Help stock the Channel on May 6
Here’s hoping that it will feel more like spring on Saturday, May 7, when the Andover Fish and Game Club (AF&G) hosts its 21st annual Kids Spring Trout Fishing Derby. The fishing fun will take place on the Highland Lake Channel in East Andover. The derby is for kids 15 years old and under. Registration starts […]
April 23 at Bachelder Library
Gardeners interested in getting ahead of the game and avoiding the impact of New Hampshire’s often wild weather swings are invited to join local farmer Diane Hersey at a workshop on Saturday, April 23, beginning at 10 AM, to learn about starting seeds successfully indoors, as well as cold frames, mini greenhouses, and sowing directly […]
Four new runs and a mile-long high-speed chairlift
On April 6, the Governor and Executive Council of the State of New Hampshire approved a decision by the New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development (DRED) to allow Mount Sunapee to move forward with its West Bowl Expansion. The West Bowl Expansion will add 56 acres of skiing terrain down the west flank […]
Highland Lake Inn hosts an enjoyable work party
FNRT dinner in New London on April 14
Don’t miss the next Friends of the Northern Rail Trail-Merrimack County (FNRT-MC) event coming up in April: its 10th annual Thursday’s Child fundraising dinner scheduled for one night only, Thursday, April 14, at The Coach House Restaurant at the New London Inn in New London. The Coach House will offer the restaurant’s regular menu, which […]
Despite varying definitions of "Ice Out"
With Ice Out being defined either as the earliest date of a year on which a lake is completely free of ice, or as the earliest date on which the lake can be navigated from a pre-established Point A to a pre-established Point B (as from one end to the other), here are 2016 Ice […]
The loons seem to know and waste no time
A juvenile bald eagle used one of the last remaining ice floes on Highland Lake to enjoy a quick fresh-caught meal. Photo: Donna Baker-Hartwell Ice Out on Highland Lake happened this year on March 16. There was still an ice jam at the public beach and one at the mouth of the channel, but both were […]
Condensed from draft minutes
Vegetation Control Myra Mayman, co-president, summarized where we are in the process of obtaining approval for the application of herbicides stating that approval by the state departments of Pesticide Control, Natural Resources, and particularly Trails Bureau, is required before we can proceed. A request for approval from Trails Bureau has been submitted and we are […]
36 kids reel in 35 pickerel and perch
The Andover Fish and Game Club (AF&G) held the Willis Nowell Memorial Kids Ice Fishing Derby this year on March 5. It was a nice, sunny day on Wilmot’s Eagle Pond for the 36 kids and their families who made it out to this fun event. Besides fishing, the kids were treated to free hot […]