Tai Chi Class Relocates to AE/MS

Saturdays from 10 to 11 AM

Press release

Newcomers are welcome at any time in the ongoing Tai Chi class that will begin meeting in the AE/MS gym on Saturday, April 4, from 10 to 11 AM. This introductory-level class has been meeting since January under the auspices of the Andover Community Association but will now meet regularly in the larger gym space […]

Edible Landscaping Discussion on April 13

Affordable, resilient, local food sources

Press release

Did you know that our grocery stores only stock a three-day supply of food? Or that the average meal travels 1,500 miles from farm to plate? Whether you want to save money, be ready for that next ice storm, or just eat a better tasting tomato, then local food is the answer. Whether you think […]

New Hampshire Circle of Home and Family, March 2015

Store your brooms bristles-up to ward off evil

By Judy Perreault, NHCHF

The Halcyon Seekers chapter of the New Hampshire Circle of Home and Family swept into March with a program about brooms. Brooms are a very old cleaning tool, used for centuries to sweep caves, cabins, castles, and homes. Early models were a bunch of twigs, straw, hay, or corn husks tied to a stick. These […]

Buster Keaton Films at Blazing Star Grange Hall

April 4 in Danbury at 7:30 PM

Press release

He never smiled on camera, earning him the nickname of “the Great Stone Face.” But Buster Keaton’s comedies rocked Hollywood’s silent era with laughter throughout the 1920s. Keaton’s comic masterpiece, The General (1926), set during US Civil War, and his feature Sherlock, Jr. (1924), will be accompanied by live music performed by silent film composer Jeff Rapsis […]

Andover Service Club, March 2015

Scholarship applications due by May 1

By Mary Ofenloch, ASC president
Andover Service Club, March 2015

It was a beautiful sunny and warm day last March 11 when the Andover Service Club (ASC) met at the Highland Lake Grange Hall for its monthly meeting. Reports from the Treasurer, Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, as well as committee chairladies were read and accepted. The Fundraising chairlady reported on the success of the Bake Sale […]

April Coffeehouse Will Feature Tom Pirozzoli

Friday, April 17, in East Andover

Press release
April Coffeehouse Will Feature Tom Pirozzoli

The fourth in a continuing series of Andover Community Coffeehouse performances will feature singer-songwriter Tom Pirozzoli as the headliner beginning at 7 PM on Friday, April 17, in the Highland Lake Grange Hall in East Andover. The program will also offer an open-microphone opportunity for other local talent. Performers wishing to appear during this segment […]

Andover Congregational Church Makes Plans for Holy Week

Josh Wagner on five-month mission to Fiji

By Sandy Miller, Andover Congregational Church

Approximately 20 Church Executive Board members and Church leaders went on a retreat on March 6 and 7 at Singing Hills Christian Center in Plainfield, New Hampshire. The purpose of the retreat was to determine how best we could fulfill our mission of the church which is to be disciples and make disciples. After much […]

The Rest of the Town Report – March 2015

Volunteers sought to bring it online

To save on printing costs, we decided not to run The Rest of the Town Report in the printed copy of The Andover Beacon this year. That section was a place where many important local organizations that serve our community but aren’t covered in the annual Andover Town Report reported to the community on their […]