The Wilmot Garden Club maintains numerous gardens at the public buildings in town. With a generous donation from the Wilmot Conservation Commission, we are very excited to be planting a new garden ...

Uh oh . . . while my grandkids and friend herded their mother into Newton Centre’s ice cream shop, I was let loose in the local bookstore, Newtonville Books. Yes, it had started in its namesake ...

(Top left, left to right): Varsity Girls Basketball Head Coach Cat Robbins, Lily Cornell, Payton Cloutier, Maddie Doherty, Sage Slocum, Keira Michaels, Kayla Adams, Savaughna Slocum, Kourtney Kaplan, ...

Steven and Gisela Darling celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with family in Switzerland. Here, they are on top of the Maennlichen Mountain in the Berner Oberland, showing off a copy of The ...

Ann Schultz of Andover visited Iceland recently and showed off The Beacon with a backdrop of a beautiful waterfall. “We took The Beacon along so it could enjoy international travel to this beautiful ...

Franklin Animal Shelter’s new manager, Tara Valliere, with her dogs Molly and Oliver. Franklin – The Franklin Animal Shelter is happy to introduce their new Shelter Manager, Tara Valliere. The ...

Andover – Readers of the Beacon may have seen that residents needing rides to some activities at The Andover Community Hub can now contact Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners (KNP) to request them. This ...

After teaching for 47 years at Andover Elementary/Middle School, Gretchen Hildebrand has retired. Her heart, dedication, and passion for teaching is inspirational. There is a hallway that has been ...

I wanted to update our readers on the progress taking place at the Town Hall/Andover Public Library. As you will see from our Andover Library ramp work in progress. Photo: Scott Hilliard pictures, the ...

Cafe One East owners Paige Kelly and Robert Ronayne stand under a newly installed interstate exit sign, directing travelers to their coffee shop, and into Warner. The owners of Cafe One East in Warner ...

Summer Music Associates will offer an outstanding concert season celebrating 51 years of extraordinary music. To open the season, on Saturday, June 22, at the Sawyer Center at Colby-Sawyer College, ...

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 ...