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 […]
Carter “Nick” Whitman, the only child of the late David Allen and Elizabeth Carter Whitman, died February 22, 2023, in the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. Carter was 71 at the time and left this world peacefully, escaping the decline of serious health issues. Nick is survived by too many cousins to name, and caring and […]
Marilyn Bachelder Gould, age 90, of Peabody Place, and formerly of Lawrence Street, Andover, and Wayne, New Jersey, died on February 19, 2023, at the Peabody Home in Franklin. She was born in Concord on January 9, 1933, the daughter of Freeman and Marion (Davis) Bachelder. She graduated from Concord High School in 1952 and […]
Terence David Lynch, passed away at 81 on January 23, 2023 after a long illness. He was in Pasadena, surrounded by his loved ones when he quietly said goodbye. Born March 7, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan, Terry was the eldest of five children born to Gerald and Mary Romaine Lynch. He counted many communities his […]
Anne Mary Haley, 88, of Andover passed away at Golden Crest Retirement Home on Thursday, February 9, 2023. Anne was born in Franklin on July 10, 1934, to parents Alfred Thibeault and Rose (Dussault) Thibeault. After graduating Franklin High School in 1952, Anne attended Plymouth Teachers College (now Plymouth State University), where she graduated with […]
Loretta Ann Bates of Andover died peacefully with family by her side at the Concord Hospital on February 1, 2023. She was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in August 1946, the daughter of Peter and Barbara Raymond. Loretta attended Salem High School and graduated in 1964. High school is where she met and married the man […]
Ralph Ressler died on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. He was 89 years old. Ralph was born on Labor Day, September 4, 1933, in Paterson, New Jersey. After four years in the United States Navy, he entered Montclair State College in New Jersey. Ralph graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in industrial arts education. […]