Fireworks will launch from Proctor Ski Area
Andover’s 73rd annual Fourth of July celebration is approaching very fast. There is a lot to do still to get ready. Applications have been sent out for participants in the parade. If you have a float, an antique car, band, fire apparatus, etc. and would like to be a parade participant, please contact Irene Haley at […]
18-year-old Harry Rylance performs Rachmaninoff
Boston Civic Symphony Orchestra returns to Sawyer Center Theater at Colby-Sawyer College in New London- Saturday, June 27, at 7:30 PM The Boston Civic Symphony, now in its 91st year, makes its fourth consecutive appearance as part of the Summer Music Series. The players are exceptionally talented students and amateur musicians who perform a wide […]
Help protect easements by becoming a monitor
Help protect land by joining us for a training session to become one of our over 100 land steward monitors. As we proudly protect more properties, we continually need additional easement monitors. This is a wonderful opportunity to be in the woods making a concrete contribution toward saving our rural landscape. There will be one hour of […]
Last to be repaired, last to be plowed
Before leaving the area of the Andover/Franklin town line, I’d like to write about Last Street. For most of its existence, this road was unnamed, and there was only one house on it. Ralph Chaffee, in his 1974 book East Andover and Its People, tells of the historical significance of this particular house. It is a […]
Meetings to rotate among Andover, Boscawen, Franklin, and Danbury
FNRT board members present: Alex Bernhard, Steve Darling, Craig Heim, Myra Mayman, Joyce Morton, Ellsworth Morton, Peter Southworth, Bob Ward, and guest Larry Chase. Old Business Maintenance. We reviewed our last maintenance meeting with Chris Gamache and snowmobile club members. Bob noted that Chris Gamache estimated a cost of $600 to $2,000 on a New Hampshire trail […]
Illuminates the 19th century through song
Mark your calendars! Jeff Warner will appear at the Highland Lake Grange Hall on Thursday, June 25, at 7 PM. The Andover Historical Society, with the generous help of the New Hampshire Humanities Council, is delighted to announce that we have lured Jeff Warner back to kick off our 2015 season. If you attended his […]
Tuesday afternoons beginning in July
Franklin Regional Hospital (FRH) is excited to once again host a weekly Summer Farmer’s Market in collaboration with the Franklin Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Coalition. Join local vendors on the lawn at FRH on Tuesday afternoons from 3 to 6 PM beginning Tuesday, July 7, to be held each Tuesday through the summer season. […]
38-star flag will fly for Flag Day
The Tucker Mountain one-room schoolhouse will be open for visitors on Sunday, June 14, from 1 to 3 PM. This is the first of five monthly Open House events sponsored by the Andover Historical Society. The second Sunday of each month, through October, is the designated open house date. Visits may also be arranged by calling Pat […]