One of Andover's special places
One special place in Andover is a pond that is at once surprisingly close to Andover Village and busy Route 11 and yet unfamiliar to many townspeople and visitors. This is the pond (confusingly) known by some as Hopkins Pond and by others as Adder Pond. Though Proctor Academy owns the land surrounding it, the pond itself, […]
Help stock Highland Lake on Friday evening, May 29
It is beginning to feel like spring, which means it is almost time for the Andover Fish and Game Club’s (AF&G) 20th annual Kids Spring Trout Fishing Derby. The derby will be held on Saturday, May 30, at the Highland Lake Channel in East Andover. The derby is for kids 15 years old and under. […]
Register by May 1 for a free t-shirt
Serious runners, casual competitors, and avid walkers should mark their calendars for the Wilmot Community Association’s (WCA) 11th annual Black Fly Blitz 5K starting at 9 AM on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, in Wilmot Flat. Runners who register by May 1 will receive a free Black Fly Blitz t-shirt. Online registration, which closes at […]
Peter Zak shows the community how it's done
Sunday, April 12, from 1 to 3 on Beech Hill Road
Learn how to keep small fruit tree varieties blooming and producing for years to come during this free workshop on Sunday, April 12, from 1 to 3 PM at 354 Beech Hill Road in Andover. This demonstration will cover variety selection, planting, pruning, feeding, and integrated pest management. Some pruning equipment will be available, but feel free to […]
Both an art and a science – learn more!
A presentation on buying and producing good quality hay is being held at the Boscawen Municipal Complex, fourth floor, 116 North Main Street, Boscawen, adjacent to Alan’s Restaurant, on Monday, May 4, at 6:30 PM. John C. Porter, UNH Cooperative Extension Professor/Specialist Emeritus, is the program presenter. Buying or producing good quality hay is an art and […]
Condensed from draft minutes
Present: FNRT Board members Tom Frantz, Ellsworth Morton, Joyce Morton, Steve Rayno, Peter Southworth, and Bob Ward. Discussion of maintenance with special guests Chris Gamache, Chief of New Hampshire Bureau of Trails and District 3 Supervisor Shawn Violette; Leon Nelson, Mike Henderson, and Greg Miller of the Andover Snowmobile Club (ASC); Jack Shields, Penacook Village Association; […]
Saturday, March 7, drew 44 kids to Eagle Pond
It was a great day for fishing at the Andover Fish and Game Club’s (AF&G) 31st annual Willis Nowell Memorial Kids Ice Fishing Derby on March 7. Not only was the weather agreeable on Eagle Pond in Wilmot, but the fish were biting. Forty-four kids, an above-average attendance, were kept active chasing those red tip-up […]
Dress for the weather; it's outside
University of New Hampshire (UNH) Cooperative Extension will host a tree and shrub pruning demonstration led by professional pruner David Seavey at Memorial Field on Pleasant Street in Pembroke, on Saturday, May 23, from 10 AM to noon. Follow Pleasant Street past the Recycling Center and down the hill to Memorial Field. Join us for a discussion […]
Dine out on April 23 and help the Rail Trail
Don’t miss the next Friends of the Northern Rail Trail-Merrimack County (FNRT) event coming up in April. The event is the ninth annual Thursday’s Child fundraising dinner scheduled for one night only, Thursday, April 23, at the Coach House Restaurant at the New London Inn in New London. The Coach House will offer the restaurant’s […]