First real fix-up in 70 years
Bryant Adams has been repairing the old pumping station on Maple Street, which had fallen into disrepair over the years. According to Bryant, the small brick building hadn’t had any significant work done on it since it was built in 1942 or ’43. Mead and Braley installed a standing seam roof, but the rest – […]
Schools, businesses, and residences are saving
The Flying Goose Brew Pub and Grille in New London serves delicious food and great brews at Crockett’s Corner in New London. Current owner Tom Mills has owned and operated the Flying Goose since 1993. In 1996 he gave what was originally called The Four Corners Grille a unique identity by creating a micro-brewery, serving delicious brews […]
No sign-ups this year – just get out there!
Here we are again! The piles of snow are melted, but what appears underneath is not a pretty sight around our beautiful town. Although we have some new beautiful sprouting grass and crocuses, there are also lots of cans, bottles, and other debris on the roadsides. It’s time to help out the roadsides and clean […]
Hosmer in Tilton on May 2
Senator Andrew Hosmer, D-Laconia, announced today he will hold a town hall meeting for District 7. Hosmer will take the opportunity to update his constituents regarding the state budget, gambling, education funding, infrastructure, and the Affordable Care Act, as well as other legislative topics they would care to discuss: What: A Town Hall Meeting for […]
Andover, Franklin, Wilmot, and Salisbury practice as a team
The Parsonage, a 19th-century extended cottage on Proctor Academy’s campus on North Street, was used until recently as a faculty residence but has since been gutted in preparation for demolition and the construction of a new dormitory. The school made the facility available to the safety services teams from Andover, Franklin, Salisbury, and Wilmot for […]
Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter presided over the swearing-in of Merrimack County Officials. Pictured: Justice Souter, County Treasurer Leo Bernier of Loudon, County Commissioner Elizabeth Blanchard of Concord, County Commissioner Peter Spaulding of Hopkinton, Register of Probate Court Jane Bradstreet of Hopkinton, Sheriff Scott Hilliard of Northfield, County Attorney Scott Murray of Dunbarton, Deputy […]
Workers from New Hampshire Electric Co-op (NHEC) installed new LED street lights on Main Street in Andover last month. The old-technology bulbs had dimmed over time, so for safety and energy efficiency, the Andover Energy Group worked with NHEC to change the fixtures to LEDs at no cost to the town. The LEDs give brighter […]
Quick ballot votes, legal show-of-hands votes are the goal
Town Moderator Dan Coolidge has set in place a new check-in policy for Town Meeting that has been adopted by many other New Hampshire towns to improve the legality of show-of-hand votes and to speed up ballot votes. The new policy will require Andover residents to get an Andover Voter Card and a set of […]
Overall increase of about 4% compared to 2012 budgets
Budgets for 2013 for the Andover School District, the Town, and the Fire Departments have been finalized by the Budget Committee and will be presented to voters at the annual meetings. The finalized budgets are the same as discussed in detail in the front-page article in the February issue of the Beacon. The net 2013 […]
Letter-size format provides more room for easy-to-read text and numbers.
The Andover Town Report underwent apparent and essential changes this year, increasing from 5.5 by 8.5 inches to 8.5 by 11 inches, the size of standard letter paper. The Board of Selectmen made the decision as a solution to a major problem: how to fit considerably more information in the Town Report without spending significantly […]