Andover continues building its Highway Department
Greetings from the Road Agent, Hi to the Town of Andover. For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Jon Champagne. I have lived in town my whole life. You may also know my wife, Joane, and my children, Tyler and Julianna. I have owned my own company, J & B Landscaping […]
Volunteers as EMS Director and is on Board of Beacon
I’m John Kinney and have volunteered to fill one of the vacant positions on the Board of Selectmen. I’ve been a volunteer EMT in Andover for about 14 years. Since 2010, I have served as the EMS Director, and I’m also currently on the Board of Directors for the Andover Beacon. I hold an active […]
AE/MS students choose theme for 2020 Fourth of July
Are you wild about the Fourth? We are! And from all indications, Andover is too. We thank you all for your overwhelming support at Town Meeting. That’s right. That’s the theme for this year’s Fourth of July Parade: Wild About the Fourth…and you can thank the AE/MS students for this brilliant idea. They were thinking […]
Warrant Articles for buildings and equipment were tabled
The 2020 annual meetings of the Town of Andover, the Andover School District, and the Andover Fire District voted to raise and appropriate their budgets for the coming year. The total appropriations before offsetting revenues are $8,417,357, up $152,582 over last year resulting in a 1.8% overall increase over 2019. APPROPRIATIONS Department 2019 2020 change […]
Long-time resident has served on Budget Committee
Hello, my name is Todd Goings. I was elected to take David Blinn’s position, which expired, as a Selectman for Andover. I’ll be serving this term from 2020 until 2023. Most of my life has been spent in Andover – 45 years. I currently work at Proctor Academy, where I have been for 25 years […]
Members present: Nancy Teach, Chair; Art Urie, Vice-Chair; Randy Monti; Doug Phelps; John Hodgson, Dave Powers, Dave Blinn, Ex-Officio and Donna Duclos, Alternate Also present for duration of appropriate item: Pat Moyer, Planning & Zoning Administrator, Jon Champagne; John Bentley (agent for Jon Champagne); Chris Seufert (attorney for applicant); Web Stout (FWS Land Surveying); and […]
Present: Jerry Hersey, Alan McIntyre, Nancy Robart, Jesse Schust, Lee Wells, Tina Cotton, Harvey Pine, Jacob McCormick. Becca Budrock, Ken Wells Minutes: Motion made by Alan to approve the 1/15/20 minutes as amended, seconded by Nancy. Approved by all. Suggestion: we should have a new member orientation;, show new members current important issues: field trips […]
Explains what is needed to help and recruit moderators
Dear Friends, Thank you for the opportunity to serve as moderator for the past couple of years. I note there were no new candidates for moderator. At the training session I attended, a number of the experienced moderators spoke about the difficulty of recruiting new blood and the increased time commitment. Please consider the following […]
Goodbye to the former Select Board; hello to the new one
Town Meeting has come and gone, and now it is time to say goodbye and thank you to Dave Blinn, whose term expired. We also say thank you to Chuck Keyser and Bill Keyser, who have resigned from the Board of Selectmen. These three Board members put their hearts and souls into their Select Board […]
Has served in many key volunteer positions in Andover
My name is Michelle Dudek and I have accepted a vacant position as an Andover Selectboard Member. First and foremost, I am the mother of two middle school aged boys. I am also a high school English teacher with the Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (VLACS), and a certified LEGO Education Academy teacher trainer. I […]