Dear Beacon Community, It is with heavy hearts that we write to inform you that The Beacon will cease publication, effective June 2025. This is our last issue. This decision did not come ...

The Andover Historical Society will be offering a special D-Day presentation, at 7 PM, on June 6. The program, “One New ...

Our Western Murder Mystery Night was a fun-filled evening! Tiffany Perkins and Alison Holler had a blast. Photo: Michaela ...

Looking out onto Highland Lake from Channel Road in East Andover, as the lake was opening and the ice melting/sinking, on or ...

Viola Chella recently wrote her own book, Cat Crazy, which is on display at the Andover Public Library. Come check it out! Photo: Michaela Hoover ...

FRANKLIN — Franklin Animal Shelter has made the difficult decision to close its doors. This sad news has caused me to reflect ...

Returning from a sunlighted week on the Maine coast? Obviously, eat chocolate. Nothing high class, just little blocks of Hersheys. Did I not mention the fruit first? Toss in overly maple saturated ...

NEW LONDON — Save the Date! The Kearsarge Community Presbyterian Church is holding their annual yard sale on Saturday, May 24, from 8 AM to 1 PM, at 82 King Hill Road (Route 11), in New London. There ...

The ice went out on Highland Lake either very late on April 4 or early April 5. Broken ice often floats along the shore of ...

Tucker Mountain’s one-room schoolhouse in East Andover. Photo: AHS Archives ANDOVER — The Andover Historical Society announces that the Tucker Mountain one-room school will re-open on Sunday, June 8, ...

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 ...

Wilmot Garden Club members are (L to R): Linda Colgan, Elizabeth Fielding, and Nancy Schlosser. This year’s sale is on Saturday, May 24.