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Elbo-Edge 100th Anniversary Gathering Retraces Memories

A group of Elbo-Edge guests, employees, descendants of employees, family members, and the great-grandson of the real estate agent who arranged a…

May 15, 2022 • Read

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

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

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May 15, 2022 • Read

Turtles Sun Themselves on a Log on Emery Pond

Turtles Sun Themselves on a Log on Emery Pond

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May 13, 2022 • Read

Andover Energy Group Shows “Wasted! The Story of Food Waste”

Andover Energy Group Shows “Wasted! The Story of Food Waste”

The Andover Energy Group will host a showing of the film “Wasted! The Story of Food Waste” on Monday, May 23, at…

April 19, 2022 • Read

Fleming Center for Artistic Development Opens June 15

Fleming Center for Artistic Development Opens June 15

The New London Barn Playhouse is pleased to announce the official opening of the new Fleming Center for Artistic Development at the…

May 9, 2022 • Read

Book Club Pick for May is Jessica Bruder’s Nomadland

The Andover Libraries Book Club meets on the fourth Wednesday of every month at the Bachelder Library, just up Chase Hill Road…

April 21, 2022 • Read

NHEC Members to Receive Capital Credits on July Electric Bills

At its April 2022 meeting, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative’s (NHEC) Board of Directors reviewed the…

May 8, 2022 • Read

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

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

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May 15, 2022 • Read

Feeding Waterfowl at Area Lakes Creates Multiple Problems

Feeding waterfowl can create problems for the birds, their environment, and people. The idea that…

May 14, 2022 • Read

Elbo-Edge 100th Anniversary Gathering Retraces Memories

A group of Elbo-Edge guests, employees, descendants of employees, family members, and the great-grandson of the real estate…

May 15, 2022 • Read

Historical Society Exhibit Features Tuttle Family and Descendants

Historical Society Exhibit Features Tuttle Family and Descendants

The Andover Historical Society will present an exhibit of photos, memorabilia, furniture, and household items from Weare Drake…

April 18, 2022 • Read

Attempt at Title Restrictions on the Emery Place Fails

Attempt at Title Restrictions on the Emery Place Fails

Ralph Chaffee, in his book “East Andover and Its People Fifty Years Ago and Today,” includes a history…

March 25, 2022 • Read

Highland Lake Grange Was Built to Provide Secondary Education

NB: Most of the quotations in this article come from Ralph Chaffee’s monograph about this building; some are…

January 14, 2022 • Read

EAVP Says Goodbye to 11 Preschoolers This June

EAVP Says Goodbye to 11 Preschoolers This June

May has been a busy month, and preschoolers are excited for the planting season. We have started our seeds inside, watching the little sprouts break through the soil. We have a variety of vegetables, fruits, and herbs that we will…

Proctor’s Girls Varsity Tennis Ends Season with Stunning Performance

Proctor's Girls Varsity Tennis Ends Season with …

Proctor’s girls varsity tennis team put an exclamation point on a tremendous season with an absolutely stunning performance at the Lakes Region Tournament. In 90 degree heat, this group of girls pulled together to win #1 singles, #2 singles, and…

Proctor Celebrates Earth Day 2022 Practicing Environmental Stewardship

Proctor Celebrates Earth Day 2022 Practicing Env…

Human connection requires two parties to willingly step into relationship with one another. Nature, however, is always waiting with open arms. As we consider how we might better walk alongside each other as humans, we must spend time in nature…

Proctor Academy Recognizes Importance of Transparency with Andover

Proctor Academy Recognizes Importance of Transpa…

Since 1848, Proctor Academy and the town of Andover have been inextricably linked: First as a school serving the children of the Andover and local area, and later as a boarding school serving high school aged boys, and now as…

Second Graders Present Earth Change Research to Younger Students

Second Graders Present Earth Change Research to …

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National Butterfly Project Takes Flight in Andover Through Eighth Graders

National Butterfly Project Takes Flight in Andov…

For the fourth year now, eighth graders at AE/MS have been taking part in a national project called “The Butterfly Project.” Schools and museums all over the world create beautifully uplifting butterflies in honor of the the children lost during…

Johnson Sugar House Connects Students to History and the Outdoors

In between Peabody and Gulick House at Proctor Academy is a cabin with a vibrant green roof. This small building is the Johnson Sugar House, a part of…

May 13, 2022 • Read

Meet the Artist! Jozimar Matimano

Meet the Artist! Jozimar Matimano

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April 21, 2022 • Read

Andover Organizations

Hub’s Capital Campaign Raffle Features Mini Bike and Quilts

Hub’s Capital Campaign Raffle Features Mini Bike and Quilts

A Caterpillar Machinery-themed mini-bike and two handmade lap-size quilts, all made by Andover residents, will be raffled off by the Andover…

