200 households aren't enough – can canvassing help?
Starting in October, The Andover Beacon is launching a new annual fundraising campaign. The current level of community support for the Beacon – about 200 households, out of Andover’s 1,000 households – is simply not enough to make the Beacon a sustainable community project over the long haul. Advertising currently accounts for about 75% of […]
Public meeting in Concord on September 11
The proposed amendments to the state rules and regulations applying to Bradley Lake will be considered at the September meeting of the New Hampshire Water Council, according to Paul Susca of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES). The meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 11, beginning at 9 AM, in Conference Rooms […]
Wednesday, September 25, at the Andover Town Hall
Marty Dustin adds local t-shirts to memorial
Marty Dustin was born in Franklin and lived with his wife Diane in Andover from 1981 to 1995. Marty was a Franklin firefighter and was very involved in the community, serving on the Andover School Board and volunteering with the Andover One Wheelers and as a sports coach, among other roles. Marty and Diane now […]
Construction continues in August on the big culvert project to the east of Andover Village (pictured here) and on the big bridge project to the west, in Cilleyville. Photo: Charlie Darling
And that's not counting avoided delivery charges
The figures are in for the stone crushing operation that the Road Agent ran at the Transfer Station in April, and the results look good for Andover taxpayers. Road Agent Jon Champagne and his team rented the appropriate equipment and turned thousands of yards of natural fill from the land behind the Transfer Station into: […]
Andover's classic car club is growing
Forty-nine classic cars turned out for the Road Relics Car Club’s car show at Pizza Chef in Andover on the Fourth of July. This was an increase of over 25% from last year’s show. There were all kinds of cars, from antique to cool modern. There were different styles and colors, but they all had […]
A clear day between two rainy weeks
It was a perfect day for the Andover Fourth of July celebration. The super-hot weather didn’t discourage attendees or participants. The Firecracker 5K racers had to beat the heat as well as the other racers. An early morning power outage in Andover necessitated the use of generators to run the coffeepots at the Andover Lions […]
July 27 in Franklin, August 3 in Bristol
On Saturday, July 27, and Saturday, August 3, 24 communities will participate in one of the longest-running and most successful household hazardous waste collection programs in New England. Four collection sites will be open each day from 8:30 AM to noon: Belmont, Franklin, Gilford, and Meredith will be open on July 27, and Bristol, Laconia, […]