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.

ICYMI: Top Story

Andover Restaurant Inspection Reports For February

This month's health division reports include inspections of all public schools in Andover.

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Andover Restaurant Inspection Reports For February

ICYMI: Schools

AHS Students' Petition Opposes Schedule Change

Andover High School's student government approved a statement supporting the petition.

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AHS Students' Petition Opposes Schedule Change

Date Set For First Look At New AHS Costs

Date Set For First Look At New AHS Costs
The AHS building committee has resisted calls to discuss the cost of such a massive project and what impact it will have on Andover taxpayers. That will change later this month.

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ICYMI: Police and Fire

Andover Police Log, March 1-7

Among the calls that kept Andover police busy this week: An irate customer at the Andover Tax Collector's office, a snake in a basement, and and a mother whose son was refusing to go to school.

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Andover Police Log, March 1-7

ICYMI: Andover Election 2023

Andover Votes 2023: Lauren M. Conoscenti, School Committee

This week, Andover News is publishing profiles of the candidates running for select board, moderator and school committee in the 2023 Andover Town Election on March 28 to help voters make decisions.
Andover Votes 2023: Lauren M. Conoscenti, School Committee

Andover Votes 2023: Sheila M. Doherty, Moderator

Andover Votes 2023: Sheila M. Doherty, Moderator
This week, Andover News is publishing profiles of the candidates running for select board, moderator and school committee in the 2023 Andover Town Election on March 28 to help voters make decisions.

Andover Votes 2023: Keith Saxon, Moderator

This week, Andover News is publishing profiles of the candidates running for select board, moderator and school committee in the 2023 Andover Town Election on March 28 to help voters make decisions.
Andover Votes 2023: Keith Saxon, Moderator

Andover Votes 2023: Laura Gregory, Select Board

Andover Votes 2023: Laura Gregory, Select Board
This week, Andover News is publishing profiles of the candidates running for select board, moderator and school committee in the 2023 Andover Town Election on March 28.

Andover Votes 2023: Kevin Coffey, Select Board

Andover News is publishing profiles of the candidates running for select board, moderator and school committee in the 2023 Andover Town Election on March 28.
Andover Votes 2023: Kevin Coffey, Select Board

ICYMI: Obituaries

Obituary: Eric Berthold Frishman, 41

Eric Berthold Frishman, died peacefully, at the age of 41 years old, on March 5, 2023, as a result of complications from pancreatic cancer.

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Obituary: Eric Berthold Frishman, 41

This Week In Andover, March 12-19

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.
You can also view the calendar of events on our Website.

This Week’s Listings

Note: Schedules for AHS winter sports teams playing in post-season tournaments were not available at time of publication.

SUNDAY, MARCH 12
At Memorial Hall Library
1 pm: Board Games Club

MONDAY, MARCH 13
Government
7 pm: Select Board

At Memorial Hall Library
Teen Poetry Contest Opens
10 am: Meet-Up Monday
3 pm: Teen Weekly Activity: DIY Picture Frames
4:30 pm: Legomania
7 pm: English At Large Conversation Group

At the Robb Center
9 am: Sunrise Singers
9 am: Quilting Group
10 am: Non-Fiction Book Club
1 pm: Matinee
1 pm: Fix-It Shop
2 pm: Ping-Pong
(see the Robb Center newsletter for more info)

TUESDAY, MARCH 14
Government
3 pm: Andover School Committee Negotiations Subcommittee Executive Session
6:30 pm: Preservation Commission
7:30 pm: Planning Board Meeting

At Memorial Hall Library
9:30 am: Wiggle Words
10:15 am: Toddler Tales
11 am: Little Listeners
3:30 pm: VEX Robotics Team Showcase
5:45 pm: Make-It Take-It
7 pm: Going Vegan or Vegetarian: Diet Choices to Help the Planet

At the Robb Center
9 am: Comfort Critters
10 am: Tech Help
1 pm: Mah Jongg
1 pm: Social Bridge
1:30 pm: Growing Up in Lawrence
(see the Robb Center newsletter for more info)

Virtual Events
9:30 am: Dementia Dialogues

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15
Government
10 am: Collaborative for Regional Educational Services and Training Board of Directors
3 pm: Andover School Committee Negotiations Subcommittee

Andover Election 2023
7 pm: League of Women Voters Andover Town Election Candidate Forum

At Memorial Hall Library
9:30 am: Toddler Tales
10:15 am: Wiggle Words
11 am: Little Listeners
1 pm: Computer Users: Using a Password Manager
7 pm: Cribbage Club

At the Robb Center
9:30 am: Morning Crafting
9:30 am: Parler/Discute
10:30 am: Write Stuff
12:30 pm: Knit Wits
1:30 pm: Home Modification Loan Program
(see the Robb Center newsletter for more info)

Virtual Events
9:30 am: 50+ Job Seekers Networking Group- morning session
12 pm: Explore The Black Heritage Trail
3 pm: Virtual Death Cafe

THURSDAY, MARCH 16
At Memorial Hall Library
9:30 am: Wiggle Words
10:15 am: Toddler Tales
3:30 pm: Dungeons and Dragons for Teens (HS group)
5 pm: Pokemon Club

Performing Arts
11 am: Listen Before Lunch (free 30-minute concert at South Church)

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: Welcoming Native Plants & Insects
(see the Robb Center newsletter for more info)

Virtual Events
2 pm: Birding By Ear With The Mass Audubon
7 pm: Island Lore: Shipwrecks, Mayhem, and Lighthouses

FRIDAY, MARCH 17
At Memorial Hall Library
10 am: Movers & Shakers
3 pm: Super Smash Bros. for Teens and Tweens

At the Robb Center
8:30 am: French Group
9:30 am: ESL Class
St. Patrick’s Day Social
1 pm: 45’s
1 pm: Social Bridge
2 pm: Tai Chi Fan Dancing
(see the Robb Center newsletter for more info)

SATURDAY, MARCH 18
At Memorial Hall Library
10 am: Saturday Stories
2 pm: STEAM Lab
2:30 pm: Kids RPGs – Tabletop Gaming

SUNDAY, MARCH 13
Schools
9 am-4 pm: Andover Destination Imagination team at MADI tournament (Beverly Middle School)

Send us details of your event for inclusion in the Andover News Calendar.