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  The Ingalls Family in England and America
Andover was one of the original eight townships of Essex county.
There are occasional instances of towns that never grew, wherein the old parish system still survives, e.g., in the town of Boxford, adjoining North Andover, which has its east parish and its west, town meetings being held alternately in their respective villages.
The parish being desirous of building a new church, however, came to the conclusion that his location was the most convenient and arranged with him in 1681, to surrender it in exchange for a grant of 70 acres of land about a mile south, extending over Mosquito brook.
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  Andover (town), New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Town of Andover is on the eastern edge of Allegany County and contains a village of Andover.
The Town of Andover was established in 1824 from part of the Town of Independence.
Andover -- Village of Andover is in the central part of the town on Routes 417 and 21.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andover_(town),_New_York   (516 words)

  
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Andover was incorporated as the 146th town in Connecticut in May, 1848.
And said town of Andover shall have all the powers at said first meeting incident to other towns in the State and full right to act accordingly; and the Officers elected at such first meeting shall hold their offices until others are chosen and sworn in their stead.
As specified in the resolution creating the Town of Andover, a town meeting was held at the conference house on October 2, 1848.
www.andoverconnecticut.homestead.com /Historical.html   (1924 words)

  
 Almond (town), New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Town of Almond is on the eastern edge of the county.
In the town the population was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
Almond -- The Village of Almond is at the eastern edge of the town and is partly in Steuben County.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Almond_(town),_New_York   (599 words)

  
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And the said town is hereby invested with all the powers and Privileges, rights and immunities to which other towns are entitled by the Constitution and Laws of the Commonwealth.
Down to the incorporation, in 1804, of the town, the corporation so created exercised many of the functions of a town, such as the construction of bridges, highways, and of a schoolhouse, and one that a town could not exercise, the building of mills.
Most of the early settlers of Andover made their selection of lots, making clearings upon them, erecting buildings and moving to them, several years before they were confirmed to them by a vote of the proprietors.
www.andovermaine.com /towngovt.html   (1744 words)

  
 Reading (town Massachusetts) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
New York (city) : quotations: New York City: I had read so much for so long about murders and…
Town, name applied generally throughout the United States to small municipalities, larger than the village and smaller than the city or county.
On the Town, motion-picture musical about the adventures of three soldiers enjoying a day of leave in New York City, New York.
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 Andover CMS - History of Andover Township   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Andover pig and bar iron had a very good reputation and was sold extensively under its brand name as can be seen by the following advertisement in the NEW YORK GAZETTE and THE WEEKLY MERCURY, March 1 1773: ANDOVER PIG METAL, to be sold by the subscriber, at Elizabeth-Town.
Hardly an issue of the New York or Philadelphia newspapers in the 1760's and 1770's was printed that did not have reference to runaway indentured servants.
New Jersey Gazette, March 4, 1778: It was found impossible to treat with the owners, and the following appeal was made to the Governor to obtain possession of the works.
www.andovertwp-nj.com /content/view/43/37   (5622 words)

  
 History of Georgetown
The village elders gave him a lease with certain conditions to farm the western end of the "Old Town Field on the Gravell Plain." "He is to have the benefit of the land for 21 years and the rent shall be used for the ministry or town.
On the northerly side of Andover Street close by West Street is a boulder monument with the inscription, "John Spofford, descendant of Orme and of Candlebar of Spofford, England, with his wife, Elizabeth Scott founded the race of Spofford in America, a race respected for integrity, courage, generosity and intelligence."
A new church with steeple and porch was erected at the intersection of Elm and East Main Streets.
www.georgetownma.gov /Public_Documents/GeorgetownMA_WebDocs/about   (4463 words)

  
 Journal Inquirer - Bridge latest headache for Andover Finance Board
ANDOVER - In its second regular meeting since Robert Burbank was appointed interim first selectman, members of the Board of Finance rifled through inch-thick stacks of paperwork.
The issue came to light as officials became deadlocked with a New York contractor who is refusing to complete work on another bridge project, the Route 316 covered pedestrian bridge, until he receives an additional $110,000 from the town for design changes mandated by the state Department of Transportation, a bill the town disputes.
The accounting system should be operational in time to track the town's dwindling cash reserves, as Burbank said he continues to discover new expenses that were not budgeted.
www.journalinquirer.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=17258629&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=569421&rfi=6   (606 words)

