Andover - Town Meetings
The first town meeting of record in Andover was held in January 1656 to clarify land ownership. Dudley Bradstreet, son of Anne and Simon, was Andover's first Town Clerk. The Andover Select Board voted to implement electronic voting in January of 2023. [1] In 2020, A Town Governance Study Committee was formed to evaluate the possibility of a new form of government for the Town. In the spring of 2024, Andover resident and former Select Board member formed a group with the purpose of abolishing Town Meeting. The Committee for a New Andover cited "increasingly chaotic" and ineffective Town Meetings. [2]
Memorial Hall Library holds microfilm, audio, video and written transcripts of Andover Town Meetings.
- Microfilm - 1657 to 1998
- Printed - 1656 - 2011
- Audio - 1986 -
- Video - 1996 -
- DVD - 2007 -
Location of Town Meeting materials in the library:
- Some written transcripts are found in the Andover Room.
- Earlier audio and video are found in the Andover Room.
See
- "Early Andover: Of wine, whiskey and winter," Andover Townsman, December 6, 2012, page 14.
- Andover Town Meeting materials.
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