Andover Town Clerk: May 2016

File your change of name or address

By Joanna Sumner, Town Clerk

New Hampshire RSA 263:9 Notice of Change of Licensee’s Name or Address. Whenever any person who has been duly licensed to drive a motor vehicle within this state shall change his or her legal name or his or her permanent residence or his or her mailing address, he or she shall notify the director in […]

Andover Police Department, March 2016

412 calls for service in March

Press release

The Andover Police Department handled 412 Calls for Service during March, including: Assist Citizen: 9 Business Check: 7 Civil Issue: 5 Dog Loose: 4 House Checks: 186 Manner of Operation: 6 Noise Disturbance: 2 Road Hazard: 4 Theft: 4 Traffic Offense Arrests: 3 Traffic Offense Warnings: 118 Welfare Check: 2 Arrests Mickey Michael, 43, Salisbury: […]

Conservation Commission Minutes, February 24, 2016

Condensed from approved minutes

Present: Mary Anne Broshek, Larry Chase, Tina Cotton, Jerry Hersey, Nan Kaplan ASLPT Update Nan reported that the follow-up field visit on the Emerald Ash Borer was well attended. The site was an infested area near the Audubon Center in Concord. Members suggested that a workshop specifically for loggers would be helpful. The public can […]

Lots to Do to Get Ready for Another Great Fourth of July

Volunteers are always needed!

Press release

Andover’s 74th annual celebration is approaching fast! There is still a lot to do to prepare. Applications are being sent out for participants in the parade. If you have a float, an antique car, band, or fire apparatus  and would like to be in the parade, please contact Donna French at 735-6431. If you haven’t […]

The Conservation Commission Wants You to Get Outside This Spring!

Events in Andover and more

By Mary Anne Broshek, Conservation Commission

It’s spring at last and time to think about warm weather activities. Here are some ideas for getting outside. Take a Hike: On Saturday, May 21, from 1 to 3 PM, the Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust is sponsoring a hike in Andover at the Old College Road Preserve. The hike will be led by […]

Trustees Ask for More Awareness of Cemetery Rules

Goal is to keep the grounds well trimmed

By Andover Cemetery Trustees

The Cemetery Trustees feel it necessary to remind all of the published rules governing what can and cannot be done in our cemeteries prior to Memorial Day of 2016. It is very possible that citizens are not aware of the rules and we ask that you read this article and respect what we ask of […]

Make Plans to Help with Town Clean-Up Week

No sign-ups, just get out there!

By Mary Anne Broshek, Conservation Commission

 The seventh annual Town Clean-Up Week will begin on Sunday, May 1. This event is a joint effort by the Andover Conservation Commission and the Town of Andover. Andover residents are encouraged to adopt a road or roads to clean up during the first week of May (or until the end of the month, if […]

Remembering The Andover Star

First issue surfaces: September 1988

By Julie Mayo, for the Beacon

Cindy Benson dropped off an issue of The Andover Star recently. It was the first issue published, dated September 1988. You can see a PDF file of the whole issue on the Beacon’s Web site at AndoverBeacon.com/Andover-Star. We asked Andover Star publisher Julie Mayo for some thoughts about Andover’s first newspaper in living memory. Her […]

Ben and Cindy Seaver Head for Oregon

AFD and EMS will miss Ben's support

By John Kinney, Andover EMS
Ben and Cindy Seaver Head for Oregon

  Ben Seaver has hitched his trailer full of household necessities and has begun his trek to Oregon. As Andover Fire Department and Andover EMS wish Ben and his wife Cindy success in their new life out west, we wanted to share some thoughts with our community. Ben Seaver gave much of himself to Andover’s […]