369 calls for service in October
Andover Police Department Andover Police Department handled 369 Calls for Service during the time period of October 1, 2015 to October 31, 2015 including: Assist Ambulance/Rescue – 5 Assist Citizens – 13 Assist Police – 7 Business Checks – 6 Dog – loose – 6 House Checks – 63 Pistol Permits – 10 Public […]
Many important deadlines in run-up to School District Meeting and Town Meeting
The Andover Budget Committee has published its 2015-2016 meeting calendar, and the Town Office has added the deadlines for the 2015 Town Report. September 16, 6:30 PM: Joint Meeting with Select Board September 24, 7 PM: Capital Improvement Plan Committee Meeting November 11, Deadline: Water/Precinct budgets forwarded to Budget Committee November 18, 7 PM: Water and […]
6 to 8 PM at the East Andover Fire Station
On Saturday, December 5, the Andover Fire Department will be holding its annual Christmas tree sale. We will bring in fresh trees and set up our racks on Friday, December 4 in the early evening. This year we will be available to sell trees as we set up. We have had several requests for Friday night sales, […]
Closed for the long Thanksgiving weekend
The Town Clerk/Tax Collector’s office will be closed on November 11 for Veteran’s Day and again November 26, 27, and 28 so that our employees may enjoy a long Thanksgiving weekend. The State Department of Motor Vehicles is also closed over the holiday so there is no support for questions that could arise. We will […]
Suspect in Bristol crime found in Andover
On October 5, Bristol Police Chief Michael Lewis (left) attended a meeting of the Andover Board of Selectmen to present Andover Police Department’s Sergeant Joe Mahoney (right) with a framed letter of commendation for his help investigating a “lengthy and critical” armed robbery in Bristol. The letter of commendation cites Joe’s “attention to detail and […]
Andover Police Department handled 227 Calls for Service during the time period of September 1, to September 30. Assist – Police – 7 Assist – Ambulance/Rescue Business Check – 4 Criminal Mischief – 3 Dog loose – 4 Dog bite – 1 House Check – 13 Manner of Operation – 5 Road Hazard/Obstruction – 3 […]
Should we go back to sorting? Or not?
Last June, I wrote an article explaining the sudden increase in the cost of single stream recycling (SSR). The causes are mostly economic and include the strength of the dollar, the low price of oil, and the dock strike in Los Angeles. With the strong dollar, countries like China which usually buy our recyclables are […]
Selectman Jim Delaney got the ball rolling
A new, higher surface and better drainage
In the end of August, after over a year and a half of planning, the Andover Highway Department finally started the second phase of work on Switch Road. We started by using the Town grader and a small excavator to clean the ditches. On August 20, we removed the existing culvert near the power lines, […]
The Andover Police Department handled 329 calls for service in August, including: Assist Citizen: 11 Criminal Mischief: 2 Loose Dog: 6 House Check: 24 Pistol Permit: 9 Road Hazard: 3 Suspicious Person/Vehicle/Incident: 7 Theft: 2 Traffic Accident: 3 Traffic Citation: 14 Traffic Warning: 160 Welfare Check: 4 Arrests Daniel Skoog, 36, Lisbon, NY: Child support warrant; bail […]