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'''1999''' <br>
The original proposal for the Andover Public Safety Center included plans to improve or rebuild other plant and facilities, public works buildings, and the West Andover Fire Station.  Selectman decided to withdraw these  and focus on only a Safety Center. On Monday, April 26, 1999 Andover townspeople approved Article 16 for a $12.9 million dollar proposal for a new Safety Center.


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In 1993, Memorial Hall Library and the Trustees of Memorial Hall Library undertook a front-entrance redesign project to return the building to front landscape and walkway design closer to the original  1920s entrance look and feel.  Local landscape arctitect Peter Hornbeck and Andover architect Jane Griswold collaborated on the design which included native plantings, an oval brick patio and granite curbing. Project funding included individual and corporate private donors, Memorial Hall Library Trustee funds and state funds.  
*"Selectmen Eliminate Safety Center Riders", Townsman, April 29, 1999, page 13.
*"Voters Give Safety Center a Unanimous Nod," ''Townsman'', April 29, 1999


The front entrance project was originally part of a major 1987 renovation and addition project. Due to a state-funding budget shortfall, the front-entrance redesign project was not underway until  the summer of 1994.


'''2000'''<br>
[[Image:MHL94Redesign.jpg|thumb|...''Old Town Hall''.... click to enlarge|left]]
A ground breaking ceremony for the new Safety Center was held on October 14, 2000.
 
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*"Longtime Safety Officers Say Center Long Time Coming", ''Townsman'', October 19, 2000, page 13.
"*Safety Center Slow Going" The Townsman, December 21, 2000
 
*"Selectmen Eliminate Safety Center Riders", ''Townsman,'' February 4, 1999, page 6.
 
 
'''2001'''<br>
The original completion date for the Safety Center set by Mello Construction was September 2002. The Police Station opened in 2003.  The Fire Station did not open until 2005 with an open house for the entire Safety Center on October 20, 2005.
 
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*"Safety Center Construction: Town Impatient with Contractor" ''Townsman'', January 25, 2001, page 15
*"Right to Remain Silent", ''Townsman'', July 19, 2001, page 1.
*"Safety Complex Nearly Ready", Townsman, June 2, 2004.
 
 
'''2002'''
 
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*''Eagle Tribune'', September 17, 2002
*"Not Close: Police Station was to Open This Month", ''Townsman'', April 4, 2002.
*"Signs Point to a New Station This Week", ''Townsman'' , August 8, 2002, page 1 & 8.
 
 
'''2003''' - Construction on the Fire Station actually began in May 2003 and completed in July of 2004.
 
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*"Town: Another Year for the Safety Center," ''Townsman'', May 8, 2003, page 1
 
 
'''2004''' - The fire station was completed in July 2004. It included private dorm rooms for firefighters, a kitchen stove with 10 burners, 4 refrigerators, and a generator the size of a bus for power outages.
 
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*"$14M Project Nears Home Stretch", ''The Townsman,'' February 19, 2004, page 1 & 4.
*"Public Safety Center: Complex Complete This Week," Andover Townsman, July 1, 2004, page 1.
 


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In 1993, Memorial Hall Library and the Trustees of Memorial Hall Library undertook a front-entrance redesign project to return the building to front landscape and walkway design closer to the original 1920s entrance look and feel. Local landscape arctitect Peter Hornbeck and Andover architect Jane Griswold collaborated on the design which included native plantings, an oval brick patio and granite curbing. Project funding included individual and corporate private donors, Memorial Hall Library Trustee funds and state funds.

The front entrance project was originally part of a major 1987 renovation and addition project. Due to a state-funding budget shortfall, the front-entrance redesign project was not underway until the summer of 1994.

File:MHL94Redesign.jpg
...Old Town Hall.... click to enlarge



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