Historical Society’s Old Time Fair in Potter Place on August 2

Big country auction starts at noon!

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Historical Society’s Old Time Fair in Potter Place on August 2

Come One, Come All, to the Andover Historical Society’s Old Time Fair on Sunday, August 2, in Potter Place. It’s the Society’s biggest fundraiser of the year! Schedule of Events 9 AM – 2 PM Mammoth Flea Market Old-Time Craft Demonstrations: • Blacksmithing • Caning chairs • Making penny rugs • Spinning and weaving • Weaving baskets • Felting • Carving […]

Community Church Seeks Help with Music Program

Sing and play the guitar

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Grace and Hope Community Church in Andover is seeking a volunteer who is gifted in Christian music, singing, and playing the guitar. We are a small church seeking to expand our music program. For information, please contact: Reverend Karen Heavey at 768-3720.

Andover Lions Club Celebrates 60 Years of Service

Installs officers for coming year

By Bill Leber, Andover Lions Club
Andover Lions Club Celebrates 60 Years of Service

The Andover Lions Club recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of its chartering. The Ragged Mountain Fish and Game Club provided the venue for the event, which was attended by Lions representing clubs in New London, Sunapee, Franklin, and Concord as well as Andover Lions and guests. A delicious meal was prepared and served thanks to […]

Andover Institute has Something for Everyone in July

A hike, a tour, and genealogy

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Andover Institute has Something for Everyone in July

A group hike to a secluded Andover waterfall, a presentation on discovering family roots led by an amateur genealogical adventurer, and a tour of the shuttered mills and buildings of neighboring Franklin guided by an entrepreneur who wants to breathe new life into that city – all will be offered in July by the Andover […]

Andover Congregational Church, July 2015

Cotton candy on the Village Green for the Fourth

By Sandy Miller, Andover Congregational Church

Happy Fourth of July to all! The Andover Congregational Church will be selling cotton candy on the Village Green that day. All proceeds will go to a mission project – either the Deacon’s Fund, which helps needy families in the area, or perhaps the local food pantry. Joyce Bourdon has volunteered to take charge of […]

Explore Traces of Camp Marlyn at Bradley Lake

Saturday, June 27, at 10:30 AM

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  The second event in a continuing series of guided tours into area locations seldom visited by the public will be offered on Saturday morning, June 27. This guided walk will be around the grounds of the old Camp Marlyn summer camp for girls (now Bluewater Farm) on Andover’s Bradley Lake. The event, open to […]

New Hampshire Circle of Home and Family, June 2015

Use color in clothing to look and feel your best

By Judy Perreault, NHCHF

Everyone wants to look their best, and at our last NHCHF meeting we discovered that one way was with the use of color in our clothing. Depending on skin tones and eye and hair color, certain color choices can enhance or dull your appearance. With an array of clothes and fabrics in different colors and […]

American Legion Post 101 Elect Officers for the Year

Veterans urged to march in Fourth of July parade

By Lloyd Perreault, Post 101

On Tuesday, June 9, the following members of Andover’s American Legion Crosby-Gilbert Post 101 were elected and installed as officers for the ensuing year. Henry (Skip) Powers, Commander Bill Leber, Vice Commander and Sergeant at Arms Richard Powers, Adjutant Lloyd M. Perreault, Finance Officer Don Clendenen, Chaplin James Reed, Service Officer The installing officer was Commander […]

Andover Service Club Awards Four Scholarships

By Diane Rice, ASC Scholarship Committee

The Andover Service Club has just completed its Scholarship Program for the 2015 academic year. We are delighted to announce that a total of $4,000 was given to four very deserving students. To be considered for a scholarship, applicants must have a close, personal relationship to the town of Andover. The awards are made on […]

Andover Service Club, June 2015

Slices for Scholarships coming on the Fourth of July

By Mary Ofenloch, ASC President
Andover Service Club, June 2015

  Now that fiscal year 2014-15 has come to a close, the Andover Service Club (ASC) is looking forward to a year of new and better times. On June 10, ASC held its annual spring luncheon at 74 Main in New London. Following a very delicious lunch, the slate of officers for fiscal year 2015-16 was […]