Descendants of Gilman and Hannah Hersey
August 17, 2024 •
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By Rita Norander
![Hersey Family Holds Their 127th Annual Reunion Hersey Family Holds Their 127th Annual Reunion](https://AndoverBeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/History-Hersey-Reunion-2024-Photo-1-701x526.jpg)
Andover – The descendents of Gilman and Hannah Hersey gathered on August 3 for their 127th annual reunion, which was held at the East Andover Grange Hall. Twenty-seven members were in attendance, coming from the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. A potluck meal was enjoyed by all and was topped off by […]
Literary allusion made by Hamilton to Washington
July 23, 2024 •
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By John Hodgson
Hamilton, Washington and the Man Who Might ”Ride the Storm and Direct the Whirlwind.” © John A. Hodgson As Rep. Adam Schiff opened the first impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in January 2020, he began with a quotation from Alexander Hamilton: “When a man unprincipled in private life, […]
Literary allusion made by Hamilton to Washington
July 23, 2024 •
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By John A. Hodgson
As Rep. Adam Schiff opened the first impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in January 2020, he began with a quotation from Alexander Hamilton: “When a man unprincipled in private life, desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper, possessed of considerable talents, having the advantage of military habits—despotic in his ordinary demeanour—known to have […]
June 19, 2024 •
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By Kent Hackmann
The body is that of Mary N. Chase (1863-1959), the subject of my essay that highlights her place as a distinguished resident of Andover, 1899-1948. When she died, December 30, 1959, aged 96, she lived in a comfortable retirement home for indigent women in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston. Boston newspapers on December 31 […]
By Nancy Clayman
![An Ode to Highland Lake An Ode to Highland Lake](https://AndoverBeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/History-Clayman-Highland-Lake-Boater-701x949.jpg)
Summers as a kid in Andover begin and end with memories made at Highland Lake. There are so many, but the snippets that follow rise up and gather as bubbles do where the water meets the sand. Memories of puttering around the lake in our family’s 10 foot “power” boat, designed and constructed totally by […]
Open House Sunday, June 9, 1–3 PM
By Donna Baker-Hartwell
![Tucker Mountain Schoolhouse Opens for the 2024 Season Tucker Mountain Schoolhouse Opens for the 2024 Season](https://AndoverBeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/History-Andover-Historical-Society-Tucker-Mt-Schoolhouse-Opens-701x935.jpg)
A handrail has been installed 187 years after the Tucker Mountain School opened to provide education for the children of District # 9. Thanks to the expertise of Jay Aubertin of Wilmot, the new-old railing looks authentic for the period. He noted that farmers in the 19th century would have reused material found around the […]
All-time record snowstorm in 1956
March 20, 2024 •
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By Nancy Heden Clayman
The lights flicker wearily, and sleety snow raps on the kitchen window. Mom and I are eating dinner together in silence, lost in our own thoughts. I’m guessing she’s worried about my dad, driving home tonight in this yucky weather. For me, our big house feels empty and lonely with my brother, newly married now, […]
Folks escaped the city heat
March 15, 2024 •
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By Rita Norander
![Pleasant Places to Visit in Andover in 1893 Pleasant Places to Visit in Andover in 1893](https://AndoverBeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/History-Norander-Vacation-Spot-Highland-Lake-701x435.jpg)
Around the turn of the 20th century, many city dwellers escaped the summer heat by vacationing in the country. Some even spent the whole summer, staying with local farmers, where they became known as “summer boarders.” Andover was one of these destination towns. This article (edited and condensed) appeared in the July 28, 1893, in Merrimack Journal. It was saved by W. A. Bachelder, […]
Next in a series of a family's Andover history
February 17, 2024 •
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By Nancy Heden Clayman
![An 8 Year Old’s Adventures with Bessie An 8 Year Old’s Adventures with Bessie](https://AndoverBeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/History-Clayman-Family-Series-Bessie-701x566.jpg)
Every animal living on our tiny farm on Route 11 has a job to do – the cat, the dog, cow, pig, goat, chicken, but, as an eight year old, they’re pets to me. What I want more than anything is a pony, but my Dad does not believe a pony could be “helpful.” So, […]
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January 24, 2024 •
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By Nancy Hedén Clayman
![Finally, Andover Becomes Home to the Hedén Family Finally, Andover Becomes Home to the Hedén Family](https://AndoverBeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/080-History-Clayman-AndoverMove-Photo-1-701x526.jpg)
It is 1946; the deed was officially transferred. David and Ellen, my parents, were the proud owners of the property, now known as Pine View Haven on 85 Franklin Highway, with a few acres along Morrill Hill Road, where now several lovely homes comprise a neighborhood. Our address, back in the day, was simply “Route […]