Close-up of the granite chimney collar in the Andover Historical Society’s schoolhouse. Photo: Donna Baker-Hartwell ANDOVER — Last October, the Andover Historical Society hired Brad Hartwell of Tucker ...

RSA 664:2 defines “political advertising” as “any communication…which expressly or implicitly advocates the success or defeat of any party, measure, or person at any election.” The term “communication ...

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When the Andover Thrift & Gift Shop flag blew up onto the roof during a recent windstorm and got caught in one of the snow guards, this nice father and daughter lent a hand with a clever solution. The ...

Seven Kearsarge Regional High School students graduated from the school’s Licensed Nursing Assistant Program. From left: Gage Richard, Renae Purslow, Danica Janssen, Sienna Loomis, Chloe Hasey, ...

ANDOVER — 2024 was another year of growth for our Andover Libraries! Read on to learn about the important work of our community libraries. Our libraries had 9,317 visitors (2,977 at the William A.

Condensed from approved minutes of the Conservation Commission: Members Present: Nancy Robart, Tina Cotton, Jenny Bodwell, Nancy Teach, Jerry Hersey, Lee Wells, Sooze Hodgson, Jesse Schust. Public ...

ANDOVER — Andover citizens will be able to vote to approve a new Camping Ordinance at Town Meeting on March 11, 2025. The intent of the new Camping Ordinance is to describe an opportunity for ...

Following are my legislative priorities for the upcoming term: protecting and expanding the wildly successful Education Freedom Account program, by making it universal through HB115; passing the ...

Timothy Morrill’s epic Polar Plunge, First Day 2025. Photo: A. MacRae FRANKLIN — As Franklin woke up to raw, damp weather on the first day of 2025, the spirit of our community was anything but dreary.

The Andover Beacon is a monthly non-profit community newspaper that is delivered at no charge to every mailing address in Andover. To make it easy for our readers (and their friends and neighbors who ...

Hutchinson Street views from the front, five days after a fire in early December. Photo: William F. Pomeroy FRANKLIN — The City of Franklin was dispatched to a reported building fire in early December ...