Blazing Star Bistro a Big Hit at Monthly Market

Free demo space offered for new vendors

Press release
Blazing Star Bistro a Big Hit at Monthly Market

Snowy roads and below freezing temperatures don’t scare Blazing Star Grange Winter Market patrons! After a quiet start, the January winter market was bustling. Candy, wine, jewelry, and warm clothing were big sellers upstairs, while shoppers’ canvas bags bulged with meat, milk, bakery items, and produce from the downstairs market. The kitchen was busy, with […]

Andover Service Club Scholarship Applications Available

Completed applications due by May 2

By Diane Rice, Andover Service Club

The Andover Service Club is pleased to announce that the application process for the 2014 scholarship awards has begun. Awards are based on academic performance, character attributes, and community involvement and not on financial need. Graduating seniors and adults entering or continuing their education at a college or a professional or technical school are eligible […]

Blazing Star Grange Adds Bistro to Winter Market

Bistro opens January 4

Press release

Bistro de L’Etoile Enflammee will open on Saturday, January 4, from 9 AM to 1 PM, featuring the same tasty breakfast and lunches, but with a cozy French bistro flair. After a busy morning shopping for fresh local produce, meats, wines, and preserves, treat yourself to a hearty breakfast of Egg McGrange, juice, or coffee. […]

Blazing Star Grange Plans to Restore Historic Stage Drapes

Meeting in Danbury on January 4

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Known for its seasonal suppers, Winter Farmers Market, famous community fair each September, and Living Sustainably program, Danbury’s historic Grange Hall is home to another remarkable, one-of-a-kind treasure. A grange not only supported local agriculture, but provided a social and cultural outlet for its community. With the coming of the railroads, entertainment such as singers, […]

Service Club Pie Sale Helps Fund Scholarships

January meeting explores Energy Medicine

By Mary Ofenloch, Andover Service Club
Service Club Pie Sale Helps Fund Scholarships

The Andover Service Club (ASC) met on November 13 at the Masonic Hall in Potter Place. The agenda included business reports and sign-ups for the Thanksgiving Pie Sale and the Christmas luncheon, with refreshments following the special program for the month. Alison Buckwell was the guest speaker. Her topic for the meeting was Heirlooms and […]

Do You Have a Not-Too-Old Computer to Donate?

Beacon needs computers that can run Windows 8.1

By Charlie Darling, Beacon staff

Don’t read this article before December 26! No peeking! Was Santa good to you this year? Do you have a computer that’s now redundant and taking up space? If it’s only about three or four years old, the Beacon would love to have it! Microsoft has decreed that we have to upgrade to Windows 8.1 […]

NHCHF Announces Meeting Topics for 2014

December program featured life in Victorian England

By Judy Perreault, NHCHF

As a woman, imagine that you could not go out without a chaperone, preferably a married woman. You never could visit an unmarried man at his home or speak to him unless you had been introduced. No riding with a male in a vehicle unless it was a relative. There was no unseemly talk in […]

Beacon Plans to Hire Part-Time Production Help

Can you help us find the right person?

By Charlie Darling, Beacon staff

The community’s great response to the Beacon’s fall canvassing campaign allows us to take a huge step toward ensuring that the Beacon will be sustainable into the future. The Board of Directors has directed me to hire a paid, permanent part-time Web and Print Production Specialist in order to reduce the number of hours I […]

Andover Energy Group Minutes, November 7, 2013

Present: Larry Chase, Susan Chase, Gisela Darling, Steve Darling, Jeff Dickinson, Andy Prokosch, and Sophie Viandier. Guests: Colby-Sawyer College students 1. Energy Descent Plan: A group of Colby-Sawyer students (Olin, Nicki, Hannah, Garrett, Nate, and Ted) from the college’s Community Project class, which is encouraging the development of the Transition Initiative in the towns in the […]

AASP Holds a Successful Chili Cookoff

Accepting donations for Andover Food Pantry

By Diane Adams, AASP
AASP Holds a Successful Chili Cookoff

Happy Holidays everybody! I’d like to thank Kenice Barton, Kendall Perkins, Joanna Seeley, Leslie Hackmann, Brianna Keniston, and our two youngest volunteers, Shelby Barton and Emily Hackmann, for hanging in there for the day of our Chili Cook-Off. We’d also like to thank those who made chili and donated items to help out with this fundraiser. This past […]