New Hampshire is the recipient of a three-year, $44.5 million grant funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to expand broadband Internet access throughout the state. Broadband is defined here as 768 kilobytes per second (kbps) downstream to a computer or similar device and 200 kbps upstream from a computer. Dial-up Internet access is […]
More volunteers needed to keep the new site running.
The biggest dent in the Beacon’s value to the Andover community has always been that it only appears once a month. We’ve finally solved that problem with a totally new Web site at AndoverBeacon.com. As news arrives at the Beacon’s office throughout the month, it will be posted to AndoverBeacon.com as fast as our volunteers […]
Members present: Jon Warzocha, Chair; Nancy Teach; Don Gould; and Wood Sutton, alternate appointed to Paul Curriers position Minutes of October 23, 2012 meeting Teach – Motion to approve as amended Gould – Second Vote – Unanimous to approve as amended Announcements / Correspondence Current copies of the New Hampshire Planning and Land Use Regulation […]
Here are the minutes for Town committee meetings that took place in November 2012. Board of Selectmen: November 5 November 16 November 19 Planning Board: November 13 November 27 Zoning Board of Adjustment: November 20 Recreation Committee: November 13 Conservation Commission: November 14
Present: Selectmen Danforth, Mishcon, TA Marjorie Roy Road Agent’s Report-Jon Champagne Jon presented a quote from Dave Marceau and Sons for preparing and paving the apron at Route 4 and White Oak Road. The quote was $2,885. Selectman Mishcon will check to see if White Oak Road and Recyclable Drive need to be voted on […]
Present: Members Larry Chase, Tina Cotton, Sandra Graves, Jerry Hersey (chair), Nan Kaplan; guest Mario Ratzki, candidate for New Hampshire House of Representatives, District 1 Mr. Ratzki asked about Andover Conservation Commission (ACC) members’ concerns with regard to local conservation issues impacted by state government actions. Members discussed the Shoreland Water Quality Protection Act of […]
The job of the Trustees of Trust Funds is to maintain custody of the Town’s perpetual care funds, charitable trusts, private donations, and capital reserve/expendable trust funds. We facilitate the maintenance of these funds under the wishes of the donor or by law. Our first focus is to secure the funds from loss or theft; […]
After Andover’s successful first-ever Energy Awareness Day, hosted by the Andover Energy Group on November 3, some members of the Andover community participated in a Transition Training hosted by students from Colby-Sawyer College. These students are involved in a year-long project focused on the Transition Movement. This movement seeks to improve the well-being and resilience […]
Third-year students who are Environmental Science Studies majors at Colby-Sawyer College are hosting a talk by two college graduates, Mike Mooney and John Pelech, who are owners of Poly-Recovery. This talk will be about their work with the 100-Mile Model developed by Poly-Recovery for local recycling from waste pick up to new product manufacturing. The […]
The tax rates for Andover for 2012 have been finalized and the tax bills will be in our mailboxes shortly. These bills show a slight decrease over last year. The components of the tax rate are shown in the tables that accompany this article. The tax bill for a typical property assessed at $200,000 will […]