Good morning, Andover! Here's our daily rundown of everything happening in town for Friday, Sept. 23, courtesy of Andover News.
Sports: AHS girls soccer defeated Central Catholic 2-1...AHS boys soccer played Central Catholic to a 0-0 draw...AHS football (3-0) beat Lawrence, 43-0. Senior QB Scott Brown had two passing and two rushing touchdowns.

Weather: Intervals of clouds and sun, high of 57. Clear to partly cloudy tonight with a low of 42. Saturday: Perfect early-autumn day for Andover Days! Sunny, high of 67. Sunday: Partly cloudy, high of 69. 60% chance of showers Sunday night.

Reminder: Today is an early release day for Andover Public Schools students.

Today's Top Stories

Andover, School Committee Respond To Fusion Academy Lawsuit

In the town's answer to the complaint, it responded to 123 of the 132 paragraphs in Fusion's complaint with "The defendant is without knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the allegations contained" in the paragraph. The school committee's response gave the same answer to 62 of the 132 paragraphs in the complaint.

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Andover, School Committee Respond To Fusion Academy Lawsuit

Andover Days 2022 Return After COVID-Hiatus

Andover Days 2022 Return After COVID-Hiatus
The highlight will be Saturday, when downtown will be closed to traffic and taken over by 200 vendors, food, entertainment and a beer garden.

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Happening today:

Early release day for Andover Public Schools.

Andover Days
Specials, deals, and prizes from Andover businesses and restaurants (more info)
6:30 pm: “Field of Dreams” screening, Andover Town Common (Bartlet and Chestnut Streets)
Dusk: Fireworks at Andover Town Common

Government
8:30 am: Preservation Commission Site Visit

Things To Do
3:30 pm: Super Smash Bros. for Teens at Memorial Hall Library

Sports
3:30 pm: AHS girls swimming at Haverhill
5:30 pm: AHS girls volleyball at Danvers (time changed from 5:45)

Happening tomorrow:
Andover Days
10 am-4 pm: More than 200 vendors (including Andover News!) will take over downtown Andover, along with food, entertainment, music by local bands, a biergarten by Oak & Iron, The Andover Farmers Market will set up behind Old Town Hall and there will be a Sustainability Fair in the parking lot between Old Andover Village and Café Nero featuring over 25 sustainability organizations.

Things To Do
10 am: Stories on the Steps at Memorial Hall Library
10 am-2pm: Andover Farmers Market (behind Old Town Hall for Andover Days this week)

Sports
TBD: AHS girls and boys cross country at MSTCA Frank Kelley Invitational (Wrentham)
1 pm: AHS field hockey at Shrewsbury

Happening Sunday:
Things To Do
4 pm: Ukulele Jam, Faith Lutheran Church (360 S Main Street). Bring your ukulele (or guitar or banjo or mandolin or just yourself) and jam with us as we sing some tunes we love to sing! All skill levels are welcome.

Sports
TBD AHS girls swimming at Haverhill

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