  
 Creative financing for town projects - The Boston Globe
The town's new five-year capital budget counts on $2.4 million in community preservation funds to convert the vacant Bradstreet School into a new police station, a project expected to cost $9.3 million when completed in three years.
The new fire station, possibly at Foster Farm, is expected to improve response times and address the need to provide more protection for commercial development outside of the downtown.
The Bradstreet School is structurally sound and an excellent candidate for a new police station, according to a report submitted by Police Chief Richard M. Stanley.
www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2007/01/14/creative_financing_for_town_projects_1168752818   (685 words)

  
 Andover, New York Town Page
Andover was formed from Independence on Jan. 28, 1824.
Andover lies on the east border of the county, south of the center.
Andover Village is located on Dyke's creek near the center of town.
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 Andover   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Andover provides big-town service to corporate residents in attractive campus settings, and a small-town atmosphere in high-quality residential neighborhoods to homeowners.
Andover is 10 miles east of Lowell, 22 miles north of Boston, and 241 miles from New York City.
Andover is a member of the Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority (MVRTA), which provides fixed route service to Lawrence.
www.mvpc.org /index.asp?menu=wp1282006112640&page=wp128200611465   (236 words)

  
 New York Property, Home Rentals, Homes For Rent, Rental Houses - Condos in New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
New York Rental home listings are for rent, homes for lease, homes for lease option, lease purchase homes, rent to own, as well as New York condos for rent.
New properties for rent in New York and surrounding areas are being added all the time so bookmark this page and return to see additional new New York rental houses.
We are only providing an advertising service for New York landlords and all inquiries should be to those persons or company listed under the "Contact" section of the rental ad for the property you are interested in leasing.
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As other towns established fire departments, they could be called upon for assistance, but they normally could not respond quick enough to forestall considerable damage.
Early in 1940 a committee was appointed to investigate the purchase of an auxiliary truck and was empowered to purchase it for an amount not to exceed $50.
As more towns established fire departments and bought equipment, mutual aid evolved to where it is today, with help being started without it having to be asked for and at no charge to anyone.
www.andoverfire.org /afdhist.html   (3591 words)

  
 History of Newton, New Jersey
The New York Road (Route #206) rises from tidewater at Elizabeth and climbs through narrow gaps in the hills, passing Culver’s Gap en route to Milford, Pennsylvania, and ultimately, to the Great Lakes.
Concerned by competition from new railroads, Newton tradesmen induced Henry W. Merriam, a prominent New York shoe manufacturer, to occupy a new brick factory on the Sparta Road in 1873.
Appreciation of this fact is evident in a new wave of town-building: conversion of the Merriam factory ot condominium residences, construction of Cochran Plaza on Spring Street, construction of a new judicial complex behind High Street and location of Sussex County Community College on the Don Bosco Campus.
www.newtonnj.net /index.html   (1833 words)

  
 Alfred's Town Name
At the same time, the town of Alfred was named and organized by the state legislature as one of five towns formed from the larger town (actually co-extensive with the county) of Angelica: Angelica, Alfred, Caneadea, Nunda, and Ossian.
The earliest extant written reference to the town's name was in a series of historical articles written by Jonathan Allen (whose grandfather was one of the early settlers) for The Sabbath Recorder in 1881.
There is earlier evidence that the Jonathan and Abigail Allen believed the town, and hence the University, was named for Alfred the Great, and that they named their son after the king as well.
www.herr.alfred.edu /special/archives/histories/alfreds_town_name.asp   (1307 words)

  
 New York
New York, abbreviated "NY", is in the Middle Atlantic region of the U.S. Its capital is Albany.
There were 18,976,457 people in New York as of the 2000 census.
Please explore the cities and towns of New York, below.
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 Conflict besets Andover High - The Boston Globe
Talks in social studies classes at Andover High School on Friday by the Palestinian advocacy group Wheels of Justice prompted these students to draw the Israeli flag to post in a classroom.
ANDOVER -- The social studies teachers say they merely wanted to provide their students different perspectives about conflict in the Middle East when they invited a group with a history of condemning Israel's treatment of Palestinians to speak at Andover High School.
Andover, a town of 33,000, prides itself on its town-meeting style of governance, where everyone has a voice and a vote, and more than 200 people crowded into the high school library for the 90-minute presentation Friday evening.
www.boston.com /news/education/k_12/articles/2007/01/08/conflict_besets_andover_high   (1274 words)

  
 Andover, New Hampshire
Origin: According to the 'Topographical and Historical Sketch of the Town of Andover' published in 1822 by Jacob B. Moore, Andover was originally called New Breton 'in honor of those brave men who achieved the capture of Cape Breton' in 1745.
Andover, New Hampshire's first private school, as referenced in John R. Eastman's 'History of Andover, NH 1751-1906', was started in 1822 and closed in 1828; another was started in 1848 and became Proctor Academy.
The 2005 Census estimate for Andover was 2,215 residents, which ranked 131st among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.
www.nhes.state.nh.us /elmi/htmlprofiles/andover.html   (374 words)

