Planning Board, July 23, 2013

July 23 Condensed from approved minutes Members present: Paul Currier, Chair; Jon Warzocha, Vice-Chair; Nancy Teach; Pat Moyer; Wood Sutton; and Duncan Coolidge, ex officio Also present for duration of appropriate items: Wendy Pinkham; David and Irene Nye Announcements Paul Currier met with the Zoning Board of Adjustment at their July 16 meeting to discuss […]

Conservation Commission Minutes, June 12, 2013

June 12 Condensed from approved minutes Present: Mary Anne Broshek, Tina Cotton, Jerry Hersey, Nan Kaplan. Excused: Larry Chase, Jason Dudek. Guest: Beth McGuinn, Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust (ASLPT) ASLPT Update – Nan The event for Deb Stanley, ASLPT Executive Director, was well attended. ASLPT is in the process of getting re-accredited. They are […]

Conservation Commission Minutes, May 8, 2013

May 8 Condensed from approved minutes Present: Mary Anne Broshek, Tina Cotton, Jason Dudek, Jerry Hersey, Nan Kaplan, guest Sandra Graves. Excused: Larry Chase ASLPT Update Nan updated members on ASLPT happenings. Of particular interest will be a Woods Forum that will be held in Andover in August. More details to follow. Updates from Prior […]

Town Minutes for July 2013

Board of Selectmen July 1 July 22 (postponed from July 15) Planning Board July 9 July 23 Zoning Board of Adjustment July 16 Recreation Committee July 10 Conservation Commission July 10 School Board July 2  

Andover Fire Department: August 2013

Help our safety services help you!

By Rene Lefebvre, Chief, Andover Fire Department
Andover Fire Department: August 2013

Our 30th annual Chicken BBQ is in the record books. The turnout was smaller than in the past, however everyone seemed to have a great time. The kayak was won by a family across the channel from the fire station. Between the Fourth of July and the Chicken BBQ, we did well with our fundraising […]

Conservation Commission Sponsors Bog Pond Talk and Walk

Press release

Please join the Andover Conservation Commission on Monday, August 19, at 10:30 AM at the Blackwater Junction Restaurant on Route 11 in Cilleyville to learn more about the various types of wildlife supported by and attracted to boggy and swampy areas of our town. Emma Carfagno, Wildlife Program Assistant from the UNH Cooperative Extension, will […]

Andover and Franklin Fire Departments Honor Arizona Hotshots

Marty Dustin adds local t-shirts to memorial

By Marty Dustin, for the Beacon
Andover and Franklin Fire Departments Honor Arizona Hotshots

Marty Dustin was born in Franklin and lived with his wife Diane in Andover from 1981 to 1995. Marty was a Franklin firefighter and was very involved in the community, serving on the Andover School Board and volunteering with the Andover One Wheelers and as a sports coach, among other roles. Marty and Diane now […]

What is Special Education?

The first in a series for Andover taxpayers

By Aaron Hodge, Colby-Sawyer '14 and Beacon intern

This is the first article in a planned series about Special Education. This article tackles one relatively narrow question: in general, what is Special Education? In future articles we plan to look at other important, specific questions like: How and why do we budget for and pay for Special Education in Andover? How do we […]