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Classic Car and Motorcycle Cruise-In

Classic Car and Motorcycle Cruise-In

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September 19, 2019 • Read

Report from Concord, September 2019

The Legislature has supposedly been on recess since June, but I have actually been extremely busy in Concord since then. Undoubtedly you…

October 4, 2019 • Read

Comments on Current Politics in Andover.

The annual Danbury Grange Day on Saturday, September 9, included, as it had in the past, the tents of the Merrimack Republican…

October 4, 2019 • Read

Special Showing of Screenagers

Special Showing of Screenagers

Join the AE/MS community on Thursday, October 24, at 6:30 PM at the Andover Elementary/Middle School for a special screening of the…

September 23, 2019 • Read

First Graders Complete Summer Reading Challenge

First Graders Complete Summer Reading Challenge

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September 19, 2019 • Read

Franklin City Council & SAU Host Manufacturing Night in Franklin

The Franklin City Council and SAU 18 have partnered with local manufacturers to present Manufacturing Night on Friday, October 25, from 5:30…

October 21, 2019 • Read

Andover Emergency Services Auxiliary Town Wide Yard Sale

Andover Emergency Services Auxiliary Town Wide Yard Sale

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September 21, 2019 • Read

Hit & Run! Thank You!

They say New Englanders tend to keep to themselves and mind nobody’s business but their…

September 21, 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…

September 21, 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 Academy’s Dedication to Ski Jumping Nets Grant

Proctor Academy’s Dedication to Ski Jumping Nets…

Killington World Cup supports infrastructure Press release Andover based Proctor Academy was awarded a grant by the Killington World Cup Foundation to further its mission to aid winter sports infrastructure and access to winter sports across the northeast. Created to…

November Schedule: Athletics at Proctor

November Schedule: Athletics at Proctor

Catch the Hornets in action Scott Allenby, Proctor Academy Proctor’s Fall Athletics season is rapidly coming to a close, but the first week of November affords ample opportunities to catch the Hornets in action. Check out two remaining home games…

Eighth Grade Mum Sale a Big Success!

Eighth Grade Mum Sale a Big Success!

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Andover Fire Department Stages Simulated Emergency at AE/MS

Andover Fire Department Stages Simulated Emergen…

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Disability Awareness Presentation

Disability Awareness Presentation

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Symptoms of Disconnect

Symptoms of Disconnect

Symptoms of Disconnect By Scott Allenby Originally published on blogs.proctoracademy.org The constant pressure of social comparisons and curating our own digital reality weighs on us. As we work to build a healthy environment for adolescents to thrive, we must look…

Mums Sold to Benefit 8th Grade Trip

Mums Sold to Benefit 8th Grade Trip

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September 23, 2019 • Read

Special Showing of Screenagers

Special Showing of Screenagers

Join the AE/MS community on Thursday, October 24, at 6:30 PM at the Andover Elementary/Middle School for a special screening of the movie ScreenAgers.…

September 23, 2019 • Read

Andover Organizations

FNRT-MC Gathered For Its Annual Self-Congratulatory Potluck

FNRT-MC Gathered For Its Annual Self-Congratulatory Potluck

On Wednesday, October 16, about 30 Friends of the Northern Rail Trail in Merrimack County gathered around a long table at…

October 22, 2019 • Read

Andover Lions Club Celebrates 65 Years of Service

Join them November 23 at The Refinery Press release The Andover Lions Is celebrating 65 years of service! Please come join…

October 22, 2019 • Read

Andover Community Church November Announcements

The Andover Community Church would like to make the following announcements: December 7 – Christmas Fair and Bake Sale, 9 AM…

October 22, 2019 • Read

Showing Concern for Children Held in Detention Centers

With so many news stories continually perking to the top,…

October 4, 2019 • Read

Comments on Current Politics in Andover.

The annual Danbury Grange Day on Saturday, September 9, included,…

October 4, 2019 • Read

Report from Concord, September 2019

The Legislature has supposedly been on recess since June, but…

October 4, 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

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

Richard Gerard Williams, October 13, 2019

Richard Gerard Williams, October 13, 2019

Leslie Martin Ford, October 8, 2019

Stan Smith, September 5, 2019

Don Robert Cline, September 20, 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

Through the Reading Glasses November 2019

or fun and games and animal wisdom, especially if you’re a fan of Carol Soule in the Sunday…

October 20, 2019 • Read

Andover Library New Acquisitions October 2019

Andover Artists Participate In Third Annual Open Studio Tour

Other Organizations

Warner Historical Society Organizes Local Open Doors Events

Warner Opens Doors for Weekend Art Events Third Annual Art Walk and Open Doors Shopping Tour On November…

October 21, 2019 • Read

November News from South Danbury Church

COA Schedules Second Kearsarge Area Senior Luncheon

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