On September 24th, 2022, Rolling Ridge partnered with the North Andover Historical Society and the Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook Abenaki People to celebrate our connection to the land as a community. With the public proclamation of our Land Acknowledgement, insightful heartfelt stories of the history of the Pennacook people, and announcement of the new name of our island, it was a full and blessed day.

On that day, we officially announced the new name of the island off the Rolling Ridge peninsula, chosen by community consensus: Menahaniz Island.

In the Algonquin dialect, the language of the Pennacook Abenaki people, "menahan" means "island" and "iz" means "small."   Thanks to all who voted, the "small island," which is the centerpiece view from the Lakeside Gallery Dining Room, is now officially named "Menahaniz" (pronounced "mena-ha-neez").  The naming of the island becomes one of the ways the Ridge will now be able to tell our story and our current connection to the Cowasuck and the historical connection with the Pennacook.

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