It is still hard for me to believe that the June issue of The Beacon is the last issue of the newspaper. I want to thank every person that has been involved for a job well done. Especially, I want to ...

This is an excerpt from a blog, the title of which, Surf's Up,  is a slang phrase that means there are good waves for surfing ...

Financiers are a small, traditional French almond cake dating back to the 17th century. Originally named Visitandines after ...

The Settler’s Dugout Canoe as it looks today on display at the Andover Historical Society. Note the truncated stern. Photo: John A. Hodgson The “Settler’s dugout canoe” rests prominently on display in ...

The Decatur Creek Band will return to the Andover Community Coffeehouse on Friday, June 20. The Coffeehouse is held at the ...

ANDOVER - The Appalachian Trail (A.T.), a 2,197.4-mile hiking-only trail, stretching from Springer Mountain in Georgia to ...

Pictured are the members of the Salisbury Fire Dept, along with FF/EMT Jeffrey Miller (left). ANDOVER — Each year, The New Hampshire Fire and Emergency Medical Services, Committees of Merit holds a ...

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 ...

John Cotton holds his framed award certificate, and the plaque that will be displayed at Town Hall is on the floor with John’s name inscribed as the latest awardee of the Kim Ayers Environmental Award ...

Franklin resident Olivia Genus took the top scoring dance routine of all solos, duos/trios, and groups for the intermediate level at the recent Dancers Inc. competition in North Berwick, Maine. The ...

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 ...

(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, ...