SUSAN ABBOTT NORRIS (Suzy), a 56-year resident of Andover, died on January 2, 2024, after a brief but trying battle with cancer. Suzy was born in 1944 in Torrington, Connecticut, to Barbara (Nath) and Chester Brown. She grew up in Kent, Connecticut, and spent summers in Campton, New Hampshire, at her family home on Mad […]
Roy Charles Downes of Center Road, Salisbury, NH, Roy, 79 passed away on Friday, December 22, 2023, at his home surrounded by loved ones after several months of declining health. He was born in Franklin on December 31, 1943, the son of Frank and Faith (Johndro) Downes. Roy grew up in Andover during his youth […]
15 Andover Fire Department volunteers showed up to help
It all started with a passing comment as a small group of us were harvesting potatoes out of Jenny Bodwell and Scott Kidder’s garden in early November. Scott casually mentioned how Jenny had always wanted to have the massive tree in their front yard decorated with Christmas lights. (Jenny, you might recall from last month’s […]
Discusses their history with drumming
The Schust family entertained the Andover Historical Society during our annual meeting. It was supposed to be a talk on “Railroads 101” from our own Fred Nystrom, but due to illness he couldn’t give the planned presentation. The Schust Family stepped in at the last minute to talk about drumming and how it started in […]
Half a world away but connected to Andover
Andover is a community rich with homegrown talent of writers, artists, poets, singers, and musicians who have been inspired to create here for generations. On October 20, a groundbreaking world music video was released and began streaming globally on YouTube. This 4:09 minute masterpiece, Moussow Women, “For the Women of Africa” is a tribute to […]
Robin Mayer, a longtime member of the counseling community, passed away on Monday, October 30, 2023, after battling cancer. Since 2008 she was a critical member of Proctor Academy’s Health Care Team where she left a legacy of compassion and healing that helped generations of students find the center necessary to navigate the complexities of […]
Charles “Charlie” Stephen McCrave, Jr., of East Andover, NH, died in Concord, NH, on November 4, 2023, at the age of 88. Charlie was born on July 7, 1935, in Providence, RI, to Charles Stephen McCrave, Sr., and Margaret (Conlon) McCrave. Upon graduating from La Salle Academy in Providence, RI, he went to work at […]