The 2013 Andover School District Meeting information packet is available. It includes the proposed budget; a description of budget sections; historical background; and other information. You can pick one up at: • AE/MS • the Town Hall • either Post Office • the Transfer Station • Jake’s Market • Circle K Please pick up a […]
The following are the warrant articles that the Andover School District Meeting 2013 will vote on. Background information is provided, where appropriate, in square brackets []. School District Meeting starts at 7 PM on Monday, March 4, in the Andover Elementary/Middle School gym. Article 1: To see if the District will vote to accept the […]
The following are the warrant articles that the Andover Town Meeting 2013 will vote on. Background information is provided, where appropriate, in square brackets []. Voting for the election of officials will be open on Tuesday, March 12, from 11 AM to 7 PM at the Andover Elementary/Middle School gym. As soon as the polls […]
I am running for a seventh term as Andover School District Treasurer. I am a graduate of Hesser Business College and did the accounting for the Andover Village Store and Currier and Phelps Garage for 30+ years. I have also been the treasurer for the Andover Fourth of July Committee for over 25 years, as […]
I’d welcome the opportunity to serve on the Library Board of Trustees, helping the libraries confront the challenges of the digital age and continue to develop as vital community resources. Now that we live just up the street from the Bachelder Library in East Andover, we’ve given up our membership in the New London Library, […]
This introduction of Andover’s 2013 Town Warrant will give you important background information and justifications of an unusually long list of warrant articles. (Unusually long for Andover, that is. Many towns have much longer lists!) The first five articles are housekeeping. Some will be familiar (Article 1: “To choose all necessary officers…”), and others are […]
School District Warrant Article 6
According to current research, about 20% of our children come to the kindergarten classroom at age five with the reading and math skills of a three-year-old, and another 20% possess the skills of a four-year-old upon their entrance. For this reason, kindergarten teachers begin the first day of school attempting to supplement and remediate the […]
Selectmen to be requested to form a study committee
As many of you know one, of the largest portions of our town budget is our highway system. Our road agent and his predecessors, in conjunction with the Board of Selectmen, have on numerous occasions pointed out that next to our school, it is our largest investment and biggest chunk of our tax bill. In tough […]
I’m Duncan Coolidge, and I’m running for Selectman. I have been a resident of Andover for more than 30 years, so many of you may already know me. I’m running because I care greatly about this town and with my judgment, experience, and willingness to tackle complex problems, I would like to offer my service. […]
In that the Federal Reserve has been ordered to keep the printing presses running night and day printing as much inflation as the economic ignoramus at the top of the federal heap doesn’t know a thing about, the expenses of the Town will continue to climb even while the value of the dollar declines. I would thank the Budget […]