Condensed from approved minutes
Members present: Nancy Teach, Chair; Doug Phelps; Jon Warzocha, Vice Chair; Paul Currier; Art Urie; and Len Caron, alternate appointed to Pat Moyer’s position. Also present for duration of appropriate items: Michael and Mary Bourque; Dave Powers, Zoning Administrator; Correspondence Nancy and Art received e-mail from John Hodgson at Ragged Mountain Fish and Game Club […]
Condensed from approved minutes
Members present: Nancy Teach, Co-Chair; Art Urie; Doug Phelps; Pat Moyer; Paul Currier; and Len Caron, alternate appointed to Jon Warzocha’s position. Also present for duration of appropriate items: Michael and Mary Bourque; Dave Powers, Zoning Administrator; Michael and Lynn Browall; Richard Brewster; Bob Currier Announcements Art Urie stated he has resigned as co-chair. Dave Powers, […]
Condensed from approved minutes
Members present: Nancy Teach, Chair; Jon Warzocha, Vice Chair; Art Urie; Pat Moyer; Doug Phelps; Lenny Caron; and Paul Currier joined the meeting at 7:10 PM. Also present for duration of appropriate items: Jack Belletetes; Mike Shea; and Chris Nadeau Draft letter from Chair Teach to Mr. John Guiheen was distributed and reviewed by board […]
Tuesday, April 5, at 10:30 AM
Would replace old, unenforceable ordinance
The following Noise Ordinance will appear on the Town Meeting warrant and will be discussed and voted on at Town Meeting on Tuesday, March 8, in the AE/MS gym. The Andover Police Department and the Andover Board of Selectmen agree on the need for a clearer noise ordinance than the “Unnecessary Noise Ordinance” that is […]
Switching to “glass on the side” to save money
Single-stream recycling (SSR) has just taken a big hit for us in Andover. The bottom has dropped out of the market for glass, paper, and other recycled commodities due to sluggish European and Chinese economies and the drop in oil prices, so to save money, we have to make some adjustments to our SSR plans. […]
A few changes … some planned, some not
Every year we try to make some improvements to the Town Report – better information, clearer presentation, more efficient work process, more useful layout – whatever we can do to make it work better for everyone who contributes to it and everyone who uses it. This year we wound up dealing with more changes than […]
Canvassers needed to raise funds this spring
Plans are coming along for our annual Fourth of July celebration. Parade favorites Leapin’ Lena, the Bektash Drum Corps, and the New Hampshire Pipes and Drums are already on board. We are working on a theme and welcome any suggestions. We plan to make the final decision at the next meeting. The parade also showcases […]
School up 2.6%; Town up 18.2%
The Andover Budget Committee recommendations for 2016 call for a net appropriation for the School District budget, the Town budget, and the fire department budgets of $6,982,809. This is up $429,763 (6.6%) over the 2015 net appropriation. The School District budget is up by $126,399. The Town budget is up $300,711. The fire department budgets […]
Condensed from approved minutes
October 27, 2015 Members present: Nancy Teach, Co-Chair; Doug Phelps; Jon Warzocha; Len Caron, alternate appointed to Art Urie’s position. Paul Currier joined the meeting at 8:45 PM. Also present for duration of appropriate items: Tina Cotton; Harvey Pine Announcements Lakes Region Planning Commission would like to use Andover as a test site for scanning […]