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Andover Fish & Game Wood Raffle Winner

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October 21, 2024 • Read

Of a Feather — Winter Birds

Autumn is not just a time when the summer birds depart; it is also when the winter birds arrive. In the first…

October 21, 2024 • Read

Andover Community Church Fall News

Fall is the beautiful season we enjoy before the advent of winter. However, let’s not go to winter just yet — we…

October 21, 2024 • Read

The Hub Presents Kids Cooking Classes

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October 22, 2024 • Read

Time Flies for Preschool Students; Lots of Activities at EAVP

ANDOVER — The year is flying by at preschool with the holidays almost behind us! We love celebrating the holidays with all…

November 23, 2024 • Read

WCA Presents Free Classes for All at the Red Barn

WILMOT — Looking for local fun and free activities? Join one of the many free classes at the Red Barn, 64 Village…

October 21, 2024 • Read

Artisan Holiday Sale Begins at Andover Thrift & Gift Shop

The Andover Thrift & Gift Shop welcomes 10 local artisans to the shop this holiday…

October 21, 2024 • Read

Cemetery Trustees Seek your Opinion

Are you interested in Green Burials? Your Cemetery Trustees would like your opinion. Here in…

October 21, 2024 • Read

South Danbury Church November News

Sunday worship at the South Danbury Church is at 11 AM. Everyone is invited, and…

October 19, 2024 • Read

Town News

History

Former Quimby’s Diner Waitstaff Writes a Final Chapter

It is the summer of 1961. I rush into the diner as always, mostly on time but rarely…

November 21, 2024 • Read

Quimby’s Diner, Part Two

In the summer of 1961, I was a rookie waitress at Quimby’s Diner, not quite 17, and a…

October 19, 2024 • Read

Writer Reminisces About Working at Andover’s Quimby’s Diner

“Quimby’s Diner, Serving Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner, Open 6 AM to 8 PM” is stenciled on the glass…

September 23, 2024 • Read

Hersey Family Holds Their 127th Annual Reunion

Andover – The descendents of Gilman and Hannah Hersey gathered on August 3 for their 127th annual reunion,…

August 17, 2024 • Read

Schools

Proctor Academy Manages Woodlands for Multiple U…

ANDOVER — For generations, Proctor Academy’s 2,500 acres of land have been accessible to the public and managed for multiple uses by stewards like Bob Wilson, Dave Pilla, and Jack Bronnenberg. As an actively managed forest, portions of which are…

Proctor Academy Celebrates the Arts

ANDOVER — The end of each trimester at Proctor affords the community an opportunity to see the arts in action. This past November saw the production of Lost in Yonkers, a band-recording student performance, a dance performance, and a visual…

Time Flies for Preschool Students; Lots of Activ…

ANDOVER — The year is flying by at preschool with the holidays almost behind us! We love celebrating the holidays with all the joy and fun that comes with it. Preschool is trying some new fundraising opportunities this year with…

Cross Country Running Becomes a Popular Activity…

The AE/MS Cross Country team, coached by Anna Kate Hattan and Isabel Hattan, is made up of students from grades 5 through 8. Different from track, as it is done through the windy wooded areas of New Hampshire, it has…

Proctor Academy Announces New Health and Wellnes…

Proctor Academy is pleased to announce a combined $8M in recent gifts and pledges directed toward a new Health and Wellness Center at Proctor. Sparked by an anonymous lead gift of $3M in 2023 and another anonymous $1M gift in…

Eighth Graders Raise Funds with Movie Night

On October 4, the AE/MS eighth graders planned, organized, and held a school-wide movie night. Just outside of the school, students gathered around to watch “Hotel Transylvania” to fund-raise for the eighth-grade trip to Maine next May. There have been…

AE/MS Offers an Open Window into their School Day

Things have been really buzzing this school year at AE/MS. A new principal, the first new second-grade teacher in decades, shifting of the fifth-grade class to the middle…

October 24, 2024 • Read

Proctor Varsity Home Athletic Schedule — October

ANDOVER— Proctor’s fall athletic season wraps up its fall season during the first week and a half of November before launching into the winter season. An updated schedule…

October 24, 2024 • Read

Andover Organizations

Help Build Storage/Display Barn

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November 24, 2024 • Read

News and Holiday Service Changes

ANDOVER — It’s hard to believe Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away and will be in the past when you…

November 23, 2024 • Read

New England Magic Collectors Celebrates Harry Potter

NASHUA/ANDOVER — The twentieth “Yankee Gathering,” the biennial convention of the New England Magic Collectors Association, took place this year in…

November 22, 2024 • Read

Opinion

Peabody Place Responds to Opinion Letter in November Beacon

This letter is from the Peabody Place Board of Managers…

November 20, 2024 • Read

Deborah Aylward’s View from Concord — November

I’d like to introduce the GOP’s “Contract With New Hampshire,”…

October 28, 2024 • Read

Louise Andrus’s View from Concord — November

Veteran’s Day is November 11, but every day of the…

October 28, 2024 • Read

Births

It’s a Boy!

Born: Elizabeth Paige Richardson, August 9, 2015

Trevor and Evan St. Clair

Born: Beckett David Pontbriand

Kids

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

Local Author Earns Amazon’s Top Picks List

MV High School Holds Voting Registration Drive

Father-Daughter Team Plays Pumpkin Checkers

ATFS Names this Year’s Outstanding Tree Farmers

Around the World

The Beacon Visits Switzerland with the Darlings

Andover Traveler Takes The Beacon to Iceland

Around the World with The Beacon – India!

Around the World with The Beacon

Deaths

Jane Williams Diven — September 9, 2024

Mark E. Thompson — November 15, 2024

Sally George – October 23, 2024

Ruthann Imelda (Murrin) Bentley — October 22, 2024

Outdoors

Fish & Game Stocks Highland Lake with Brook Trout

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November 21, 2024 • Read

Northern Lights Viewed over Andover Community Church

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October 22, 2024 • Read

Of a Feather — Winter Birds

Autumn is not just a time when the summer birds depart; it is also when the winter birds arrive. In the first half of…

October 21, 2024 • Read

Wildlife Enthusiast Gives Highland Lake Update

Highland Lake Resident Searches for Signs of Eaglet

Of a Feather — The Long Goodbye

Sports

Andover Recreational Basketball: Season in Review

Andover Recreational Basketball closed out their season during the last week of February after three months of practices and games. While the records of…

February 22, 2024 • Read

Andover Youth Baseball Gears up for Exciting New Season

The Andover Youth Baseball (AYB) program, a beloved institution in the community, is gearing up for another exciting season. With four teams (TBall, Rookies,…

April 19, 2023 • Read

Andover Recreation Needs Soccer and Basketball Directors

After a successful winter season of basketball and skiing, Andover’s Recreation Committee is looking to next fall’s soccer season with excitement. Sign-ups for fall…

March 22, 2023 • Read