On Sunday, July 21, nine members of the last class to graduate from Andover High School (AHS) enjoyed a champagne cruise on the M/S Mount Washington with spouses, friends, and special guest Max Boyd and his wife. Three members were unable to attend: Don Corliss, Carol Hill Gallagher, and Rufus Stacey. Sandra Harding toasted the […]
Harvest Moon Festival on September 21
The Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum has announced its fall exhibit and events: Exhibit: Reading Native Art, August 1 through October 31. See the many ways symbols and stories are incorporated into all types of art in the Contemporary Art Gallery. Harvest Moon Festival: Saturday, September 21, from 10 AM to 4 PM. Eastern Woodlands encampment, […]
Bikers and Non-Bikers Welcome
Shine up your motorcycle and join us for the 11th annual Brenda’s Ride with Friends: Fighting Cancer One Mile at a Time event on Saturday, August 17, hosted by the Weirs Beach Lobster Pound. The Ride will start at 10 AM sharp from the Weirs Beach Lobster Pound as hundreds of motorcycles depart together for […]
A big ol’ lap cat, but not a dog fan
This handsome fellow is Stormy, who has been at the Franklin Animal Shelter since April. He desperately wants to find his forever home. Stormy is a domestic, long-hair male. He is about six years old. He is neutered, litter-box trained, and current on all his vaccinations. Stormy is very affectionate and loves attention. He’s a […]
$10,000 goal, with 25% to Kearsarge pantry
Plans are underway for the Kearsarge area CROP Hunger Walk to be held on Sunday afternoon, September 22, at the Elkins beach on Pleasant Lake in New London. Church World Service began the CROP Hunger Walks following World War II, using the walk to symbolize the distances hungry people and refugees have to walk to […]
College/community event is free to all
Colby-Sawyer College will host its eighth annual College-Community 5K Dash and Stroll, a non-competitive fun run and walk, on Saturday, Sept. 14. Community members of all ages are encouraged to participate. Participation is free of charge. Registration will take place on the event day on the college’s Front Lawn (rain location: Thornton Living Room in […]
Service to the community is still the focus
This September, the Andover Service Club (ASC) begins its 55th year of service to the Andover community and neighboring towns. When most women were “stay-at-home” wives and/or mothers, a group of Andover ladies came together in 1958 to establish the Andover Service Club. Ladies were (and still are) encouraged to come together to enrich their […]
He was an avid motorcyclist and outdoorsman
The fourth annual memorial motorcycle ride for Josh Wilterdink will be on Saturday, August 10, starting at Blackwater Junction Restaurant in Cilleyville. Josh graduated from MVHS in June, 2009 and passed away less than two months later after a car accident on his way home from work at the Country Club of New Hampshire. Born […]
Join a team or form a team for October 20 walk
One hundred years ago, the American Cancer Society began the fight of a lifetime – the fight against cancer. Now it’s time to join together to finish the fight. Teams are forming for the 21st annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, which takes place on Sunday, October 20, at Memorial Field in Concord at […]
Schedule for August
After a wildly successful July program, the South Danbury Christian Church will continue its summer speaker series on the first four Friday evenings of August. “We originally put together a winter series here at the church, thinking that’s a time when people need a good reason to get out of the house,” says Kathy Neustadt, […]