Donna Blinn is a family history researcher
In response to the Andover Beacon’s solicitation for immigration stories, Donna Hague Blinn of Flaghole Road reached out to offer her family’s history. She is a second-generation immigrant. We sat in her cozy sunny kitchen one afternoon as she retold the following story. Three of her grandparents immigrated to the United States. Her paternal grandparents, […]
Adrianne M. (Gray) Lauridsen died on March 16, 2023. She was born in Pepperell, Massachusetts on July 29,1925, the daughter of Harold F. and Mary A. (Scharff) Gray. She graduated from Milford, Connecticut High School in 1943, Booth and Bayliss Secretarial School in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1945 and came to New London in that year. […]
Cecile (Dufresne) Dyke, born January 29, 1948 in Hardwick, Vermont, died peacefully at her home in Morgantown, West Virginia on Thursday, March 9, 2023 from complications due to Multiple Sclerosis. She had fought a hard decades-long battle with the illness, bravely facing each new challenge that the disease presented. Cecile was predeceased by her husband […]
Jonathan Marston Heard of Sandwich, New Hampshire, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 5, 2023 from complications related to long term illnesses he had battled courageously for years. Born on March 26, 1956 in Cambridge Massachusetts, son of Arthur and Patricia Heard (Gather). Jon grew up in Lexington Massachusetts. He attended Bement School, Deerfield, Massachusetts, […]
Edith F. (Bailey) Powers, 91, formerly of Depot Street, Andover, died peacefully Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at the Merrimack County Nursing Home in Boscawen. She was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts on October 25, 1931, the daughter of James S. and Esther S. (Clark) Bailey. After attending Lab Technician School in Boston, she moved to New […]
Valerie B. (Long) Kimmel, 69, of North Short Street, Andover, died Saturday, February 18, 2023. .She was born in Newton, Massachusetts on February 14,1954 the daughter of Francis Long and Helen M. (Trawinski) Long. Valerie spent her early years in Massachusetts, moved to Moultonborough, and lived in Hawaii for over 35 years before moving to […]
Frie Scott, whose feisty spirit, compassion, and wisdom made her as unique as her first name, passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 13, 2023, at Lydia Taft House in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. She was 101. A resident of Andover for 58 years, she was a devoted wife, a loving mother of four, and a […]
Helping horse owners to keep their beloved companions
In January, we reprinted an article first published in the Concord Monitor (Jamie L. Costa; December, 2022) that introduced Kathleen Lang, founder of Becky’s Gift Equine Relief, a nonprofit organization that offers temporary, confidential assistance to horse owners who have fallen on hard times. Becky’s Gift is named for Kathleen’s daughter, a UNH graduate, accomplished […]
Almost reaching 102, she lived a full life
With the squeal of brakes and toot of a horn, Frie pulls into our driveway. I give my Mom a guilty kiss, as I dash out of the house to meet her. I climb into the passenger seat, as she snuffs out her cigarette and lowers the pop music that’s accompanying her tapping toes. She […]
2023 award winner for best sugar shack
The weekend of March 18 – 19 was the annual statewide Maple Weekend. Trail Side Sugar House, at 246 Currier Road in Andover, was ready for it with 450 gallons of Grade A maple syrup. I visited owner Zach Barton the day before the big weekend. His sugar house was last year’s winner of the […]