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During quieter moments, we continue to put more work into the Town website with the goal of making it a great resource for everyone. When we add content, we can have the website send email notifications to those who want them. Residents can choose to be notified about different types of website content, such as […]
2024 budget planning on the radar
At Town Meeting in March, citizens vote on an operating budget and several capital budgets. These are very different types of budgets. The operating budget can be likened to your household budget. It covers the day-to-day expenses anticipated in running the Town for one year. Almost half of it covers wages and related payroll costs […]
Andover Police Department The Andover Police Department handled 295 Calls for Service during June 2023 including: Animal Cruelty: 1 Animal Livestock Complaint: 2 Animal Nuisance: 1 Assist Citizen: 6 Assist Police: 10 Beach Patrol: 39 Civil Issue/Stand-by: 1 Dog Loose: 2 Good Morning Andover: 38 Parking Violation: 11 Road Rage: 1 Stalking: 1 Theft: 4 […]
Andover’s previous Master Plan was approved in 2013, and it is supposed to be updated every 10 years. At the June 15 meeting, those citizens present worked on devising a survey to be circulated to Andover households, to gather citizens’ views on such crucial future issues as housing, business development, Andover’s tax base, and the future […]
The Andover Emergency Services Auxiliary will host our seventh annual Andover Townwide Yard Sale in just a few weeks, on Saturday, August 26. Holy Moly! This will make our seventh year of planning this! Time flies when you are having fun! Each year the funds raised from any of our fundraisers go back to our […]
“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain” (Vivian Greene). Mother Nature may not have cooperated this year, but the rain did not dampen the enthusiasm and spirits of many of those who attended Andover’s Fourth of July festivities. A special thanks to the talented Billyjack […]
See Ken Wells' article in July issue re: Bridge Repair
Attempts being made to minimize rail trail closures
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation has appointed two commissions to conduct a series of meetings about replacing two state highway bridges in Andover. The first bridge to be replaced will be the Rte 11 bridge near Dyer’s Crossing. In a subsequent project, planning for replacement of the Rte 4 bridge near Fenvale Road will […]
Also looking for volunteers; training offered
The Andover Fire Department’s annual chicken barbecue is right around the corner! This is our favorite time of the year as we get to have a large amount of our community members all in one place. We all join together for a night of great food and company. If you love BBQ chicken, baked beans, […]
Outlines committees’ activities and goals
In terms of Town Municipal Governments, summer is often a fairly quiet period. This is in comparison to the busy budget season in the fall, town meeting preparation season in the winter, and the post town meeting reporting season in the spring. This summer could be nicknamed committee season, as we will have three new […]