Visit their Facebook page; pick up a program booklet
This picture, taken in 1981, shows Etta Currier Haughton. She and Olive Seavey started the Fourth of July celebration as we know it today. It just doesn’t feel right! This year’s Fourth of July in Andover will be like no other! But, in the name of keeping our friends and neighbors safe, we’ve made the […]
The Andover Police Department handled 239 Calls for Service during May, including: Animal-Wild: 2 Assist Citizen: 13 Assist Police: 7 Civil Issue/Stand-by: 3 Dog-Loose: 9 Dog-Bite: 1 Dog-Struck: 1 Domestic Dispute: 3 Missing Person: 1 Road Rage: 1 Road Hazard/Obstruction: 6 Sexual Assault: 2 Suspicious Person/Vehicle/Incident: 7 Theft: 2 Traffic Offense-arrest: 1 Traffic Offense-warning: 19 […]
Fire Chief urges people to remember COVID precautions
There are two basic ways to perform a task. One is to do the task in a safe manner, and the other is to be unsafe. I don’t honestly think that people intend to be unsafe when they set out in the morning. However there are emergency rooms full of people who, with the best […]
No evidence of a campfire; cause listed as unknown
On Monday, June 8, the Andover Fire Department responded to a report of an outside fire in the area of Bradley Lake. Forestry units responded with the four wheel drive utility vehicle along with the rescue boat. Arriving members were notified of a fire on Ten Mile Island. Portable pumps and forestry tools were brought […]
The form is a tax document, not a permit to cut
The following information is a reminder for anyone intending to do logging, that an Intent-to-Cut form must be completed by all parties and submitted before any work can begin. Exemptions to this rule include cutting up to 10,000 board feet of logs or 20 cords of firewood from your own land for your own use, […]
Recording your meetings or events helps community
Andover has its own local video channel. On Comcast, it’s Channel 8; on TDS it’s Channel 16. Volunteers Tina Cotton, Bob Norander, and I work to keep as much Andover-specific video airing on the channel as possible. We also post a link on the Town’s website (Andover-NH.gov) on the “Community Videos” page to each Andover-specific […]
Normally a social gathering place, please don't linger
The Transfer Station remains open during posted hours. To protect employees and residents, the following changes have been made. The Transfer Station can be a congregating area for people. While residents may normally stop to say hello and catch up, the Town asks residents not to linger or visit on the premises. Residents are asked […]
The Andover Police Department handled 188 Calls for Service during April 2020, including: Abandoned Vehicle: 1 Assist Citizen: 5 Civil Issue/Stand-by: 11 Dog-loose: 3 Domestic Dispute: 1 Keep the Peace: 1 Manner of Operation: 4 Road Hazard/Obstruction: 2 Selective Enforcement Request: 1 Suspicious Person/Vehicle/Incident: 7 Theft: 2 Warrant-Criminal/Civil: 1 ARRESTS: • William O’Mara, age 60 […]
Members present: Nancy Teach, Chair; Art Urie, Vice-Chair; Doug Phelps; Randy Monti; John Hodgson; Dave Powers; John Kinney, Ex-Officio; and Donna Duclos, Alternate Also present for duration of appropriate item: Pat Moyer, Planning & Zoning Administrator, Colin Brown (licensed land surveyor for Barton); Michael Chiarella (attorney for A. Urie); Melissa Barton, and Jen Johnson (real […]