Preparation and Announcements
We’re down to the wire! Andover’s 4th of July Committee is working hard to complete all the pre-event tasks. Be it a business, a nonprofit or a private citizen, please consider taking part in the parade by entering a float (Don’t forget! The theme is Sports.), riding a bicycle…you name it. To highlight some of […]
February 13, 2019 Final Minutes
Present: Jerry Hersey, Tina Cotton, Alan McIntyre, Mary Anne Broshek, Jenny Bodwell, Jesse Schust Minutes: Alan made a motion to approve the January 2019 minutes with changes, Jerry seconded, and all were in favor. Mary Anne distributed a list of grant funding sources for land conservation. Correspondence: Supply lines with the Source from NHDES Drinking […]
The Shoreland Water Quality Protection Act in Andover
Andover is fortunate to have an abundance of public water resources including lakes, ponds, rivers and streams, some of which serve as supplies of public drinking water. Unfortunately, unplanned and uncoordinated development adjacent to these resources can threaten them by increasing unfiltered storm water runoff to them. Today, stormwater runoff poses the greatest threat to […]
At its January 23, 2019 deliberative session, the Andover Budget Committee unanimously voted to recommend to the voters at the Annual School Meeting on March 4, 2019 a proposed budget of $5,655,656 (five million, six hundred fifty-five thousand, six hundred fifty-six dollars). This represents an overall increase to the recommended budget over 2018-19 of $179,119 […]
The amounts to be raised by taxes for Andover for 2018 add up to $6,033,458. This is an increase over last year of $41,218, 0.7%. [See attached chart #1] The tax rate will go up by 0.3%. The tax bill for a property valued at $200,000 will increase from $4,680 in 2017 to $4,694 in […]
The town budget committee has set the following schedule of meetings to prepare the town budget for presentation at the next town meeting. Department Presentations: Wed., Nov. 28 Police, EMS Wed., Dec. 5 Highway, Transfer Station Wed., Dec. 12 Village District, Andover Fire, Cemetery, Recreation Wed., Jan. 2 Library, Conservation Commission, Planning/Zoning Wed., Jan. 9, 2019 […]
Many thanks to all the advertisers and well wishers listed in our Fourth of July Program. We appreciate your support. Keep the book handy for reference for the many local services. This year we have added pictures of previous Fourth of July events. Be sure to visit our Fourth of July Raffle Booth on the […]
What makes a community great? To some it might be grand avenues, sky scrapers and bright lights; but Andover has much more to offer. Think about all the ways our community works together to make our town the greatest of all! One example of that is our 4th of July celebration. Simple things are what […]
April 11, 2018
Attendance: Alan Hanscom, Brian Reynolds, Ali Schaefer, Abi Webster, Tom Franz, Heidi Murphy, Scott Allenby, Stephanie Bendixsen Agenda: Review and approval of March 2018 Minutes: All voted to approve Treasurer’s Report: Printed sheet for each program distributed by Alan Fees to ICB for basketball season paid out of the revolving fund on January 17, […]
There are a few things that New Englanders can count on. One of them is that it won’t snow on July 4th! One thing Andover residents can count on is a spectacular July 4th Celebration! We have selected a parade theme from the suggestions received from the town’s people and the AE/MS students. The winner […]