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Latest reporting from the Community desk.
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Latest reporting from the Community desk.
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Latest reporting from the Community desk.
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North Andover food bank gains from Verani Realty's 14,000-pound drive
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Verani Realty collected more than 14,000 pounds of food and donated $20,000 to food banks during its 10th annual food drive in September, with the Merrimack Valley Food Bank among the recipients serving North Andover.
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Fireside Craft Fair returns to Andover High on Nov. 14
The Fireside Fall Craft Fair takes over Andover High School's field house on Saturday, Nov. 14, with handcrafted goods, food vendors and a food-donation raffle benefiting Village Food Hub.
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Andover 250th committee meets Oct. 15 to recap RevFest
Andover's 250th Anniversary Committee meets Thursday, Oct. 15, to debrief on RevFest 250 and discuss its table at the ACE Scarecrow Festival kickoff Saturday, Oct. 17.
Community
North Andover food bank gains from Verani Realty's 14,000-pound drive
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Verani Realty collected more than 14,000 pounds of food and donated $20,000 to food banks during its 10th annual food drive in September, with the Merrimack Valley Food Bank among the recipients serving North Andover.
Community
North Andover food bank gains from Verani Realty's 14,000-pound drive
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Verani Realty collected more than 14,000 pounds of food and donated $20,000 to food banks during its 10th annual food drive in September, with the Merrimack Valley Food Bank among the recipients serving North Andover.
Community
Danvers High renames library for Andover's Colleen Ritzer
The Danvers High School library has been renamed the Colleen E. Ritzer Library in honor of the Andover native and math teacher killed at the school in 2013, following a student-led fundraising campaign and an Aug. 24 dedication ceremony attended by Ritzer's family.
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Merrimack River watershed council seeks lead scientist amid record sewage discharges
The Merrimack River Watershed Council is hiring a full-time lead scientist at $85,000 to $100,000 to coordinate pollution investigations across the 5,000-square-mile watershed, including Andover's five-plus miles of river shoreline.
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Andover Day brings 265 vendors to Main Street Saturday
Andover Day returns Saturday, Sept. 19, with a sold-out lineup of 265 vendors, a new fitness village, live music and street closures across downtown as the Andover Chamber of Commerce hosts its biggest edition in five years.
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Andover talk explores Paul Revere's role as currency engraver
Phillips Academy history instructor Donald A. Slater presents "Paul Revere Makes a Buck" at the Andover Center for History & Culture on Thursday, Sept. 17, exploring how Revere used pine tree imagery to build public trust in Revolutionary War-era paper money.
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Andover begins $500K sidewalk project on Tewksbury Street
Andover's first project funded through the state's Complete Streets program is adding 2,000 feet of sidewalk along Tewksbury Street in Ballardvale, connecting Yardley Road to Oak Street with nearly $500,000 in state grant money.
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Historians revisit Andover's overlooked witch trials
Author Richard Hite and educator Carol Majahad will present on six unjustly accused residents from Andover and Haverhill during the 1692 witch trials at the North Andover Historical Society on Oct. 27.
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North Andover honors Peter Boynton with 2026 Lifetime Preservation Award for lake cleanup work
The North Andover Historical Society presented Peter Boynton with its 2026 Lifetime Preservation Award on Thursday, Sept. 10, recognizing his decades of work as town harbormaster, Planning Board member, and champion of Lake Cochichewick.
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Andover pink golf ball drop raises $5,000 for Ritzer fund
The third annual Pink Golf Ball Drop on Sunday, Sept. 13, will send 1,000 numbered pink golf balls from a helicopter onto Sarkisian Farms Driving Range in Andover, with a $5,000 prize for the winning ball, benefiting the Colleen E. Ritzer Memorial Fund.
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North Andover owl released after rodenticide poisoning and leg injury
An owl found in distress on High Street in North Andover was released back into the wild Monday, Aug. 31, after six days of treatment for suspected rodenticide poisoning, as dozens of Massachusetts communities push to ban the chemicals harming raptors and other predators.
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North Andover VFW to dedicate war on terror memorial Sept. 11
North Andover VFW Post 2104 will dedicate a new Late 20th Century Conflicts and Global War on Terror Memorial at Patriots Memorial Park on Friday, Sept. 11, the 25th anniversary of the 2001 attacks.
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Andover opens first sensory garden at Chandler Road
Andover's Commission on Disability opened the town's first sensory garden on Aug. 13 at 138 Chandler Road, the first public amenity at the site where voters approved a $5 million Phase 2 recreation project in June.
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Andover Recreation opens fall registration with expanded preschool, earlier summer sign-ups
Andover Recreation's new Fall/Winter Program Guide expands the Curious Explorers Academy preschool to five days a week, offers Kid Care at all five elementary schools, and moves summer 2027 registration to Dec. 16, with community events from Howl-o-Ween to Winter Fest filling the calendar.
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