Candidates – Selectmen: Jeff Miller

Candidates – Selectmen: Jeff Miller

I joined the East Andover Volunteer Fire Department in 1993 at the age of 17, after attending Vermont Technical College for a year and a half then returning home to Andover. I have worked in a variety of fields and now run my own business doing carpentry and landscaping. My company, Miller Property Maintenance, has […]

Candidates – Town Clerk/Tax Collector: Joanna Sumner

Many of you know me because you come into the office to take care of vehicle registrations, to license your dog, or to pay on your property taxes, I have been serving as Town Clerk/Tax Collector for the past year and Deputy for the previous five years. New residents come in to establish residency, register […]

Candidates – Budget Committee: Mary Anne Levesque

Candidates – Budget Committee: Mary Anne Levesque

My name is Mary Anne Levesque. I was born and raised in Massachusetts. In my career I have been an electronics technician, driven semi tractors, and delivered liquid natural gas. I currently work for Liberty Utilities as a Technician A or “Foreman.” In every job I have given my best efforts. I believe in hard […]

School District Meeting Info Packet Now Available

School District Meeting Info Packet Now Available

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 […]

School District Warrant 2013, Annotated

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 […]

Town Warrants 2013, Annotated

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 […]

Candidates – School Treasurer: Shirley Currier

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 […]

Candidates – Library Trustee: Susan Chase

Candidates – Library Trustee: Susan Chase

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, […]

Issues at Town Meeting: What You Need to Know About the Warrant Articles

By Vicky Mishcon, Board of Selectmen

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 […]

Issues at School District Meeting: Full-Day Kindergarten

School District Warrant Article 6

By Judith Turk, AE/MS Assistant Principal
Issues at School District Meeting: Full-Day Kindergarten

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 […]