Finishing Old College Rd
By Victoria Mishcon
Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum Announces Native American Month
Press Release
WARNER, NH: The Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum announces an entire month of lectures and presentations for the month of November to celebrate Native American Month. The museum has planned a series of lectures for the first three weekends of November. The presentations are as follows: November 3- Allan Madahbee will present “Flutes of Turtle Island” […]
Help Needed to Preserve Historic Building
By Grange Hall Preservation Committee
The Highland Lake Grange Hall Renovation Committee hired an engineering firm partially funded through the N.H. Preservation Alliance to do a structural evaluation of the Highland Lake Grange Hall. The following recommendations for the main building structure were recommended: • Reinforce rafter-to-rafter connections and rafter-to-ceiling joist connections with plywood gussets or similar • Consider […]
Beacon Mails Appeal to All Who Haven’t Donated
It’s up to all of us to support our community newspaper!
By Beacon Board of Directors
“We haven’t received your donation to the Beacon this year.” That’s the first line of a letter that will arrive in about 900 Andover mailboxes in mid-November. If you’ve already donated to Andover’s non-profit community newspaper this year, thank you! You won’t be receiving a letter, because you’re already doing your part to help the […]
Andover Police Stats September 2018
By Patricia Moyer
The Andover Police Department handled 265 Calls for Service during September, including: Ambulance: 6 Animal-Wild: 4 Assist Citizen: 5 Assist Police: 5 Child Abuse: 1 Civil Issue/Stand-by: 3 Drug Possession: 1 Manner of Operation: 4 Sexual Assault: 1 Suspicious Person/Vehicle/Incident: 5 Theft: 2 Traffic Offense-Citation: 2 Traffic Offense-Warning: 98 Arrests Eric St Clair, Newbury, Age […]
Andover Beacon Offers New Page Sponsorship Program
Will help defray increased production costs
By Steve Foley
It is no secret that printed newspapers are finding it difficult to stay afloat these days. The Beacon is facing the same challenges as other for profit newspapers. Recent talks with our printer revealed that our printing costs are expected to rise as much as ten percent in the next six months. As a way […]
Putting the Brakes on Breast Cancer
Press Release
Throughout October automotive repair shops across the country are looking to end breast cancer with a unique fundraising campaign. During the Month of October, Marshall’s Garage in Elkins, NH and more than 100 other Independent Auto Repair Shops across the US are raising funds for a breast cancer vaccine as part of the Brakes for […]
Andover Police Report for August 2018
By Patricia Moyer
The Andover Police Department handled 247 Calls for Service during August, including: Assist Citizen: 9 Civil Issue/Stand-by: 12 Driving on Suspension/Revocation: 3 House Check Request: 3 Missing Person: 1 Suspicious Person/Vehicle/Incident: 6 Theft: 3 Traffic Offense-Citation: 4 Traffic Offense-Warning: 102 Warrant-Criminal/Civil: 1 Weapon Violations: 1 Welfare Check: 2 Arrests: Justin Parr, Andover, Age 39: Operating […]
Lake Sunapee VNA “Perfect Together” Event Raises $50,000
Press Release
NEW LONDON, NH – The Lake Sunapee Region VNA & Hospice (LSRVNA) annual summer party held on August 22nd at the New London Historical Society was a grand success because of the generosity of so many guests, donors and sponsors. A relaxing evening of perfect matches of featured food and drink (provided by talented local […]
Make Sure You are Prepared For Storms
Plan now while the sun is shining
By Rene Lefebvre, Fire Chief
As I write this story I am watching hurricane Florence slam into the Carolinas. Mother Nature is an incredibly powerful force and for all our technical sophistication, we are at her mercy. Some of you will remember that I wrote about protecting ourselves from storms last year, considering the risk I hope you won’t mind […]