  
 UUCIA THREE PILLARS OF AMERICAN UNITARIANISM
In 1800 when the pulpit became vacant the search committee went to find a Unitarian to be the new minister and the church voted 253 to 15 to call him to be their minister.
In the churches there would be an ideal society, a "new Jerusalem," a "beloved community." Whatever else we think of the Puritans, they have bequeathed us this: that we must always aspire to the ideal of community in our congregations and for the society around us.
Interior Maine, New Hampshire, and the whole Connecticut valley in Massachusetts and south were Trinitarian Congregational and the older coastal areas were largely Unitarian Congregational.
www.uuandover.org /Media/Sermons/pillars.htm   (2562 words)

  
 Andover   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Andover's history begins long before its formation as a town in 1824-even before the first white settler established a farm in Elm Valley, or others built their log dwellings on the banks of Dyke's Creek in 1807.
An incorporated village with a population of approximately 1100, Andover is located in the southeastern corner of Allegany County, about fifteen miles from the Pennsylvania border.
At the junction of routes 21 and 417, it is conveniently near the scenic east-west New York Highway 17 which connects it to Jamestown and Elmira.
www.andoverny.com /Town/tour1.htm   (169 words)

  
 Christ Church - History
The parish met in the Town Hall during the construction of the new church.
The consecration of the new church was on January 4, 1887.The entire cost of construction ($42,000) was funded by Mr.
A new education building with the Meeting Room (donated by the Andover Thrift Shop), North Chapel and 12 classrooms, a new kitchen, sacristy and robing room were built to accommodate the expanding parish.
www.christchurchandover.org /history.htm   (866 words)

  
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After considerable exploration, on the advice of Col. John York of Sudbury, Canada (as Bethel was then known), they settled and recommended the valley of the Ellis River as the most feasible site for the new township.
His family was the second that moved into this town, and he put up the second framed house in it, Ezekiel Merrill having built the first house in town, but located on the East side of Ellis River.
It is located in South Andover, at the foot of Lone Mountain, just before the road that turns off to go to several new houses built since the airport and ski association ceased to use the land.
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 Phillips Academy Andover - Welcome
Andover students are divided into four classes: seniors, upper middlers, lower middlers and juniors-our irrational terms for twelfth, eleventh, tenth and ninth graders.
Much of the lessons of the Andover Way are "placed" into the small feeble minds of our students with the help of the mind altering properties of baked scrod and other common's food additives.
This method ensures that all students are in compliance with the Andover Way, however due to certain exceptions we now have to extend our program to cover delivery services such as Peking Garden.
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 Andover Town Central - The Premier Internet Site For The Community in Andover, Hampshire, UK. Jobs, Letters, News, ...
We are situated near the border of the Kittatinny Valley and the Highlands.
The Highlands extend in a southwestern direction from Orange County, New York.
Andover Station was probably built in 1854 when the Sussex Railroad was built through the town.
www.andover.towncentral.co.uk /Andovers/New_Jersey.asp   (225 words)

  
 Andover Bulletin - Spring 2002 - Close Up - Carol McLean Bly
Her latest book, Beyond the Writers’ Workshop: New Ways to Write Creative Nonfiction (see Andover Bookshelf, page 23) is an outgrowth of the private classes she now teaches for writers in her home.
“He loves Andover and regards it as an island of the saved, the same way I felt when I was at Abbot,” says Bly, whose affection for Andover led her to return several years ago as a visiting alumnae fellow on campus, where she gave a reading and taught seniors in a creative writing class.
After graduating from Wellesley College, Bly went to New York and “starved to death in a garret like everybody else in my generation,” she says.
www.andover.edu /publications/alumni_profiles/bly_c_spr_02.htm   (642 words)

  
 Andover One Wheelers Home Page
These kids from Andover New Hampshire, have a new way to spin their wheels...
Their biggest parade so far is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
To earn money to pay for their costumes and the trip to New York, team members washed cars, baby-sat, and held bake sales.
www.andover.k12.nh.us /onewheel/natgeo.htm   (640 words)

  
 Andover, New York NY, town profile (Allegany County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
New York > All counties > Allegany County > Andover
Andover is in the Southern Tier region.[NOTE: This is not the only community in New York named Andover.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Andover was $19,273, compared with $21,587 nationally.
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