Public education has been since its inception with the work of Horace Mann, the great equalizer. Students from poor families have been able to compete with students from the other side of the tracks, ...

I am 86 and a vet. I am very concerned about the proposal in Project 2025 to replace senior civil servants with Trump loyalists “to carry out the President’s desires” (p. 20). The proposal reverses ...

Picture derived from a postcard with the caption: “Railroad Station, and Coach starting for New London.” Imagine you’re at Andover’s Potter Place Railroad Station in the late 1800s. It’s between train ...

During Fire Prevention Week, held the second week in October every year, we were busy at the Andover Fire Department. Members of AFD and EMS welcomed classes from AE/MS into the station to show them ...

The Most Recent News on AndoverBeacon.com Sally George – October 23, 2024 Deborah Aylward’s View from Concord — November Louise Andrus’s View from Concord — November Local Citizen Urges Voters to ...

Traditional burials in one of our cemeteries. Are you interested in Green Burials? Your Cemetery Trustees would like your opinion. Here in Andover, deceased family members are either cremated and ...

for an informal coffee and conversation hour at The Andover Community Hub, on Thursday, November 7, at 10:15 AM, as part of the Coffee with the Chief series. This is an opportunity for Administrator ...

Like so many of you, my heart has been burdened these past months by the choice which presents itself to us in this upcoming election. As a former Massachusetts “Independent” and now a New Hampshire ...

Ann, left, and Marc Davis of Wilmot were recently named the 2024 Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year for the Northeast Region. They own and manage a 500-acre woodlot in Springfield and Wilmot. The ...

Alex Bernhard, on the Northern Rail Trail he helped create. Photo: Myra Mayman Alex Bernhard, a founder of the Friends of the Northern Rail Trail (FNRT) in Merrimack County, is stepping down from the ...

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 ...

Judy Perreault of East Andover entertained the diners at the October Kearsarge Area Senior Lunch in Wilmot with her fun presentation about outhouses. The engaging program is from her New Hampshire ...