Good morning, Andover! Here's your daily rundown of everything happening in town for Thursday, July 20, courtesy of Andover News.

Today's Top Story

Rainy Summer Slowing West El Construction

The new West Elementary School in Andover remains on schedule to open for the 2024-25 school year.
Rainy Summer Slowing West El Construction
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A.M. Briefing

One Thing To Know Today
  1. As Andover prepares to enforce the new, town-wide, 25 mph speed limit, there have been requests to include warnings and citations issued for speeding in the Andover News police log summary. Beginning this week, the total number of speeding citations and warnings issued by Andover police will be included in addition to the selected entries from each day's police log.
Weather
Partly cloudy, high of 83. Turning cloudy overnight with chance of a stray shower or thunderstorm. Low of 64.
Check the latest Andover forecast.

- Compiled by Dave Copeland

More Local Coverage:



    Andover Police log, July 12-18

    Call of the week: "911 caller reporting their daughter is now eating cookies and drinking a sugary drink

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    Andover Police log, July 12-18

    Feaster Five Will Honor Elm Square Crash Victim

    Feaster Five Will Honor Elm Square Crash Victim
    Andover officials are reviewing a draft of MassDOT's road safety audit of Elm Square and have scheduled a community forum for Aug. 7.

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    Feds Fined Two Andover Nursing Homes

    Two Andover nursing homes were fined tens of thousands of dollars for safety and health deficiencies uncovered during inspections in recent years.

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    Feds Fined Two Andover Nursing Homes

    Happening today:



      Government
      2 pm: Department of Public Utilities

      Arts
      6-8 pm: Downtown Andover Summer Music Series

      Youth Services
      4 pm: Open Gym – Middle School Basketball

      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

      At the Robb Center
      10 am: DMC
      10 am: Scale Modeling
      10 am: Open Art
      10 am: Blood Pressure Clinic
      1 pm: Duplicate Bridge
      2 pm: Ping-Pong
      5 pm: Cookout
      (see the Robb Center newsletter for more info)

      Happening tomorrow:
      Youth Services
      3:30 pm: Summer Block Party!

      Arts
      10 am: Music with Peter Sheridan!

      At Memorial Hall Library
      3 pm: Super Smash Bros. for Teens and Tweens

      Virtual Events
      2 pm: A Look At The Life & Works of Agatha Christie

      At the Robb Center
      8:30 am: French Group
      10 am: ACCC
      1 pm: 45’s
      1 pm: Social Bridge
      2 pm: Tai Chi Fan Dancing
      (see the Robb Center newsletter for more info)
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