Charging electric car from solar panels
My wife and I recently started our switch from fossil fuels to grid-tied solar and an electric vehicle. It has been a real eye-opener for us, from saving money to financial independence. We thought we were doing a good thing by helping climate change, but it turned into more and we would like to share […]
Nonviolent civil disobedience action
What is a 68-year-old grandmother doing getting arrested by New York City police? The following is my account of how I found myself in what I can only describe as a personal “perfect storm.” In early 2023, a close friend of mine sent me an article about “dirty banks” — banks that finance the fossil […]
Friday, July 19, at 7 PM
Did you have Wesley McNair as a high school teacher in New London? There was a brief period in which Andover’s high school students were given the choice of attending either Franklin High School or New London High School. During this period an exceptional young teacher named Wesley McNair made a lasting positive impression on […]
The Rev. Arthur C. Urie of Andover passed away on May 29. He was born August 6, 1943, son of Leslie and Isabel (Anderson) Urie. He and his three brothers and one sister were raised on a dairy farm in South Albany, Vermont, and as a youth he was active in the East Craftsbury Presbyterian […]
Tina Marie French, 67, of Andover, passed away peacefully at home on June 3. She was surrounded by the two people she loved the most, her husband Gary and her niece Nikita. Tina grew up in Andover, the youngest child of Valerie “Toots” and Ernest French. She spent much of her young childhood surrounded by […]
Donald H. Tilton, Sr., 81, of Pound Road, Wilmot, died Saturday, May 18 at his home. He was born in New London, New Hampshire, on October 2, 1942, the son of William J. and Marjorie (Joyce) Tilton. Don had been a lifelong resident of Wilmot, graduating from Andover High School in 1961. He served in […]
At East Andover fire station on April 28
So much of the natural and historic character of our small New England towns seems to remain “just the way it was,” but quite a bit has changed over the years. It takes the long memory of a story-teller like Lloyd Perreault to tell how fires, natural disasters, and yes, highway construction and development too, […]
Barbara Jean Hibbs of Havertown, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully on May 6, 2024, at the age of 86. Barbara was born in New London, New Hampshire, to John F. Rivers and Elinor C. Rivers (Hall) on July 18, 1937. She graduated from Colby Junior College (now Colby-Sawyer) in 1957. Barbara was a loving wife, mother, […]
