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 ...

Andover Service Club serves up goodies at AE/MS during Town Meeting. Pictured L-R: Sandra Graves and Jenn Brocklehurst. Photo credit: Nancie Jacobson ...

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 ...

ANDOVER — The Fourth of July dedication this year recognizes the critical relationship the Town of Andover and Proctor Academy have had since the school’s inception in 1848. From Proctor Academy’s ...

Kimberley Brown Edelmann, Andover's Town Administrator, takes advantage of a sunny day to ride into work on her motorcycle. Photo: Janet Moore ...

World leadership today requires commitment to multinational collaboration because we face global challenges that affect all nations and, in addition, they are existential, threatening our survival.

Then: The above image is looking north on Main Street, circa 1880, from in front of the Congregational Church (out of frame to the left). FRANKLIN — In the 1800s, West Franklin was just “Franklin”, ...

A first-time customer, who also admitted to being a first time crepe-eater, chats with Downtown Crepes owner Louise Nylander during a slow moment. The motto on the website for Downtown Crepes, located ...

“Twins” gather for fourth grade Twin Day at AE/MS, held during Spirit Week, the week before February vacation, when students get to dress up for a new theme each day, ending with AE/MS Eagle gear on ...

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 ...

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 ...

ANDOVER – This letter is submitted in response to a letter published in the August Beacon in which the writer states that a certain lawn sign “… appears to call for the killing and dismembering of ...