May 21, 2022 • Read

Outdoor Coffeehouse Concert Features Ragged Mountain Band

Outdoor Coffeehouse Concert Features Ragged Mountain Band

The Andover Community Coffeehouse, launching a hoped-for return to its usual schedule of indoor monthly “Third Friday” concerts beginning in September,…

May 21, 2022 • Read

Bone Builders Workshop Starts Back Up at the Hub

Bone Builders Workshop Starts Back Up at the Hub

The Bone Builders class at the Andover Community Hub is now up and running and welcoming new participants after a lengthy…

May 21, 2022 • Read

Friend Recalls Fond Memories of the Late George Kidder

Three years after his passing, I have strong, positive memories…

May 14, 2022 • Read

Sheriff David Croft Reflects on His First Year

As I reflect upon my first year as the Sheriff…

April 29, 2022 • Read

Louise Andrus’ View From Concord, April 2022

In just a few weeks we can plant our main…

April 29, 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

Andover’s Holly Trott Places Second in Local Dance Competition

Andover’s Holly Trott Places Second in Local Dance Competition

AE/MS and Proctor Alumna Begins PT Practice in Lake Placid

John Cotton Receives Kim Ayers Environmental Award

Former Head of School Mike Henriques Receives Award from Governor

Around the World

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

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

Andover Residents Reach the Muir Hut at Muir Pass, Yosemite

William “Billy” Thomas Huntoon – April 22, 2022

William “Billy” Thomas Huntoon – April 22, 2022

Richard F. Hattan, April 18, 2022

Ann L. Jones, April 17, 2022

Mary Jo Cutty, March 29, 2022

Squam Lakes Natural Science Center Opens on May 1

Squam Lakes Natural Science Center Opens on May 1

Squam Lakes Natural Science Center is preparing for opening day of the 2022 trail season which begins Sunday, May 1. The ¾-mile live animal…

April 18, 2022 • Read

Jackson Kayak Holds Free Clinics at Franklin Falls

Jackson Kayak Holds Free Clinics at Franklin Falls

Franklin Falls’ Revitalization made a commitment to free outdoor infrastructure years ago. This has been a story that folks have heard around the state.…

April 18, 2022 • Read

Help Minimize Wildfire Risk in Dry Forests

April 17-23, 2022 is Wildfire Awareness Week in New Hampshire, and it’s a perfect opportunity for everyone to learn more about wildfire in our…

April 18, 2022 • Read

Andover Fish and Game Club Holds Kids Spring Trout Derby

Nearly Twenty Pound Pickerel Takes First Place in Ice Fishing Derby

Trout Ice Fishing Derby Draws a Decent Crowd in Spite of Cold

Andover Youth Baseball’s Opening Day is May 7

The Andover Youth Baseball (AYB) Program started practices in early April this year. Initially, some of the teams were practicing in the gym at…

April 21, 2022 • Read

Andover Girls Softball Season Starts on May 7

“Let’s Play Ball!” Andover Girls’ Softball season has started, and we have three teams ready to take the field. We are excited with our…

April 18, 2022 • Read

Blue Storm Sports Advertises that Registration is Now Open

Blue Storm Sports Advertises that Registration is Now Open

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March 25, 2022 • Read

Andover Recreation Finishes Out Winter Basketball Season

Andover Soccer Teams Give it Their All at End of Season Games

Corson Field Ready for Andover Girls Softball Season

Andover Libraries’ Book Sale Returns on the Fourth of July

It’s that time again. Yes, the Book Sale is returning to Andover! On the Fourth of July, the…

May 21, 2022 • Read

Bachelder Library New Acquisitions

Andover Library New Acquisitions

Other Organizations

Salisbury Farmers Market Begins Season on Monday, June 20

The Salisbury Farmers Market will open on Monday, June 20, from 3 to 6 PM at the Salisbury…

May 20, 2022 • Read

KLS Food Pantry Makes Stretching Food Budgets Easier

South Danbury Church News – June

Franklin’s Stevens Mill Receives Construction Financing

Franklin’s Stevens Mill Receives Construction Financing

Franklin Savings Bank and Mascoma Bank are pleased to announce the extension of construction financing for the rehabilitation…

May 20, 2022 • Read

Life Line Offers Affordable Health Screening Event in Franklin

The Exchange Provides Venue for Small Businesses to Grow

A Goose Cares for her Goslings on the Shore of Highland Lake

A Goose Cares for her Goslings on the Shore of Highland Lake

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May 13, 2022 • Read

Turtles Sun Themselves on a Log on Emery Pond

Fiddlehead Ferns Pop Up Everywhere This Time of Year