15, 2022

Arthur Jay “AJ” MacArthur Sr – September 26, 2022

Linda McLaughlin Tate – September 29, 2022

Eagle Attempts to Capture a Loon on Highland Lake

Donna Baker-Hartwell of East Andover forwarded this video, taken by Earle Davis in early October, of a dramatic attempt on the part of…

October 20, 2022 • Read

Highland Lake Loon Chicks Continue to Grow and Thrive

Highland Lake Loon Chicks Continue to Grow and Thrive

As of September 13, our loon chicks are 78 days old. They look almost as big as their parents. It has been a successful…

September 18, 2022 • Read

Highland Lake Loon Chicks Continue to Grow and Thrive

Highland Lake Loon Chicks Continue to Grow and Thrive

On June 27, after approximately 28 days of nesting, two fuzzy light brown loon chicks arrived on Highland Lake. Because the nest is on…

July 16, 2022 • Read

Loon Nest Watch Continues on Highland Lake

Loon Preservation Committee Urges Public to Give Nesting Loons Space

Fishing Derby Participant Nets Three Trophies for Longest Trout

Andover Recreation Soccer Wrap-Up; Basketball Sign-Ups

Andover’s Rec Soccer program completed a successful fall season thanks to the tireless effort of volunteer coaches at all levels. A huge thank you…

October 24, 2022 • Read

Andover’s Sophia Reynolds Ends High School Track Career with 1600 Meter Win

Andover’s Sophia Reynolds Ends High School Track Career with 1600 Meter Win

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June 17, 2022 • Read

Andover Youth Baseball Teams Pose for Photo Op on Opening Day

Andover Youth Baseball Teams Pose for Photo Op on Opening Day

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May 24, 2022 • Read

The Rookies Team Proudly Stands with Their Banner on Opening Day

The Minors, a team with Andover Youth Baseball, displays their banner on opening day of the 2022 season

Andover Majors Blue Team Stands with Their Banner

Preschoolers Listen Intently During Storytime at Bachelder Library

Preschoolers Listen Intently During Storytime at Bachelder Library

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November 25, 2022 • Read

Bachelder Library October Newsletter

Bachelder Library New Acquisitions for November 2022

Other Organizations

Kearsarge Area Senior Lunch Takes Place on November 17

The November Kearsarge Area Senior Luncheon Program, hosted by the Wilmot Ladies Aid Society, will take place at…

October 22, 2022 • Read

South Danbury Church News for November 2022

Local Author Mary Kronenwetter Speaks at Upcoming Event

Affordable Health Screening Event Comes to Franklin in October

Residents living in and around Franklin can learn about their risk for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and other…

September 19, 2022 • Read

Mane Street Salon Welcomes New Stylist Trisha Laro

Franklin’s Stevens Mill Receives Construction Financing

More Scarecrows Appear Around East Andover for Fall

More Scarecrows Appear Around East Andover for Fall

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October 23, 2022 • Read

Robin Raids a Chokeberry Bush in Colorful Fall Sighting

Loon Babies Make an Appearance; Identified by Leg Band