Four properties sold in Andover between May 15 and June 15, 2020. Shawna Carlson sold 452 Chase Hill Road to Dan Fulp for $159,900. This three bedroom and one and three-quarter bath mobile home sits on 2.4 acres and has 1,152 square feet of living space. Don Goudreau of ExP Realty represented the sellers and […]
Restaurants can now offer restricted indoor dining
With the expiration of the New Hampshire stay-at-home order on June 15, which has been in effect since late March due to COVID, there are now no restrictions on the number of people who can gather in groups, and more businesses are starting to reopen. However, the state still advises people to remain cautious about […]
Send your thoughts for the next issue of the Beacon
The COVID pandemic has affected all aspects of life, for good or ill, all over the world. To reflect some of the impacts here in Andover, we plan to pose a question each month to our readers. Here’s the first: “What small, specific, tangible things has the pandemic made you appreciate more fully than you […]
The death of George Floyd inspired the moment of unity
On June 5, members of the Andover community gathered on the Town Green for a candlelight vigil honoring the death of George Floyd and other Black victims of police violence. Inspired by vigils and protests around the nation, the idea originated around Deb Brower’s kitchen table on the previous Tuesday night as a way to […]
Five homes sold in Andover between April 16 and May 15, 2020. Donald Thompson sold 218 Currier Road to Pilot Realty LLC for $45,000. This two bedroom and one bathroom ranch sits on .76 acres and has 1,222 square feet of living space. Jane Snow represented both the buyer and the seller. Stephen Eastman sold […]
Andover's sales during April match 2019 numbers
What’s happening nationally? Each state, city, and neighborhood has had different restrictions on what business is deemed essential and non-essential; therefore, the effect the coronavirus has had on the national real estate market differs tremendously. Generally speaking, the market is stable, and many insiders believe that due to the strength and stability our market has […]
Limited services, limited contact for safety
On May 1 the state announced Stay At Home 2.0, allowing for a partial re-opening of some businesses. My first thought was of Mane Street Salon: Seeing one of Andover’s busiest and friendliest establishments sitting dark every time I drove through town had been a painful and too-frequent reminder of the wrenching changes we’ve all […]
Safety measures place financial burden on owners
With the beginning of the State of New Hampshire’s phased reopening starting in May, the process of opening a business isn’t as simple as turning the key in the lock and welcoming people back in. There are safety guidelines that must be adhered to, for which the business owner bears the financial, and time, burden. […]
Andover's first Earth Day Roadside Clean-Up a success
Responding to Andover’s first Earth Day Roadside Clean-up, 27 individual and team efforts, involving 72 participants in all, signed up to clear the town’s highways and byways of accumulated trash during a five-day effort between April 22 and 26 (which included Earth Day itself, April 25). Organized by the husband-and-wife team of Ty and Samantha […]
Solar, the Hub, and history highlighted
Thanks very much, Kearsarge Magazine, for the focus on Andover in your Spring 2020 issue! For our readers who haven’t seen a copy, it contains: “Here Comes the Sun,” a five-page article explaining the benefits of renewable solar energy and featuring six color photographs of solar installations, five of them taken in Andover. “More than […]