George Kidder (1927 - 2019); former Andover Postmaster
Three years after his passing, I have strong, positive memories of George Kidder (1927 – 2019). Many locals remember him as Postmaster, 1974-86, especially for playing tricks on persons collecting mail from their boxes. That was before my time. I met George a few years ago in the morning Council on Aging walk in the […]
There are two bills that were recently voted on in the New Hampshire House of Representatives that demonstrate why voters who care about public education and the growing influence in New Hampshire politics of the Free State Movement need to pay attention . HB 1671: In February, New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut introduced HB […]
Andover has many gatherings. We have many organizations with constructive meetings. We have the Fourth of July, which we share with a couple of thousand visitors. But only at Town Meeting do we all have the chance to come together as the whole Andover community on its own. There is also, of course, the opportunity […]
How is AE/MS doing? Objective data says quite well. Niche ranks AE/MS 64th among the state’s 545 elementary/middle schools. The school and the town can proudly point to the ratio of one teacher to every 10 students. The NEA ranks New Hampshire second in the nation in teacher-student ratio and last in funding. The school […]
In the Holidays 2021 issue of The Andover Beacon, State Representative Louise Andrus expressed her opinions about masks being a matter of choice. About vaccines she wrote “it’s sad and disgusting what we are doing to people in that they are losing their jobs,” and ends her article by hoping that 2022 will be a […]
As a supporter of public education, I read with disappointment New Hampshire District 25 Representative Natalie Wells’ recent letter regarding public education, which in my opinion is dangerous and deliberately inaccurate. In her letter, Representative Wells makes critical claims about children and education. Given the inaccuracies in her description of public education, I would ask […]
The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was signed into law on November 15, 2021. The law was approved by 50 Democrats and 19 Republicans in the Senate and 228 Democrats and 13 Republicans in the House of Representatives. New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen, who was one of the 10 negotiators, published the following in […]
This letter is specifically to the parents who feel they do not have a voice in their kids’ education. You do have a voice, through your local school board representative. Do you get to know who the candidates are and what their views on public education are? Do you vote for your school board representative? […]
I attended the hearing of the Special Committee on Redistricting on November 9 and testified very briefly. First, I expressed my gratitude to the Franklin City Council for having the integrity to sign on to a resolution in support of fair redistricted maps. They joined 73 other communities, representing approximately 560,848 residents of New Hampshire. […]
I came across a bit of history I would like to share with you. Recently I found a copy of The Andover Star which I used to subscribe to. The publisher was Julie Palmer Mayo and the dates of publication were from September 1988 and ended in November 1990. Do you remember this Andover newspaper? […]