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- Thursday, August 26, 2010
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Andover Stories: History of historical society's home
Deacon Amos Blanchard, builder and first owner of the Andover Historical Society’s headquarters, was of the sixth generation of Blanchards to live in Andover. As a student at Phillips Academy, young Amos boarded with his uncle John, who owned a home on campus. When Amos inherited his uncle’s home, he, and by then wife Elizabeth (Jenkins), continued the practice of boarding students.
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By 1818, however, Blanchard set his sights on an in-town location, perhaps more befitting his status as the sole employee of the new Andover Savings Bank. Lot No. 10 on Essex Turnpike (now 97 Main St.) caught his eye, and he purchased the property for $440 from the holder, South Parish. By the time the home was finished in 1819, Blanchard’s account book set the total expenditure for land, house, and barn at $4,100.The Blanchards lived in the original house until 1847 at which time the house was turned over to the eldest son, the Rev. Amos Blanchard. After a number of owners and resident curators, the Blanchard House was purchased by the Society in 1929. - Thursday, August 19, 2010
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Next stop for Andover riders: Groceries
As of this week, residents who can't or won't drive out-of-town have one more option for grocery shopping. The Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority has added an extra stop to its Andover bus route, shuttling residents to a familiar grocery chain in another town while Andover's Shawsheen Plaza remains without a grocery store.
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Dates targeted for townwide votes on new school project
School leaders have cancelled school on Jan. 25 in anticipation of a ballot vote on building a new elementary school, but it remains up to selectmen to select the date.
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Selectmen will discuss the issue at their Aug. 23 meeting. - BACK TO SCHOOL: New leader, new plan arrive together
- BACK TO SCHOOL: Sushi, smoothies replace greasier school food, snacks of yesteryear
- BACK TO SCHOOL: Town completing $650,000 DMS auditorium makeover
- BACK TO SCHOOL: School Committee, teachers union have met over summer
- Change for your budget follow-up
- Town Talk: Brief items worth mentioning
- Some residents still ignoring requests to update water meters
- As investigation continues at plant, manager lauds quality of water
- Less than two weeks to state primary on Sept. 14
- State senate, rep. candidates to appear at League forum Aug. 30
- Thursday, August 12, 2010
- Later fall opening for Stop & Shop
- Selectmen Chairman Stabile resigns
- With DPW director retiring, town may combine DPW, facilities departments
- Dale Chihuly 'Floats' join Addison's new roof, foretell museum's reopening
- Regular removed from selectmen's meeting
- Town Talk: 'Employee' goats, the future of the Main Street Post Office and brief items worth knowing
- Teens plead not guilty to bringing BB gun to school
