Nice prizes included in raffle basket
The figures are not in for our town-wide canvas, but the deadline for names in the program was May 31. You can still make a donation up to and on the Fourth of July, but they will be acknowledged in The Andover Beacon instead of in the Fourth of July program. We hope you will […]
Vote for your favorites on the Village Green
The Andover Institute is sponsoring a Photo Contest as part of this year’s Fourth of July celebration in downtown Andover. Participants may enter one photo, ready for hanging, and the photo must have been taken within the town of Andover. Entry is free, and the public will get to vote on their favorite photos on […]
Rain date for festivities is July 9
We have about one month to go until the Andover Fourth of July celebration! We are hoping to have a record number of floats this year, thinking that the theme, American Heroes, will inspire people to put something together for the parade. As usual, the Andover Lions Club will be putting on its spectacular pancake […]
April 16 through May 15, 2016
On April 26, Mario Messina sold 216 Plains Road to Zachary Ordway and Erica Bennett for $164,500. Susan Robinson of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Amherst assisted the seller; Matthew-John Graves of B&B Realty of Concord assisted the buyer. The 920-square foot house has 3 bedrooms and 1 bath and sits on 1.7 acres. On April 28, Howard Wilson sold 57 Agony Hill Road to Elwin […]
March 16 through April 15, 2016
On March 18, FANNIE MAE sold 822 Franklin Highway to Henderson Properties for $40,000. Michael Gagne of the Bean Group assisted the seller; Marsha Foden of Central Gold Key Realty assisted the buyer. The 2,152-square foot house has 3 bedrooms and 2 baths and sits on 1 acre. On March 28, Shirley Rich sold 16 […]
No sign-ups, just get out there!
The seventh annual Town Clean-Up Week will begin on Sunday, May 1. This event is a joint effort by the Andover Conservation Commission and the Town of Andover. Andover residents are encouraged to adopt a road or roads to clean up during the first week of May (or until the end of the month, if […]
First issue surfaces: September 1988
Cindy Benson dropped off an issue of The Andover Star recently. It was the first issue published, dated September 1988. You can see a PDF file of the whole issue on the Beacon’s Web site at AndoverBeacon.com/Andover-Star. We asked Andover Star publisher Julie Mayo for some thoughts about Andover’s first newspaper in living memory. Her […]
$1,200 raised to display it in Town Hall
Search may have to broaden beyond Andover
In the October issue, the Board of Directors of Community Publishing of Andover, Inc. – the 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charity that publishes The Andover Beacon – announced that I’d be retiring. Six months later, we’ve split my full-time job into three part-time jobs and filled two of the three positions. Steve Foley and Shelley Geoghegan are […]