CROP Hunger Walk Circles Pleasant Lake

$10,000 goal, with 25% to Kearsarge pantry

Press release

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 […]

Colby-Sawyer Hosts 5K Dash and Stroll

College/community event is free to all

Press release

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 […]

Andover Service Club Begins 55th Year

Service to the community is still the focus

By Mary Ofenloch, President, Andover Service Club

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 […]

Motorcycle Ride Commemorates Josh Wilterdink

He was an avid motorcyclist and outdoorsman

By Aaron Hodge, Colby-Sawyer '14 and Beacon intern

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 […]

Teams are Forming to Finish the Fight Against Breast Cancer

Join a team or form a team for October 20 walk

By Kimberly Laro, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
Teams are Forming to Finish the Fight Against Breast Cancer

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 […]

Free Summer Speakers Continue at South Danbury Christian Church

Schedule for August

Press release
Free Summer Speakers Continue at South Danbury Christian Church

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, […]

TRIP Center: August, 2013

Press release

ON THE ROAD AGAIN August 2013 LUNCH IN CONCORD AT VEANO’S Monday, August 12th 9:00AM Shop in Concord area stores then enjoy a delicious lunch at Veano’s. Transportation cost is $2.00 and must be paid at time of sign up. Lunch is your responsibility. Please sign up at the TRIP Center. FOXWOODS TRIP Wednesday, August […]

Andover Service Club’s Annual Report

Expresses thanks for help in serving the community

By Mary Ofenloch, ASC President

The fiscal year for the Andover Service Club (ASC) is from July 1 to June 30. Meetings for the Executive Board have been on Thursdays before the second Wednesday of the month from September through June. The full membership meets on the second Wednesday of the month from September through June. Beginning in September, the […]

Andover Lions Club Kicks Off a Busy Summer

Very active in Andover's successful Fourth

By Joyce Egge, Andover Lions Club
Andover Lions Club Kicks Off a Busy Summer

The Andover Lions Club held another successful Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast in spite of a mysterious power outage. Over 400 folks were served, and 15 Lions members with family and friends were on hand to prepare and serve the breakfast. Some of the members then moved over to the Village Green to sell fries […]