Maggie Eid and Katie Lew Win a Pizza

Identified 12 Andover animals

Maggie Eid, age 10, and her friend Katie Lew, also age 10, correctly identified all 12 animals pictured in the September issue of the Beacon. The pictures are part of a summer-long wildlife exhibit sponsored by the Andover Conservation Commission as part of its “Taking Action for Wildlife” outreach. The exhibit, which you can view […]

Last Call for Hunter Education!

Hunting season is almost here: Are you ready?

Press release

Hunting seasons are almost here, so if you need a hunter education class, drop everything and sign up for one of the remaining classes available for 2013. You can register online at HuntNH.com/Hunting/hunter_ed.htm. Just browse the calendar for the best date and location for you, then click on the course of your choice and complete […]

Food Banks Seek Meat Donations from Hunters

Join the "Hunt for the Hungry"

Press release

Got meat? New Hampshire hunters can share their harvest with the needy through the “Hunt for the Hungry” program at the New Hampshire Food Bank. The food bank collects donations of whole or processed game animals for distribution to more than 350 food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, and group homes statewide. The program offers […]

Andover Snowmobile Club’s Community Events Calendar is On Sale Now

Buy birthdays, anniversaries, or “in memory of” dates

Press release

The Andover Snowmobile Club’s Community Events Calendar fundraiser (our 16th edition) is now in progress. The medium-size ad is $60, the small ad is $35, and a monthly event is $20. Also, a calendar can be purchased for $5, which includes four listings in the calendar such as birthday, anniversary, or “in memory” dates. To […]

Rail Trail Raffle Helps with Summer Trail Building

Four more miles to be added in the fall

By Peter Southworth, FNRT
Rail Trail Raffle Helps with Summer Trail Building

The Fourth of July annual raffle of the Friends of the Northern Rail Trail (FNRT) successfully awarded prizes donated by local businesses and raised money to support building more miles of trail – we’re now into Boscawen! This fall, led by project manager Chris Norris, the FNRT will add four more miles to the trail, […]

FNRT Minutes, July 17, 2013

July 17 Condensed from approved minutes Present: Alex Bernhard, Steve Darling, Tom Frantz, Lindy Heim, Craig Heim, Charles Martin, Myra Mayman, Joyce Morton, Ellsworth Morton, Steve Rayno, Peter Southworth, Nita Tomaszewski, Bob Ward, and guests Kent Hackmann and Ralph Ressler. 1. Approval of April 24, 2013 minutes. The minutes were approved. 2. Treasurer’s Report (Steve) […]

ASLPT Presents 2013 Kearsarge Klassic Dirt Road Randonee

September 7 event includes lunch stop in Andover

Press release

Last September, the Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust (ASLPT) and the New Hampshire Cycling Club partnered together for the inaugural Kearsarge Klassic (K2) Bike Event. Participant feedback was so overwhelmingly positive that we decided to repeat this recreational event in 2013. We encourage you to view the “Somerville Trio” blog at TinyURL.com/KearsargeKlassic to whet your […]

Disable Veterans Ride the Rail Trail

Third year in a row for NEHSA event

By Lindy Heim, FNRT
Disable Veterans Ride the Rail Trail

For the third year in a row, disabled veterans, mostly from the New England area, came to the little village of Potter Place in Andover to enjoy the outdoors and earn team points cycling on the Northern Rail Trail as part of the Boston VA’s weeklong Summer Sports Clinic. On two weekdays, July 23 and […]

William Bean Quarry Hike in Sutton

Thursday, September 12 at 3 PM

Press release

Join the Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust (ASLPT) and the Sutton Conservation Commission on Thursday, September 12, at 3 PM for a hike to the historic granite quarries on the newly-added William Bean Quarry easement. This property, which was protected by an easement before it was transferred to the Town of Sutton, was specifically listed […]

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