Andover athlete Matthew Reynolds cruises to a 2nd place finish in the 2003 Andover Firecracker 5K. A great way to start the morning on the Fourth of July is by running or walking the Firecracker 5K ...

Sixth annual craft fair coming up on September 30, at the NH Veterans Home on Winter Street in Tilton, 9:30 to 3:30 PM. The New Hampshire Veterans Home (NHVH) is open to vendor registrations for their ...

The New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC) Board of Directors has approved the return of over $2 million in capital credit payments to members and former members. The 2023 capital credit retirement ...

This is the old, handicapped entrance, now closed. The other door is the main door to the library and will be the new handicapped entrance when complete. Photo: Scott Hilliard My fellow readers, this ...

ANDOVER — I took a quick down-and-back trip to Boston before an expected snowstorm to retrieve the vibrant and playful paintings by artist Susan Blatt, for our next exhibit at Proctor Academy. Susan’s ...

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.

Proctor Academy is excited to announce two new Art Exhibits, “Apricity” and “The Alchemy of Hope, Art for Climate Change”, are now on exhibit through May 2024. Both collections, featuring artists ...

Bella feeding the pigs at Crow Tree Farm during our Story Time with a Baby Goat program. The children heard “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” by Mark Barnett and then we traveled to the farm to meet a ...

A family of geese wanders around the golf course at the Country Club of New Hampshire where The Beacon held their first annual Golf Tournament on Monday, May 20. Photo: Alex Estin ...

The Beacon‘s Board of Directors has voted to update its logo. The Andover Beacon logo has featured some of our favorite hometown landmarks since 2004: a covered bridge, the Stone Chapel, Potter Place ...

The New London Barn Playhouse received an arts in health grant from the New HampshireState Council on the Arts to continue and expand their Improv for Caregivers program.Improv for Caregivers, a ...

The Harry Potter Escape Room at the William A. Bachelder Library had teams mixing potions, solving riddles, and reading maps to find the missing Quidditch gear!