Welcome to the Sunday newsletter from Andover News. This email includes ICYMI: Andover Week In Review, recapping our top stories from the past week, and This Week In Andover, a listing of upcoming events in town.
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ICYMI: This Week's Top Stories
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Andover Select Board Approves 5.9 Property Tax Hike For Homeowners
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The rates, which were unanimously approved, raise the average homeowner's tax bill 5.9 from $11,075 last year, and are above Andover's10-year average residential property tax increase of 3.6 percent.
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Elm Street Changes Target Pedestrian Safety: Select Board Notebook
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Also: Capital budget approved | Dog license update | Food insecurity in Andover | Meeting video and packet
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Building Committee Won't Rush Vote On New High School: Chair
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For a second straight meeting, the AHS building committee skipped over an item on the agenda calling for a discussion of the preliminary budget for the new school.
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Draft $99.6M Budget For Andover Schools Includes Big Special Education Increases
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Andover Public Schools estimates class size for students in grades 1-5 will grow in the 2022-23 school year to an average of 20.1 students per class from 19.2 students per class this year.
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Andover-Area Restaurants Open On Christmas 2022
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If you don’t feel like cooking this Christmas, you have options in the Andover area.
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Christmas 2022: What's Open, Closed In Andover
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Christmas falls on a Sunday this year, meaning the holiday will be observed on Monday, Dec. 26. Here's what's open and closed on the holiday.
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Memorial Hall Library's Most Popular Books In 2022
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"We love to provide this list," said Clare Curran-Ball, the library's assistant director of technical services and collection development.
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Andover Woman's Musical Addressing Mental Health Heads Into Production
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Lauren Dooley Sprague of Andover began work on "Parts of Me" in 2016 and finished the script and score with her writing partner Amy Gilvary during the pandemic.
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Your News On Andover News
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As a service to readers, Andover News will publish obituaries as well as engagement, wedding and birth announcements free of charge for Andover residents.
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This Week In Andover, Dec. 18-25
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Here’s the Andover News weekly rundown of government meetings, sporting events and activities happening in Andover. Send us details of your event for inclusion in the Andover News Calendar.
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This Week’s Listings
Here’s the Andover News weekly rundown of government meetings, events and activities happening in Andover. Send us details of your event for inclusion in the Andover News Calendar.
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Sports 1 pm: AHS boys and girls track at Merrimack Valley Conference Invitational (New Balance Track) 3:30 pm: AHS girls gymnastics vs. Methuen at Reading Gymnastics Academy
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Sports 6:30 pm: AHS girls basketball at North Andover 6:30 pm: North Andover at AHS boys basketball
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Sports 6 pm: AHS boys hockey at Hingham 6 pm: AHS wrestling at Lawrence 6:30 pm: AHS boys and girls indoor track vs. Central Catholic (Reggie Lewis Center) 7 pm: AHS girls gymnastics at Haverholl 7:10 pm: AHS girls hockey vs. Westford Academy (Breakaway Ice Center)
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Sports 7 pm: Newton South at AHS girls basketball
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24 (CHRISTMAS EVE) Memorial Hall Library closed. Check out our list of what’s open and closed in Andover on Christmas for additional Christmas Eve closures and adjusted hours
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