Condensed from draft minutes Board Attendees: Alex Bernhard, Steve Darling, George Heaton, Craig Heim, Lindy Heim, Charles Martin, Myra Mayman, Chris Norris, Jack Shields, Nita Tomaszewski, and Peter Southworth. Loyal Trail Supporters: Ricker Miller, Patrice Rasche, Steve Rasche With robust attendance again via Zoom, the Board focused on summer projects underway and under consideration. Treasurer’s […]
“All Aboard” exhibit at Potter Place Museum
Funded in part by a grant from New Hampshire Humanities, more than a dozen historical societies, museums, and other nonprofit organizations in the Central New Hampshire area are collaborating to tell the story of the enormous local impact of area railroads via a year-long, multi-community, multi-dimensional effort titled “All Aboard! Economic, Social, and Environmental Change […]
Bentwood Construction was chosen to work on the project
The Andover Historical Society’s caboose was received as a gift from the Wolfeboro Railroad in 1987. Our research revealed the caboose was built in 1923 and had been owned and operated by the Central Vermont Railroad as late as 1967, or perhaps even later. Although the caboose was intact upon its arrival in Andover, the […]
Lindsey Schust and the Ragged Mt. Band holding virtual concert on August 2
The Andover Historical Society invites the public to participate in the Old Time Fair Online Auction, an online silent auction beginning at 8 AM on Sunday, August 2, and continuing until 8 PM on Saturday, August 8. The auction is supported by an easy-to-use technology called Auctria, which can be viewed on home computers and […]
COA has loaned wheelchairs, crutches, and more
The Andover Community Hub is launching a local version of “Mobility on the Go” to offer the loan of mobility equipment to community members, working in conjunction with the COA Chapin Senior Center in New London, which also provides this service. The Hub will keep a small inventory of wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, bath seats, etc. […]
As was stated in an earlier Fourth of July article, due to the pandemic the Fourth of July Committee decided not to solicit prizes for this year’s raffle. Instead, they purchased four $25 gift certificates from Market Basket and four $25 gift certificates from Hannaford’s with money from raffle ticket sales on Voting Day in […]
