It was a palooza of a day! The Wilmot Community Association’s (WCA) fifth annual Wilmotpalooza was nonstop fun. Held on September 10, fortunately, Mother Nature held off her deluge until later in the afternoon. We couldn’t have done it without our fabulous volunteers, community partners and sponsors. Wilmot Learning Place painted faces, to the delight […]
On Thursday morning, September 14, the State Board of Education held a public hearing regarding a proposal to use an outsourced “Financial Literacy” program. This would be from PragerU — an organization run by a rich person — not an accredited University. Two rooms at Granite State College were filled with attendees. The overwhelming majority […]
I am delighted to report to the Andover Beacon readership that I have completed my research and essays on Mary N. Chase and her father, Uriah Chase. I thank again the many persons who contributed to my projects. The father and daughter belong to Andover’s history. Uriah (1820-1888), a Free Will Baptist minister, commands attention […]
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Thank you, readers, who answered my call for information about Mary N. Chase, when she lived in Andover, from 1899 to 1942. Thanks, too, to Luan Clark, curator of the Andover Historical Society, and other helpful members of the AHS. She introduced me to a local history treasure trove stored in the J. C. Emmons […]
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The combined efforts to keep the Canada Geese off the Town Beach and out of Chaffee Park paid off this summer. What a difference a year can make. Geese are not there. Thank you to our Town Selectboard, Road Agent and Highway Department, the Highland Lake Protective Association, private landowners, and the East Andover Preschool […]
Input from businesses and organizations needed
Andover’s 2013 Master Plan has reached its 10-year sunset, so for the past several months the Planning Board’s Master Planning subcommittee, chaired by Jake Gilman, has been meeting with townspeople to update our shared vision of Andover’s future for the coming decade. Andover businesses and organizations are also a vital part of our community. We […]
The House finished its sessions on June 29, but that does not mean representatives can necessarily take a vacation. The filing dates for bills are September 11 through the 15th, which means the next few weeks could be dedicated to preparation, and, of course, constituent services are ongoing. Constituent services may involve various non-legislative activities […]
Hello to my Andover friends! I hope you are all enjoying summer and are able to spend time with family and friends. Those are some of my favorite things about being retired. I also enjoy being able to travel and spend time at the lake. I recently went to New York City and saw three […]
While I voted for SB272, establishing a parents’ bill of rights in education, the House voted 195-190 to postpone the bill indefinitely, after which House Majority Leader Jason Osborne (R-Auburn) released the following statement: “House Democrats Ensure State Systems Raise Children: For the next two years, parents will have to continue to accept that school […]
It is crunch time in the Legislature as all bills, including the budget, must be dealt with (except for retained bills) by June 30. There will probably be some long Session days this month. On May 4, one of the bills brought before the House was SB79, relative to the participation of customer generators in […]