For a future we choose
We're a bipartisan team of neighbors who wants what's best for Andover.☑ Transparent, accountable leadership that puts residents first and keeps the community involved.
☑ Balanced growth that strengthens the local economy while protecting Andover’s rural character, property values, schools, and environment.
☑ Strong local decision-making, with residents having a voice in the township’s future.Learn more about us and our ideas below - more importantly, reach out and share your ideas for Andover's future!
Meet the Candidates
Cynthia Chase
Cynthia Chase brings a strong background as a real estate broker with a Master’s in public administration, and she has called Andover Township home for 14 years.She believes in responsible development that protects property values and preserves our quality of life. Cynthia supports balanced growth that attracts the right businesses, strengthens our local economy, supports our schools, protects essential services, and safeguards our natural environment.
Nicole Guerrieri
Nicole brings 25 years of experience turning innovative technology ideas into sustainable business models. She has worked at the forefront of the web, social media, streaming, and AI with companies including NBCUniversal, Hulu, and Barnes & Noble College.She understands the difference between innovation that benefits a community and development that puts outside interests first.
Our Values & Platform
Accountability & Transparency
Residents shouldn't have to dig through legal notices or show up to a poorly advertised meeting to find out what's happening in their own backyard. We'll put meeting agendas, minutes, and major project updates in plain language, across the platforms residents actually use, including social media, e-newsletters, text messages, and print.☑ Every major development gets a public discussion before it's decided, not after.
☑ Budgets and contracts get published in plain language.
☑ If it affects your property or your municipal taxes, you'll hear about it and have the opportunity to be heard.
☑ Residents should be able to easily understand decisions that affect their neighborhood, property, and quality of life.
Preserving Our Rural Character
Andover's character: our farms, waterways, and open land, is the reason most of us live here, and it's disappearing decision by decision. We support growth that strengthens the tax base without selling off what makes this town worth living in. That means redevelopment of existing commercial space before new sprawl, real environmental review before approvals, and public hearings before agreements are signed, not after.☑ Growth should be strategic and protect our natural resources.
☑ Redevelop, capitalize upon and collaborate with what's already built before paving what isn't.
☑ Every large-scale project (including PILOT agreements) gets a public cost-benefit hearing before any vote.
Small Business & Sustainable Growth
Andover's small businesses built this town's economy, and they shouldn't have to fight township bureaucracy to grow. We want to form a Small Business Advisory Committee with real input into procedures that affect local and home-based businesses.☑ Local businesses should have a direct line to the Committee where the focus is collaboration.
☑ We'll examine past experiences (fees, red tape) for small businesses, recognizing their value to the town and its residents, and make streamlined changes that facilitate their growth responsibly.
Fiscal Responsibility
Every dollar the township spends is a dollar residents earned.We'll review major contracts and recurring costs on a regular schedule, require transparency on long term costs up front, and publish the budget in a format residents can actually read.☑ No new spending without a clear answer to: what does it cost, who pays, and for how long?
☑ You should be able to understand the township budget without an accounting degree.
Strong Schools, Strong Community
We're so proud Andover Regional ranked #1 in Sussex County on the state's core proficiency testing. School quality impacts the value of homes, and the continued growth and success of our community.☑ We'll build a real working relationship between the Committee and school leadership so township decisions support, rather than strain, our schools.
☑ Better coordination between the township and the district means fewer surprises for families.
