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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 […]
Happy August. Let us hope that the forecast will be a long dry Fall. At this writing we have done no haying. Even though our haying is minute compared to others, we are behind like everyone. We had our last House Session for the fiscal year on June 29. It was a short eventful day […]
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 […]
Proud to be a part of making history when the budget bill and trailer bills passed by an overwhelming majority, such brings about a raise for state employees, an end to the interest and dividend income tax, and provides $1.4 million to enhance security at the northern border. However, the governor will forfeit one of […]
Happy Fourth of July. Excited and looking forward to spending the day celebrating in Andover. Congratulations to all graduates of 2023. Remember — “Don’t ever let anyone steal your dreams.” The Judiciary Committee, of which I am a member, “retained” — this means the House Committee decided to hold a bill to give the committee […]
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 […]