Register Online for Black Fly Blitz by May 23 at Noon

Memorial Day race in Wilmot at 9 AM

Press release

Online registration is open for the Wilmot Community Association’s (WCA) 10th annual Black Fly Blitz 5K. The race starts at 9 AM on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26 in Wilmot Flat. The first 100 runners to register will receive a free Black Fly Blitz T-shirt. Online registration, which closes at noon on Friday, May 23, is […]

Mount Sunapee’s Adventure Park Opens May 24

Many events throughout the summer

Press release

This summer and fall more than 60,000 people will visit Mount Sunapee Resort in Newbury. The resort’s new Adventure Park, along with the 81st annual League of New Hampshire Craftsmen’s Fair plus other special events, have made Mount Sunapee one of the most popular summer and fall attractions in the Dartmouth/Lake Sunapee Region of New […]

Andover’s Natural Resources Face Pressures from Development

May 12 presentation looks at protections

Press release

A senior staffer at the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests will offer a presentation on protecting the natural resources of the Andover area at 6:30 PM on Monday, May 12, in Proctor Academy’s Old Stone Chapel in Andover village. The presentation, co-sponsored by Proctor Academy and the Andover Conservation Commission as part […]

Andover Naturally, May 2014

Spring Time is Foraging Time

By Lee Carvalho, for the Beacon
Andover Naturally, May 2014

Finally May! After such a long, snow-encased winter, it is wonderful to be out in the woods again. With trees only beginning to leaf out, one can see the skeleton of hills, pits, and ridges that form the floor of the woods. And if you are out looking for wildflowers and warblers, you might just […]

Charity Ride for Hemophilia Society on the Rail Trail

June 27 to 29 event raises funds, awareness

Press release

The Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA) expands its fourth annual Gears for Good charity bike ride to several regions across the nation starting this year. The first regional bike ride will be held in Andover on the weekend of June 27 through 29. On Saturday, June 28, the ride will go from the Highland Lake […]

Crafters Market Coming to Wilmot

Saturdays 9 to 2 starting on May 17

Press release

Starting on Saturday, May 17, area craftspeople will have a chance to display and sell their crafts through a new Crafters Market in Wilmot. The market will be open every Saturday from 9 AM to 2 PM starting on May 17 at the Wilmot Community Association building, 64 Village Road in Wilmot. “There are a […]

Colby-Sawyer Students Push for 20% Local Food

College partners with many producers within 100 miles

By Jacqueline Susmann, Colby-Sawyer '14
Colby-Sawyer Students Push for 20% Local Food

A student-led initiative to secure 20% of the food items offered in Colby-Sawyer’s dining hall from local sources sparked a successful partnership between students, college administrators, and Sodexo Dining Services. That goal was met this spring; 20.9% of Colby-Sawyer’s food purchases come from sources located within 100 miles of the college. Chicken, pork, beef, soymilk, […]

Pruning Demonstration on New London Town Common

Thursday, April 17 at 5:30 PM

Press release

The University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will be hosting a Tree and Shrub Pruning Demonstration at the New London Town Common on Thursday, April 17, at 5:30 PM. The demonstration will also be held at the Merrimack County Superior Court, 163 North Main Street, Concord on Saturday, April 19, from 10 AM to noon. The events will include a […]

Farmers Market Seeks Vendors for Tuesday Afternoons

At Franklin Hospital starting June 3

Press release

Franklin Regional Hospital is excited to once again host a weekly Summer Farmers Market in collaboration with the Franklin Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Coalition. Join local vendors on the lawn at FRH on Tuesday afternoons from 3 to 6 PM beginning on Tuesday, June 3. Markets will be held each Tuesday through the summer […]

Meeting to Discuss Area Hiking Trails

April 13 in Warner

Press release

Hiking trails in the Pillsbury-Sunapee-Kearsarge region will be the topic of a roundtable discussion on Sunday afternoon, April 13, at MainStreet BookEnds in Warner. The importance of connecting recreational hikers to land conservation organizations will be one of the topics for discussion, as participants look at maps and discuss how maintaining and building trails helps to retain […]

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