Helping horse owners to keep their beloved companions
By Laurie Zimmerman
In January, we reprinted an article first published in the Concord Monitor (Jamie L. Costa; December, 2022) that introduced Kathleen Lang, founder of Becky’s Gift Equine Relief, a nonprofit organization that offers temporary, confidential assistance to horse owners who have fallen on hard times. Becky’s Gift is named for Kathleen’s daughter, a UNH graduate, accomplished […]
Almost reaching 102, she lived a full life
By Nancy Heden Clayman
With the squeal of brakes and toot of a horn, Frie pulls into our driveway. I give my Mom a guilty kiss, as I dash out of the house to meet her. I climb into the passenger seat, as she snuffs out her cigarette and lowers the pop music that’s accompanying her tapping toes. She […]
2023 award winner for best sugar shack
By Donna Baker-Hartwell
The weekend of March 18 – 19 was the annual statewide Maple Weekend. Trail Side Sugar House, at 246 Currier Road in Andover, was ready for it with 450 gallons of Grade A maple syrup. I visited owner Zach Barton the day before the big weekend. His sugar house was last year’s winner of the […]
By Donna Baker-Hartwell
By Beth Frost
Country and pop with a tropical island feel.
Press release
New Hampshire based singer-songwriter, Lindsey Schust, will release her new toe-tapping single Sugar Shock on January 20, 2023. Listeners can stream the song on all music platforms (including Amazon Music, Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube). Sugar Shock combines country and pop with a tropical island feel. The song was recorded in Andover by Jimmy […]
Daughters arranged milestone event gathering and announcement
By Nicki French
A backyard celebration was held on Saturday, August 6, in Salisbury with family and friends in honor of the 60th wedding anniversary of Louise and Ted Andrus. The Andruses were married August 3, 1962 in Franklin by a justice of the peace. Ted and Louise had no honeymoon. They had no home and owned no […]
New Floterial District includes Andover
By David Nesbitt
My name is David Nesbitt, a nine-year resident of Webster. I am announcing my candidacy to the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Merrimack Floterial District 26. A floterial district is one that “floats” over other districts in order that each district has the correct proportion of representatives to the local population. In this case, […]
Republican Party booth on Fourth of July
Press release
Deborah Aylward announced that on June 9 she filed with the Danbury Town Clerk as a Republican candidate for one of the two New Hampshire House of Representatives seats serving Merrimack County District 5 (Andover, Danbury, Hill, Salisbury, and Webster). Aylward is a native of Washington DC and a New Hampshire resident since 2006. Having […]
