Town Offices Energy Upgrade Warrant Articles

Saving energy and money for the Town

By Randall Costa, Andover Energy Group
Town Offices Energy Upgrade Warrant Articles

As you know, the Town Hall building includes the Town’s administration and archives, the Library, the Food Pantry, the Beacon offices, and the Town’s cable TV station. A warrant article at Town Meeting in March will ask voters to apply reserve funds to a high-efficiency upgrade to the building’s heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC). A second […]

Fourth of July Committee Seeks Floats

Committee encourages new members

Press release

Another month has passed as we approach Andover’s 75th Annual Fourth of July celebration. As mentioned last month, committee members have been reaching out to town and area organizations to solicit floats. Out of the 40 organizations we planned to approach, over half have been contacted. Float entries aren’t limited to organizations. Individuals, families, and […]

Tanker Truck Runs Off Road

Road closed most of day

Tanker Truck Runs Off Road

It’s nothing short of a miracle! On Friday morning, January 20 at approximately 10 AM, a tanker truck went off the side of Route 4, near Green Crow. The tanker was carrying 7000 gallons of fuel oil for Proctor Academy and was headed west on Route 4 when it crossed the center line and went […]

AE/MS Students Visit Old Town Hall

Students offer ideas for future use

By Larry Chase
AE/MS Students Visit Old Town Hall

They came in waves, from 20 to twice that in each wave, all through the morning of Friday, December 9, for a visit to Andover’s Old Town Hall located at 157 Main Street, just minutes from their classrooms at the Andover Elementary/Middle School (AE/MS). Altogether, the visitors, students in grades one through eight, numbered about […]

Fire Department’s Public Hearing on Combining Precincts

Meeting scheduled for February 15, at 7 PM

Press release

Your fire department is working to finish a large project and we need your support. Several years ago a selectmen’s study committee concluded that combining the two fire departments would be the best option for the town of Andover. Operating as separate departments was costly, inefficient and to a degree less safe for the firefighters. […]

Andover Videos for December 2016

Press release

Visit the Andover Cable TV Station’s page on the Town Web site at AndoverBeacon.com/Cable-TV-Videos to watch these and other Andover videos this month: Tour of the Old Andover Town Hall, November 20 Veterans Day at AE/MS, November 10 Salisbury’s Big Water Brewery, November 2 AE/MS Proposed Renovations, November 1 Saving the Mountains, October 19 The latest available Andover […]

Conservation Commission Minutes, September 14, 2016

Condensed from approved minutes Present: Nan Kaplan, Tina Cotton, Jerry Hersey, Derek Mansell, Larry Chase, Mary Anne Broshek, Jesse Schust Correspondence: We were notified of a Complete Forestry Notification acknowledging the receipt of a Wetlands Minimum Impact Forestry Notification on lot 19/517 and granting permission for work to start. Water Main: The water main by […]

Conservation Commission Minutes, August 10, 2016

Condensed from approved minutes Present: Mary Anne Broshek, Tina Cotton, Jerry Hersey, Jesse Schust Correspondence: Correspondence was reviewed and discussed. These included a complete Forestry notification for lot 8/467 from Land Resources Management, Department of Environmental Services (DES), and an approval of a variance (from the Regional Forester) allowing the removal of eight white pines […]

School Board Minutes, October 4, 2016

Condensed from approved minutes Board present: Michelle Dudek, Misty Sava, Dean Barker, Annie MacKenzie Administration present: Mark MacLean, Christine Barry, Robin Heins, Kathleen Boucher, Jane Slayton, Judith Turk Public present: Tina Cotton, Tibor Farkas, Paul Marinace Public Comment: None Old Business AE/MS Facilities Project: Tibor Farkas and Paul Marinace responded to the questions of the […]