Frank Haley Strides Toward 90 at Blind Awareness Walk

Top fundraiser for eight years running

By Lauretta Phillips, for the Beacon

As Frank Haley strides towards his 90th birthday in August of this year he also is making plans for his 9th walk for Blind Awareness on June 8, 2013. Frank and his wife are often accompanied on this walk by daughter in laws Norma Haley and Vicki Haley and his granddaughters Katie, Moriah, and Shannon […]

Rebekah Stearns Pursues Sports, Academics with Success and Passion

Rebekah Stearns Pursues Sports, Academics with Success and Passion

Rebekah Stearns, a junior at Merrimack Valley High School (MVHS), has again achieved high honors at MVHS during the most recent academic quarter.  Rebekah is a member of the National Honor Society and has been a Key Club member since 10th grade.  Rebekah will be the Key Club president for 2013-2014.  She is also an […]

Irene Jewett Honored with Vaughan Award for Volunteer Service

She says she's going to cut back some … maybe.

Press release

New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Commissioner Nicholas Toumpas and Governor Maggie Hassan joined with the State Committee on Aging and EngAGING New Hampshire to recognize this year’s recipients of the Vaughan Awards. These awards are presented annually to a couple or individual from each county who are 60 or older and […]

Dr. Schneider is Practicing in Andover Again

Medical adventures took her to Hawaii, Ireland

By Carly Strathdee, Beacon intern
Dr. Schneider is Practicing in Andover Again

Dr. Amy Schneider has returned to the Andover Family Practice on Lawrence Street with a wealth of new experiences and perspectives after practicing medicine in rural Hawaii and Ireland. Dr. Schneider graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1978, opening her Tilton practice three and a half years later. In 2004, she and much of her […]

Faye M. (Sullivan) Parris, April 13, 2013

Faye M. (Sullivan) Parris, 71, died Saturday, April 13, 2013, at Hackett Hill Nursing Home in Manchester. She was born in New London, on October 11, 1941, the daughter of Joseph and Gertrude (Maloney) Sullivan. She graduated from Wilmot High School. Faye worked in Admissions at the New London Hospital and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in […]

Elizabeth Stearns Inducted into Honor Society

Elizabeth Stearns Inducted into Honor Society

A junior at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Stearns was inducted into the Stonehill College Honor Society Lambda Epsilon Sigma on April 17. The purpose of the society is to recognize and promote scholarship. Juniors and seniors who have attained a 3.5 cumulative grade point average are invited to apply for consideration. Acceptance into the […]

EAVP Welcomes a Brood of Ducklings

By Carmen Bates, EAVP
EAVP Welcomes a Brood of Ducklings

As I write this article, I am sitting next to our incubator awaiting the arrival of our ducklings. Eighteen Pekin duck eggs were placed into the incubator on March 18 by the students. Then they asked numerous times, “Are the ducks here yet?” It has seemed like forever (28 days), but we are now in […]

Boy Scouts Go Winter Camping, Learn CPR

Donations of used camping gear welcomed

By Doug Bent, Scoutmaster
Boy Scouts Go Winter Camping, Learn CPR

  A meeting of the Andover Boy Scouts will be held at the Andover Annex (the Hamp house) adjacent to AE/MS on Monday, May 13, from 6:30 to 7:30 PM. Any boy who has completed the fifth grade or is eleven years old is eligible to sign up. Meetings are subject to change in location […]