A group of Andover artists is busy preparing for the 4th annual Andover Area Art Show to be held in conjunction with the Andover Olde Home Days celebration on August 4 and 5. Fortunately, Susan Merrow has once again graciously offered the old telephone office building (aka Addie’s!) for the show. Everyone is so excited to […]
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Clark in Andover Concert Series Friday
Jewel Clark especially loves singing old traditional country but also combines that with a wider range of mixed genre familiar tunes, along with sharing songs she’s written, and of course … there’s also the “yodeling,” which she says “elevates your mood.” She said, “I’m sure it drives some people crazy, but most people generally react […]
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Marilyn J. Hamel
AUBURN — Marilyn June (Rollins) Hamel, 62, of Ellsworth, passed away Tuesday, May 30, with the loving support of her family, at Clover Manor Nursing Home, Auburn. She was born in Brunswick, Dec. 30, 1954, the daughter of Carlton and Marion (Blackwell) Rollins Sr. She graduated from Brunswick High School in 1973 and from Ashford […]
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Support the elementary school
On Tuesday, May 30, Andover residents will gather at the Town Hall to vote on the school budget. It is imperative that citizens vote for the budget presented by the School Board. There is a group of people in Andover who wish to close the elementary school just to save money. That would mean that […]
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Jane Young
WEST PARIS — Jane Bean Young, 85, of Bethel passed away peacefully with her family by her side after a long illness on Thursday, May 11. She was born in Newry in 1931, the youngest child of Robert M. and Bertha Weeks Bean. She was educated in the schools of Newry and Bethel and graduated from […]
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Beverly L. Sylvester
WEST PARIS — Beverly L. Sylvester, 93, went home to the Lord on Saturday, April 24. She was a resident of Andover for 62 years before going to Ledgeview Nursing Home. Beverly was a wonderful mother, friend and confidante, and was a homemaker all her life. She lived for her children. Beverly always had a […]
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Fundraiser planned for Eddy School scholarships
NEWRY — An Andover woman is organizing a fundraiser in June for a scholarship program for The Eddy School, a nonprofit independent middle school at 8 Bear River Road. “The scholarship program exists to help children who want to go to The Eddy School but have lesser income,” fundraiser Melanie Nordwall said. “It helps them find the […]
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Write-in candidate wins selectman seat
ANDOVER — Mark Thurston was elected selectman with 53 write-in votes Tuesday, unseating Jim Adler who had 28, Town Clerk Melinda Averill said Wednesday. Thurston, who is also a member of the Planning Board, won a three-year term. School board members Paula Lee and Tim Akers were re-elected to three-year terms and Betty Davis was […]
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Town agrees with selectmen to revaluate properties
ANDOVER — Residents at the annual town meeting Saturday backed a townwide property valuation by approving $17,000 to add to a $63,000 account. Resident Wayne Delano’s article to use the money saved in the revaluation account to offset town taxes did not pass. He said his concern was that the town did not know what […]
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Oxygen monitor for Roxbury Pond arrives
ANDOVER — Andover’s librarian, Janet Farrington, and her friend, Hazel Wightman, were key cheerleaders and supportive advisers for a fundraising campaign spearheaded by local lake water quality volunteer monitors Ross and Christine Swain. The Swains are volunteers for the Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program and track water quality indicators at Roxbury Pond, also known as […]