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Welcome to the new format for the Sunday newsletter from Andover News. We've comboned the ICYMI: Andover Week In Review we used to send on Saturdays with This Week In Andover listing of upcoming events in town we send on Sundays. Be sure to scroll down for next week's events, meetings and games.
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ICYMI: This Week's Top Stories
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Few Options If Special Town Meeting Vote Fails
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The West Elementary School construction project will likely have to be put on hold if Andover Special Town Meeting does not approve as much as $19 million to pay for higher-than-expected budget costs on Nov. 30.
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Black Bear Spotted In South Andover
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It's not clear if the bear spotted Tuesday is the same bear as the one that wandered through several Merrimack Valley towns this summer and was nicknamed sunshine by an Andover police lieutenant's child.
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Andover MCAS Scores Improve, But Still Lag Behind Pre-Pandemic Levels
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The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the 2022 results on Thursday, and officials warned a statewide drop in English scores is a sign it may be "years" before students recover from the school disruptions during the coronavirus pandemic.
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FY22 Was 'A Good Year' For Andover Budget
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Andover finished the last fiscal year with higher revenue and lower expenditures, leaving it with a $1.9 million general fund surplus.
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Select Board Clerk Voices Support For Town Manager
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Annie Gilbert became the second select board member to publicly voice support for Andover Town Manager Andrew Flanagan.
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Chelmsford Town Manager: Flanagan 'Didn't Have Time' To Draft Dissenting Opinion
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Chelmsford Town Manager Paul Cohen said he was told Andover Town Manager Andrew Flanagan "was busy and did not have time" when he asked why an attorney for the town wrote a dissenting opinion that Flanagan submitted as his own when he volunteered on a state-appointed panel hearing a 2019 Chelmsford arbitration case.
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Andover Robotics Club Set Gears Up For New Season
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The Andover Robotics Club's teams are aiming to qualify for the State Championships in March.
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Phillips Academy Named Best Private School In America
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Andover Public Schools were also ranked the 29th best public school system in Massachusetts in ratings released by.Niche Tuesday.
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Andover Hair Salon Expanding, Moving Around The Corner Downtown
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Salon Beau, named Best of Boston and Best of Northshore, is moving from its current Park Street location to a 3,000-square-foot loft-style industrial salon in the Barnard building.
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Tax Help Available For Older, Disabled Andover Homeowners
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The fund is available to homeowners aged 62 and older and disabled homeowners of any age. Income limits are $38,640 for individuals or $52,260 for couples.
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Andover Looks For Seal That Meets Everyone's Approval
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Last fall, Andover joined several other Massachusetts towns that have reconsidered Native American imagery on their town seals when the select board appointed a Town Seal Review Committee to reevaluate the seal Andover has used since 1951.
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This Week In Andover, Oct. 2-9: Coffee With A Cop
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Here’s the Andover News weekly rundown of upcoming 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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Sports
TBD AHS girls swimming at Haverhill
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4 pm: AHS girls soccer at Danvers
5 pm: Haverhill at AHS girls volleyball
6 pm: Chelmsford at AHS field hockey
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3:15 pm: AHS golf vs. Central Catholic at Atkinson Resort & Country Club
3:30 pm: AHS girls swimming vs. North Andover at Greater Lawrence Tech
6:30 pm: Lawrence at AHS boys soccer
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3:15 pm: AHS golf vs. North Andover at Renaissance Golf Club
3:30 pm: AHS girls swimming at Dracut
4 pm: AHS boys and girls cross-country vs. Central Catholic, Methuen, Tewksbury
5 pm: AHS girls volleyball at Lowell
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3:15 pm: AHS golf vs. Haverhill at Renaissance Golf Club
5:30 pm: AHS boys soccer at Chelmsford
6:30 pm: Haverhill at AHS girls soccer
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5 pm: AHS girls volleyball at Acton-Boxborough
7 pm: AHS football at Methuen
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11 am: AHS girls and boys cross-country at MTSCA Invitational
1:30 pm: Longmeadow at AHS field hockey
7 pm: Beverly at AHS boys soccer
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