ANDOVER — A community meeting is set for 9 a.m. Saturday, April 30, at the Town Hall to consider options for keeping Andover Elementary School open. Selectmen and state Rep. Matt Peterson, D-Rumford, will be available to offer information. The SAD 44 board voted 13-3 Monday night to close the school at the end of […]
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SAD 44 board approves $9.6 million budget
BETHEL — The SAD 44 board approved a proposed 2011-12 operating budget Monday night that could be either $9.6 or $9.8 million contingent upon whether the town of Andover decides to keep its elementary school open. Board members voted overwhelmingly Monday night to close the school with a current enrollment of fewer than 30 K […]
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Andover school to close
WOODSTOCK — The SAD 44 board voted 13-3 Monday night to close Andover Elementary School in June. Voting against the proposal were Chairman Sidney Pew of Andover, Tim Akers of Andover and Marcel Polak of Woodstock. Andover’s third representative on the board, Keith Smith, was absent. This was the second vote in the past couple […]
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School budget expected to rise 5 percent
ANDOVER — The SAD 44 board all but approved a proposed 2011-12 operating budget of $9.6 million at their meeting Monday. Superintendent David Murphy said official action will be taken at the April 25 board meeting at Woodstock Elementary School. The proposed figure does not include any cost savings that could be realized by closure […]
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Andover teachers retiring
ANDOVER — Barbara and Roger Sabin met in college, devoted their entire teaching careers to the children of SAD 44, and at the end of this school year, will retire together. They represent two-thirds of the teaching staff at the school. “It’s the best career I ever could have had. It has kept us young,” […]
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Merrow, Akers re-elected in Andover
ANDOVER — Town meeting voters re-elected two incumbents at Tuesday night’s polls. In the only contested race, Selectmen Chairman Susan Merrow won a three-year term, garnering 149 votes to write-in candidate Jackie Gammon’s 59 votes. Tim Akers, who sought re-election to a three-year term as Andover’s SAD 44 School Board member, ran unopposed and received […]
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$577,841 municipal budget proposed for Andover
ANDOVER — Residents attending town meeting on Saturday, March 19, will face a proposed municipal budget of $577,841. That’s $57,841 more than last year’s budget of $520,000. The budget doesn’t include Andover’s SAD 44 assessment, which is expected in May or June. Nor does it include a citizen’s request in warrant Article 56 to raise […]
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Snowstorm snarls traffic
RUMFORD — Quickly deteriorating road conditions caused by heavy snowfall snarled traffic on area roads, sending at least two people to Rumford Hospital by late Friday morning. By midafternoon, a game warden and emergency responders were also sent to a Main Street yard in Andover to help extricate a 9-year-old boy’s leg from a snowmobile […]
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Schools’ futures to be decided Monday
BETHEL — The SAD 44 board is expected to decide Monday whether or not to close the Andover and Woodstock elementary schools. The meeting is at 7 p.m. in the Telstar High School library. About 75 people turned out at a board meeting Monday, with most advocating to keep the Woodstock school open. There was […]