Highland Lake Beach Tests

By Marj Roy, Town Administrator

Even the Beach Has to Pass Tests Are you ready to go swimming?  Have you braved the water temperature and already gone for a swim?  Have you ever wondered if Andover’s public beach is monitored for bacteria content? Good news!  The beach is inspected monthly from June through August as part of the state beach […]

Lawrence Street Bridge Update

By Marj Roy

The engineering-design phase of the Lawrence Street Bridge project has begun.  The general project scope is to replace the existing bridge and to reconstruct the road approaches to the bridge.  Over the course of the summer, there will be crews working in the Lawrence Street area doing surveying and geotechnical work.  This project is part […]

Andover Service Club News

By Mary Ofenloch

The ASC meeting which was held on May 9 at the Highland Lake Grange Hall in East Andover, was well attended by the members. Topics of discussion were the proposed FY 2018-2019 budget, the Annual Meeting and Spring Luncheon on June 13 at 74 Main/the Millstone Restaurant in New London, and the upcoming “Jingle Bell […]

Andover Congregational Church News June 2018

By Sandra Miller

We have had a busy month!  Our Mother’s Day Plant and Bake Sale held on Saturday, May 12 was very successful.  We realized a profit of over $600 from the sale. Many thanks to Ginny Newton for heading this up. We recently welcomed to our Church the Rev. John Segasinde who lived through the horrific […]

Planning Board to Hold Hearing on Subdivision Regulations

June 26, 2018 at 7:30 - Andover Town Office

By Andover Planning Board

Notice of a Planning Board hearing for consideration and approval of a revision of the Town’s Subdivision Regulations and Application for Subdivision. June 26, 2018 at 7:30 – Andover Town Office This revision, prepared by the Planning Board, makes no material change in the substance of these regulations.  As part of the Board’s ongoing effort […]

Andover Conservation Commission April 10, 2018 Minutes

Press Release

Andover Conservation Commission April 10, 201       Final Minutes Members Present: Mary Anne Broshek (MAB), Nan Kaplan, Jerry Hersey, Tina Cotton, Jesse Schust, Alan McIntyre Minutes: Jerry made a motion to approve the March minutes with small corrections/additions, Nan seconded, and all were in favor.   Correspondence NHDES Complete Forestry Notification in response to Wetlands Minimum […]

Andover High School Reunion Scheduled

At Highland Lake Grange Hall, July 7

By Judy Perreault '53

June is a month when many of our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren are graduating.  This poem was in the 1941 graduation issue of the Blue and White Banner, our school newspaper. The message is relevant today as it was in 1941. “You are the person that has to decide, whether you’ll do it or […]

 Final Preps for July 4th Celebration

Press Release

Strike a match! Light the fire! Watch our 4th of July celebration come to life! Things will be popping all over town. Think about it: The fittingly named Firecracker 5K foot race. The sizzle of the grills of the non-profit food vendors. The sparkle of the jewelry and other fine products for sale at the […]

Andover Fire Dept News

Press Release

We are very fortunate in New Hampshire to have several outstanding hospitals in our area. Sometimes an injury or illness requires the level of care that only a hospital like CMC, Concord or Dartmouth Hitchcock are able to provide. Often the best and medically safest way to get to these hospitals is by ambulance.  Andover […]

Colby-Sawyer College’s First Masters in Nursing Cohort Achieves 100 Percent Clinical Nurse Leader Certification

Press Release

NEW LONDON, N.H. – One hundred percent of Colby-Sawyer’s first cohort of Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.) students passed the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) certification exam on their first attempt. For comparison, the national pass rate for the CNL exam over the last seven years averages 70 percent. In collaboration with Dartmouth-Hitchcock (DH), the […]