July 25, 2017 •
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Andover’s old town hall, at 157 Main Street, will now be known as the Andover Hub, according to the group that purchased it last November. The new name reflects the owners’ goal of turning the building, with community support, into “a center of interest, importance, or activity” – the phrase used by Webster’s New World […]
July 25, 2017 •
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For many years, in order to honor their employees who give their time and service to causes important to them, the Bank of America (BOA) Charitable Foundation awards volunteer grants to eligible charitable organizations. BOA matches their employees’ time in community volunteer service with a monetary contribution. Two years ago, new Andover resident Nancie Jacobson, […]
July 24, 2017 •
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By Susan Chase
“Bone Builders,” the national strength training and balance exercise program aimed at those 55 and older will be offered in Andover starting in September at the Andover Hub (Andover’s old town hall) at 157 Main Street. The ongoing twice weekly class will be offered in the mornings, probably on Tuesdays and Thursdays, although the exact […]
July 24, 2017 •
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By Rene Lefebvre, Andover Fire Chief
The emergency tones that sound from our fire pagers tell us a lot. This was the case Sunday evening when the tones sounded one after another after another. Just from the tones we are aware of two things, the incident is big and it is your town. The communications center announced a structure fire at […]
July 18, 2017 •
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We are doing a survey about what you, the readers, like about or would like to see in The Beacon and on its Web site. The survey is short and simple, and you can access it at the top right corner of the screen, here on our website AndoverBeacon.com.
June 28, 2017 •
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The Andover Beacon is moving! In the process of making our production more efficient, we are moving out of the Town Hall location. While we work on choosing our next wonderful location, we are devoted to providing the best service possible to our readers and advertisers. We will still have the same phone number, P.O. […]
Annual Chicken Barbeque July 29
June 23, 2017 •
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By Chief Rene Lefebvre
As I’ve written before, the fire department team has done a lot of training. We meet every week to conduct our business and some facet of our work is the topic of the night. We all somewhat think our class routines are, perhaps, repetitive. Then something happens that puts together all the training to make […]
238 calls for service during May
June 20, 2017 •
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The Andover Police Department handled 238 Calls for Service during May, including: Animal Cruelty: 1 Animal Nuisance: 1 Criminal Mischief: 1 Dog – loose: 4 Drugs/Possession: 1 Drugs/False Prescription: 1 Harassing Communication: 2 House Check: 78 Noise Disturbance: 2 Public Relations Talk/Lecture: 1 Theft: 1 Traffic Offense warning: 69 Warrant-Criminal/Civil: 2 Welfare Check: 1 ARRESTS: […]
May 30, 2017 •
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By The Andover School District
The Andover School District is seeking Qualification Statements from Construction Managers for renovations and additions to the Andover Elementary/Middle School in Andover, New Hampshire. $3,600,000 has been approved for the project, with a site work and construction budget of approximately $2,750,000 (CM contract maximum amount). Preconstruction planning and estimating will take place from June 2017 […]
May 30, 2017 •
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The Andover Supervisors of the Checklist will meet at Town Hall on Wednesday, June 14 from 7 PM to 7:30 PM to make additions and corrections to the checklist.