Committee Chooses Parade Theme for 2023: “Red, White, and Blue”

Fundraisers include raffle, benefit concert

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Committee Chooses Parade Theme for 2023: “Red, White, and Blue”

The Andover Fourth of July Committee has been meeting each month, preparing for the arrival of Tuesday, July 4, 2023. This year the Village Green will be bustling with vendors selling a variety of items, and there will be plenty of food and drinks. There has been a lot of behind-the-scenes work finding a few […]

Garden Club Offers Hands-On Seed Starting Workshop

Tuesday, March 21, at 6 PM

By Justine Puliafico
Garden Club Offers Hands-On Seed Starting Workshop

The seed catalogs are in the mail and the choices are endless – so many heirlooms and new and improved varieties of herbs, vegetables, and flowers! Why grow from seed, you ask?  Growing from seed gives you a wider array of plant options, allows you to push the growing season, saves money, gives you control […]

Hub Offers Bluebird houses, Ukrainian egg decorating, and Meditation/Mindfulness

All three workshops offered in March

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“Out of the Blue,” a workshop for kids and adults to build bluebird houses ready for spring nesting, will be presented on Saturday, March 11, from 10 AM – noon. The workshop will be taught by Harvey Best and Wyman Ordway, long-time Andover residents and woodworkers who are interested in bringing the bluebirds back to […]

Hub Offers Another Chance to “Paint & Sip”

Advance registration - limited to 12

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“Paint and Sip” will be offered again on Sunday, March 19, from 6 to 8 PM at The Andover Community Hub.This opportunity for a social evening with others, while also learning a thing or two about painting, will be taught by Andover artist Molly Leith. Using a post-impressionist winter landscape by Canadian artist Jennifer Woodburn […]

Hub Invites Voters to Meet Candidates at the Hub

Tuesday, March 7, 6:30 PM, refreshments

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All candidates running for Andover town offices on Tuesday, March 14, are invited to a “Meet the Candidates” gathering at The Andover Community Hub on Tuesday, March 7 at 6:30 PM.  Coffee and refreshments will be served.  This is an opportunity for all candidates (both those on the ballot and those conducting write-in campaigns) to […]

Hub Offers Coffee with the New Town Administrator

Meet Kimberley Edelmann

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In the second of the Andover Community Hub’s “Coffee with the Chief” series, Andover residents are invited to meet the new Town Administrator, Kimberley Edelmann, on Sunday, March 5, at 1:30 PM, for an informal cup of coffee and conversation.  It’s an opportunity for Edelmann to share her perspective on her new job as well […]

March Coffeehouse Features Folk Duo Crowes Pasture

Friday, March 17, 7 PM, Grange Hall

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March Coffeehouse Features Folk Duo Crowes Pasture

Featured at the monthly Andover Community Coffeehouse on Friday, March 17, will be the Massachusetts-based folk duo Crowes Pasture, made up of Monique Byrne and Andy Rogovin. The concert will begin at 7 PM in the Highland Lake Grange Hall on Route 11 in East Andover. The event is open to the public at no […]

Beach Clean-Up Effort Seeks Volunteers for April Dates

Watch for more details in April Beacon

By Janet Eklund

Volunteers are being sought for Town Beach raking and clean-up days during April.  Dates are being coordinated now.  Volunteers would bring leaf and garden rakes or a favorite yard clean-up tool.  Garbage bags will be provided. The Town Road Agent will pick up the bags for disposal. More details about this community project will be […]

Friends of the Northern Rail Trail Minutes – January 18, 2023

Board Attendees:  Alex Bernhard, Amy Chan, Barbara Couturier, Steve Darling, George Heaton, Lindy Heim, Cody Hussey, Charles Martin, Myra Mayman, Ricker Miller, Don Moyer, Joe Olimpio, Tom Rousseau. Committee Members:  Craig Heim (Administration); Patrice Rasche; (Promotion) Business Matters Treasurer’s Report:  Treasurer Tom Rousseau’s report looked in both directions:  retrospectively, recapping Year-End 2022; and prospectively presenting […]

Hub Gives Thanks to Andover for Support of Giving Tree Program

Gift cards help during holiday season and beyond

By Susan Chase

The Board of Directors of the Andover Community Hub – Cindy Benson, Larry Chase, Susan Chase, Paul Currier, Gisela Darling, Steve Darling, Samantha Morris, Ty Morris, Kathy Ordway, Doug Phelps, Dana Swenson, Thomas Ware, and Ken Wells – would like to thank all the residents of Andover who supported the third annual Giving Tree at […]

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