On Saturday, September 8, seventeen notable “Celebrity” waiters served a packed house at the annual Celebrity Waiter Dinner and Auction to benefit the Franklin Opera House. Held this year at the new Elks Lodge in Franklin, the event was sponsored by AutoServ of Tilton. Great food and fine wines were enjoyed by over 130 attendees. […]
On Saturday, October 6, the Franklin Animal Shelter will be hosting its fourth annual Paws in the Park fundraiser sponsored by Gulf Brook Renovations, Mango Security, Black Forest Nursery, Vitex Extrusion, Park Street Pub and Grevior Furniture. The event will be held at Odell Park in Franklin starting at 8:30 AM with our ‘Paws Walk’ […]
NEW LONDON, N.H. – For the second year in a row, Colby-Sawyer College landed on the U.S. News & World Report’s list of best regional colleges in the North and was recognized as a Best Value in the same category, which is composed of colleges that focus on undergraduate education but grant fewer than half […]
NEW LONDON, N.H. – The Colby-Sawyer College Board of Trustees has endorsed new recipients of two established professorships; Professor of Exercise and Sport Sciences, Russell E. Medbery of Newport, N.H., as the David H. Winton Endowed Chair and Professor of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Nick Baer, of New London, as the M. Roy London Endowed […]
Sunday, October 28th
On Sunday, October 28, the Wilmot Historical Society will hold their annual meeting in the Wilmot Town Hall, 9 North Wilmot Road next to the library. Using photos and anecdotes, local historian and WHS board member, Fred Ögmundson, will lead a Cracker Barrel discussion about Wilmot’s cemeteries and the odd things that have happened or […]
NEW LONDON, N.H. – One hundred percent of Colby-Sawyer’s 2018 Athletic Training graduates who sat for the Board of Certification passed on their first attempt. By comparison, the national first-time pass average in 2016-2017 was 83.6 percent. All three recent graduates are employed in their area of study. Amanda Matuszek ’18 is an assistant athletic […]
Representative Anne Copp resigned in June
The September 11th State Primary includes the election of a State Representative for Merrimack County District 1, which includes the towns of Andover, Danbury and Salisbury. According to a document dated August 6, 2018, published by the House Clerk, Representative Anne Copp resigned on June 9, 2018. The Beacon was unaware of her resignation and […]
Primary will be held on September 11
Having worked at the polls in Franklin for several years, I am always surprised how many voters arrive at the polls and have very little information about the candidates and the races that they are coming to vote for. But when I think about it, I have been guilty of the same thing myself. There […]
Watch for notices at the Transfer Station about the coming changes in recycling. All recyclable materials presently put in the single stream compactor will be separated to receive maximum revenue from the market. Guidelines for sorting are below: MIXED PAPER: Collected in brown compactor. Acceptable items: newspaper, magazines, hardcover books, cereal boxes, office paper, egg […]
Last year, several residents met with the Selectboard to discuss the possibility of a drawdown of Highland Lake for the purpose of repairs to shoreline structures and landscape and to prevent annual ice damage. It was too late in the year to follow through and we agreed to revisit the issue this summer. A second […]