Four years ago Brian Labrie, his wife, Kerry, and the American Chunker team of Brookline, New Hampshire rolled into Andover to demonstrate the sport of “punkin chunkin.” The team used the time to practice for their first visit to the annual World Punkin Chunkin Championship in Sussex County, Delaware. The first three years of competition […]
A good scare! I’m talking about the delightfully scary, even bone-chilling Halloween event that Jason Roy, Sean Clark, Kyle McGrath, and their outstanding team created this year. I heard that there was a near-faint involved, so expertly was the haunted house on Lawrence Street put together. But there was something for all ages, as there […]
The meeting began at 7:30 PM. Present were committee members Justin Carey, Nicole Donovan, Tom Frantz, Ellie George, Howard George, Tim Norris, and Brian Reynolds. Rec Building Update Dave Marceau will pave around the west and north sides of the building after the electrical and plumbing. A forty gallon electric hot water heater will be […]
The Supervisors of the Checklist will meet on Tuesday, January 21, from 7 to 7:30 PM to make additions or corrections to the checklist. The filing period for Town offices begins on Wednesday, January 22, and runs through Friday, January 31. If you are planning to run for Town office, first be sure you are […]
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Landowners can learn about important wildlife habitats and what they can do to enhance them on their property during a walk from 8:30 to 11:30 AM on Saturday, November 2 at Tucker Mountain Tree Farm, owned by Heide and Eric Johnson. The walk, sponsored by the Andover Conservation Commission, the University of New Hampshire Cooperative […]
The Beacon’s big, new fall canvassing drive got off to a good start in early October. We enlisted about 20 of your friends and neighbors as canvassers, and by mid-October each canvasser had picked the names of a dozen or so of their friends and neighbors who hadn’t donated to the Beacon yet this year. […]
By Paul Currier, Planning Board Chair and Vicky Mishcon, Board of Selectmen Chair
The Planning Board and Board of Selectmen are continuing to work on changes to Andover’s building permit process to streamline the process for issuing and administering permits and to better align the process with current state law. David Powers, Andover’s recently appointed Building Inspector, is helping with the changes. Dropping Inspections Shifts Responsibility One significant […]