Scarecrow Project Organizers Thank Pizza Chef for Their Display
By Susan Chase
Andover Community Hub Shares Their Good News
Campaign success; activities returning
By Larry Chase
The Andover Community Hub has some good news to share with Andover. Campaign Contributions Growing: Announced in the November Beacon with a $100,000 goal, the Hub’s capital campaign has to date reached nearly $40,000 in gifts and pledges to help improve building access, create a community kitchen, apply a new roof, and add an accessible […]
Giving Tree Holiday Event Goes Through December 18
Collecting gift cards for Andover families
By Susan Chase
There is one more week left for the Giving Tree at the Hub. Residents who would like to offer a helping hand to those Andover families who may be struggling this year have until Saturday, December 18, to drop gift cards in any amount in the mail slot at the Andover Community Hub, located at […]
Ballroom Dancing Comes to the Hub in January
Ten weeks starting Friday, January 14
By Susan Chase
Weekly ballroom dance lessons will be offered at the Andover Community Hub beginning on Friday, January 14, from 7 to 8 PM, and continuing for 10 weeks. Classes will be taught by Laura Kiefer and Gary Stanhope of Hidden Door Dance Studio in Elkins, a husband-and-wife team who enjoy sharing the joys of social ballroom […]
Trout Ice Fishing Derby Takes Place on Sunday, January 30
Highland Lake; 6 AM to 1 PM; registration 5:30 AM
By Rich Gross
The fifth Andover Fish and Game Club’s Trout Ice Fishing Derby will take place on Highland Lake in East Andover on Sunday, January 30. The derby runs from 6 AM to 1 PM. Registration starts at 5:30 AM at the Clubhouse. This derby is for everyone and will be split into an Adult Division and […]
The Hub Offers a Big Thanks to Generous Coat Donors
KNP Winter Coat and Snowpants Drive
By Susan Chase
A great big “Thank you!” goes out to all the generous Andover residents who responded to the Winter Coat and Snowpants Drive organized by Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners and Warner Connects during the month of November. The Andover Community Hub was one of three drop-off locations (New London and Warner were the others), and as soon […]
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Awards $25,000 Grant to FNRT
To fix five sites in Grafton County
Press release
Friends of the Northern Rail Trail (FNRT) was awarded $25,000 to fix five high priority problem sites in Grafton County. FNRT is among the grantees included in a recent announcement by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC), which shared that it has awarded a combined $308,500 in funding to 45 projects across 16 states. According to RTC, the […]
Andover Community Church News for December
In-person Christmas Eve services at 4 PM
Press release
There have been many exciting happenings going on in the church. Our mission for the months of October and November was Operation Christmas Child. We collected over 60 boxes. It is exciting to know we have put a smile on a child’s face when they receive their Christmas box. For some this will be the […]
Signed Book, A Christmas Fable, Available At Thrift & Gift Shop
During December, while supplies last
By Nancie Jacobson
A Christmas Fable, written by Joan Carter, was a favorite that she read to her family every Christmas Eve. In the story, the woodland animals come from near and far to hear Saint Nickolas tell of the amazing events that occurred the night Jesus was born. After Joan passed away, her daughter and granddaughter decided […]
Hub Begins Fundraising Campaign to Upgrade Old Town Hall
The community is invited to participate
By Larry Chase
The words shown in the graphic, soon to appear as a banner at the front entrance of the Andover Community Hub, have two meanings: First, they invite the public to pay a visit to the interior of Andover’s old town hall, and to learn about – and take part in – all the activities and […]