Condensed from approved minutes
Present: Chairman Coolidge, Selectman Delaney; Howard George, Wendy Pinkham, John Thompson, Ed Becker, Tom Franz, John Kinney, and Town Administrator (TA) Marj Roy. Chairman Coolidge announced Sophie Viandier’s resignation and voted to appoint Vicky Mishcon to fill the position until March 2016. Road Agent John Thompson mentioned that he is fighting to keep ahead of […]
Renewable energy progress at risk
At their regular monthly meeting on May 7, members of the Andover Energy Group in attendance signed and sent the following letter to State Senator Andrew Hosmer. Dear Senator Hosmer: We are concerned about the budget proposed by the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Specifically, we are appalled by the attempt to divert $51 million […]
April 16 through May 15, 2015
On April 22, Constance and Richard Powers sold 3.27 acres on Cilleyville Road to Blackwater Properties and Storage LLC for $160,000. On April 30, Carmen Bates deeded 5.13 acres on Route 4A to Habitat for Humanity. On May 1, Caleb Matthew and Rebecca Dunklee sold 95 Flaghole Road to Karena Nguyen for $112,000. Mary Lou […]
Andover residents welcome to participate
On Saturday, August 1, twenty-four area communities will participate in one of the longest running and most successful household hazardous waste collection programs in New England. On August 1, four collection sites – Bristol, Laconia, Moultonborough, and Ossipee – will be open from 8:30 AM to noon. Residents and property owners in the 24 participating […]
Please donate by the end of May!
We are moving into the final phase of our town-wide collection for the Fourth of July. We are still accepting donations, but those received in June and July will be acknowledged in the Beacon, not in the Fourth of July program. If your house was missed in the canvass, please check the April or May […]
Ratzki forms coalition against shifting costs to towns
The best news coming out of Concord was the Governor’s recognition of Ms. Grace Anderson of Salisbury for her 37 years of volunteer work with the elderly. Ms Anderson was the Merrimack County recipient for the Vaughan Award. While I, as State Representative, nominated her, credit should go to Larry Chase for his interviews with […]
Multiple woods fires putting demands on our team
This month has seen a very high level of fire activity. The dry weather has made fire conditions in the woods very unsafe. As of the middle of May, the rainfall has helped to green the woods, but the material on the ground is tinder dry. It is very uncommon for Andover to respond to […]
Documents the rail trail's rich history as a rail bed
A railroad once ran through it – through the town of Andover, that is. Extending from Boscawen to Lebanon, the rail line was constructed in 1847 by the Northern Railroad, and later became part of the Boston and Maine Railroad’s Northern Line. Now the Northern Rail Trail, the old rail bed offers recreational opportunities for […]
Last year was a good one for Andover loon pairs
Ouch! My first black fly bite of the year, and — sure enough — it arrived on Mother’s Day, the traditional opening of the black fly season. While I was annoyed by this bite, I recognize it as just one of many harbingers of the season that brings so many pleasures for the ear […]
In Wilmot on June 26 and 27
Lisa Jelleme, Molly Leith, and Corbett Leith, all of Andover, will be among 19 local artists featured in the Wilmot Community Association’s (WCA) third annual Imagination into Art on Friday and Saturday, June 26 and 27, at the WCA’s Red Barn at 64 Village Road in Wilmot Flat. The art exhibit and sale will open […]