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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: Top Stories
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Tax Impact For New AHS Ranges From $1,740 To $2,215
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If preliminary estimates hold up, the cheapest plan to upgrade Andover High School would cost nearly as much as the combined construction costs of TD Garden and Gillette Stadium.
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Ethics Commission Fines Ex-AYS Employee
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Former Andover Youth Services Assistant Director Glenn Wilson signed a disposition agreement admitting the violations, the State Ethics Commission said.
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ICYMI: Andover Election 2023
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Few Surprises In 2023 Andover Election Results
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Just 2,133, or 6.42 percent, of Andover's 33,221 registered voters cast ballots Tuesday. It was the third-lowest turnout for a town election in the past 10 years.
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Andover Begins Columbus Day Discussion
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Both sides think Andover should recognize Indigenous Persons' Day. There was less agreement, however, on when that day should be recognized.
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Select Board Releases Closed-Session Minutes
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Under the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law, boards can vote to go into a closed-door executive session to discuss certain topics, including litigation, collective bargaining, personnel issues and real estate transactions where public discussion would compromise the town's bargaining position.
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First Andover Board Adopts New Policy After Public Comment Ruling
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Andover Town Manager Andrew Flanagan said it would be up to the discretion of each town board and committee to review their own public comment rules.
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Labor Department Rules Against Teachers' Union
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The amendment would have added an accusation the Andover School Committee "unilaterally changed its practice of granting leave for bargaining unit members to attend 'union matters'.”
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Select Board Recommends Tax Break For Phillips Property: Notebook
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Catch up on everything that happened at this week's Andover Select Board meeting.
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Take A Peek Inside Andover's Newest Restaurant
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In the first web story from Andover News, we visit Akita Ramen.
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Food Truck Season Begins In Andover
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A Venezuelan food truck in kicking off its 2023 season in Andover. Veronica Antich-Fjeld and Elisbet Dupont's Tres Latinas will be serving lunch every other Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. before heading to Oak & Iron Brewery. The truck's next visit to Andover is on April 7 and every other week after through the summer. Tres Latinas, which …
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Good Friday Prayer Walk Back For 29th Year
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The 1.4 mile walk includes stops at nine prayer points, where clergy from nine Andover churches will lead prayers.
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Nominations Now Open For Best Of Andover 2023
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This is your chance to help us recognize the restaurants and businesses that are the best at what they do in Andover.
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Andover Police Log, March 22-28
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A child locked in a car, kids stealing Amazon packages, an injured goose and a "bunny issue" were among the calls that kept Andover police busy this week.
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Truck Driver Injured In Andover Rollover
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The far right travel lane of Interstate 93 was closed for several hours during rush hour Monday as MassDOT crews cleaned up a fuel spill.
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This Week In Andover, April 2-9
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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
SUNDAY, APRIL 2
No listings.
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Sports
4 pm: Tewksbury at AHS girls’ tennis
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Sports
4 pm: Chelmsford at AHS boys’ tennis
5 pm: AHS girls’ lacrosse at Chelmsford
5 pm: Methuen at AHS boys’ volleyball
6:30 pm: Chelmsford at AHS boys’ lacrosse
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Sports
4 pm: AHS boys’ and girls’ track at Haverhill
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At the Robb Center
10 am: Scale Modeling
10 am: Open Art
10 am: Blood Pressure Clinic
1 pm: Duplicate Bridge
1:30 pm: Parkinson’s Support Group
2 pm: Ping Pong
6:30 pm: Peking and the Mystics
(see the Robb Center newsletter for more info)
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Sports
4 pm: Central Catholic at AHS boys’ tennis
4:30 pm: AHS girls’ tennis at North Andover
5 pm: AHS boys’ volleyball at Dracut
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Sports
4 pm: Westford Academy at AHS boys’ tennis
4 pm: Unified Track: Varsity Meet
4:30 pm: AHS boys’ lacrosse at Tewksbury
6:30 pm: Tewksbury at AHS girls’ lacrosse
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Sports
12:30 pm: AHS boys’ volleyball at North Andover
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SUNDAY, APRIL 9
Memorial Hall Library closed for Easter.
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