Nicholas Terwilliger at the Matterhorn
Kaity Colburn Engaged to Evan Ambrose
Wedding set for August
117th Hersey Family Reunion, August 2, 2014
60 family members from Maine to California
By Rita Norander, Hersey family secretary
Despite a foggy, cloudy start to the day, the weather on August 2, 2014 turned out to be perfect for the 117th annual Hersey Reunion, which was held at the Newfound Lake home of Helen LaPlante Duchesne. Sixty members and two guests, representing nine states (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Virginia, Georgia, Ohio, California), […]
Frank Haley Looks Back Over 91 Years in Andover
Two Purple Hearts and a lifetime of community service
By Lauretta Phillips, for the Beacon
Frank Haley was born on August 4, 1923, in the upstairs front room of the house his great-grandfather bought on Boston Hill Road in Andover. The house, now owned by Dr. Coolidge and his wife Margo, still stands sentinel facing the road and watching Mount Kearsarge from the front and Highland Lake from the rear. […]
Bryan Delaney Killed by DUI Driver
Three prior DUIs lead to charge of murder
By Pauline Repard, San Diego Union-Tribune
In a copyrighted story on August 12, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the DUI driver who killed Bryan Delaney has now been charged with murder. You can read the entire story here.
Robert Welch, August 13, 2014
Robert Everett Welch, 80, of Winter Haven, Florida, formerly of Bow, New Hampshire, and Highland Lake in East Andover, passed peacefully into eternity into the ever-loving arms of Jesus, his Savior, on August 13, 2014, after a brave battle with lymphoma. Mr. Welch was born on July 15, 1934, in Concord and was the son […]
Hope Howard, August 16, 2014
Hope (Peterson) Howard, age 97, died on August 16, 2014, in New London. Hope was born in East Milton, Massachusetts, the daughter of Julius and Bertha (Mann) Peterson of Quincy, Massachusetts. She grew up in the Wollaston area of Quincy, graduating from North Quincy High School in 1935. Hope became a nurse after attending Talitha […]
Bryan Delaney, August 3, 2014
Bryan R. Delaney, 36, son of James W. Delaney Sr. and Frances V. (Litchfield) Delaney of Andover, died at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California, on August 3, 2014 from injuries suffered in a motorcycle-automobile accident which occurred on July 25 in San Diego. Bryan was born in Massachusetts on July 31, 1978. He […]
Carolyn Allen, August 6, 2014
Carolyn B. (Hemstock) Allen, 101, of Concord, died on August 6, 2014. She was born in Alabama on May 28, 1913, to Melissa (Howell) Hemstock and Cornelius T. Hemstock. Her early years were spent in Canton, South Dakota and on Flaghole Road in East Andover. She attended Franklin High School. She lived in Concord, where she […]
Mackenzie Donovan Helps at Natural Science Center
Teaches about native NH wildlife
By Mackenzie Donovan, VLACS '16
As a junior at the Virtual Learning Academy Charter School, one thing I am required to do is complete a set of volunteer hours. This requirement can be fulfilled any way I would like. For a while, I wasn’t sure what I was going to do. I didn’t know of a lot of places that would […]