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 […]

Andover High All-Class Reunion on July 11

Potluck lunch in Danbury starts at 10 AM

By Judy Perreault, AHS '53

Our Andover High School reunion is only a short time away, and this is a final reminder. The fun starts on Saturday, July 11, at 10 AM at the Ordway Recreational Area in Danbury. Bring a chair, drink, dish for pot luck, your memorabilia (wedding album), and your memories. We will once again cheer for our school, sing a few songs, […]

Far-flung Adventurers Bring Their Stories to Andover

Travel Night on Wednesday, May 27

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Far-flung Adventurers Bring Their Stories to Andover

Four recent adventures in faraway places will be shared via slide presentations by Andover residents in the first of a series of Travel Nights to be offered on Wednesday, May 27, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM in the Highland Lake Grange Hall in East Andover. The public is invited at no charge. The event has […]

Andover Lions to Celebrate 60th Anniversary

Monday, June 22, at Ragged Mountain

By Bill Leber, Andover Lions Club

The Andover Lions Club will be celebrating its 60th anniversary on Monday, June 22, at its annual Installation of Officers meeting. The meeting will be held at the Ragged Mountain Fish and Game Club and will include a social hour at 6 PM and dinner at 7 PM, with the meeting to follow. Former Lions […]

Andover Congregational Church, June 2015

Teen Challenge on June 28

By Sandy Miller, ACC

A total of $326 was collected for Samaritan’s Purse’s Give-a-Goat charity which gives cows, goats, sheep, chickens, etc. to third-world countries to help them provide for their own food. This month we are doing a “baby bottle collection” for the Care Net Pregnancy Center in Laconia. Bottles were passed out on Mother’s Day for people […]

Andover High School Reunion on July 11

By Judy Perreault, AHS '53

School days, school days, Dear old Golden Rule days… It’s hard to forget them when they played such an important part of our lives. Life-long friends were made, fields of interest explored, and careers chosen. For many of us, those days were a long time ago, but patterns established there have shaped and guided our […]

Andover Coffeehouse Wins Best in NH Award

Decatur Creek performs on June 19

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Andover Coffeehouse Wins Best in NH Award

It’s now, officially, the “Award-Winning Andover Community Coffeehouse,” thanks to the New Hampshire Magazine Editor’s Pick as the “2015 Best Open Mic Night” in the Granite State. And the featured performers for the free “third Friday” event on June 19 will be Decatur Creek, an acoustic trio from Antrim specializing in folk, Americana, and ballads, […]

Andover Institute Holds Tours to Little-Visited Andover Places

Behind the scenes at Proctor; Camp Marlyn

By Larry Chase, Andover Institute
Andover Institute Holds Tours to Little-Visited Andover Places

The first two events in a continuing series of guided tours into area locations seldom visited by the public will be offered on two Saturday mornings in June. On Saturday, June 13, attendees will have an opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at Proctor Academy. On Saturday, June 27, they’ll be able to take a […]