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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 Story
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Andover Teachers Start Year Without Contract
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Despite what the school committee chair called "steady but slow" progress over 20 bargaining sessions since January, teachers went to work this week without a contract.
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ICYMI: Government/Schools
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Judge: Town Did 'Exceedingly Little' In Discovery
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Former Superintendent Sheldon Berman will have to provide for information and the Town will have to do more than it has to date in the discovery phase of a $4 million lawsuit.
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AHS Proposal A 'Hard Punch In Gut' For Seniors
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A senior advcate is warning many Andover seniors will be forced from their homes if the Town pushes through a big property tax increase to pay for a new high school.
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No Interim Principal At AHS To Start School Year
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Caitlin Brown, who resigned earlier this month, will be principal for the start of the 2023-24 school year.
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Labor Day 2023: What's Open, Closed On In Andover
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Monday is Labor Day, meaning schools and town offices will be closed in Andover. Here's a quick rundown of what else is open and closed on the federal holiday.
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Andover Police Log, Aug. 23-29
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Among the calls that kept Andover police this past week, according to the police log: A 911 caller who couldn't figure out how to get home after losing their phone, A suspicious suitcase, and a report of someone possibly living under a bridge.
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Search Finds Shells, Gun Sight, But No Suspects
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"They didn’t really find anybody,” Andover Police Lt. Edward Guy said of Wednesday's three-hour search.
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This Week In Andover, Sept. 3-10
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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, SEPTEMBER 3
Memorial Hall Library closed.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4:
LABOR DAY
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- Andover Public Schools, Town Offices, Memorial Hall Library, Robb Center closed (more holiday closures).
- No trash/recycling collection.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
Monday trash/recycling collection
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
Tuesday trash/recycling collection.
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Sports
3:15 pm: AHS golf at Haverhill (Bradford Country Club)
6:30 pm: North Andover at AHS field hockey
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
Wednesday trash/recycling collection.
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At the Robb Center
9 am- 6 pm: Craft Sale
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: LBGTQ+ Social
(see the Robb Center newsletter for more info)
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Sports
3:15 pm: AHS golf at Billerica (Billerica Country Club)
5 pm: Danvers at AHS girls’ volleyball
5:30 pm: AHS girls’ soccer at Chelmsford
6:30 pm: Chelmsford at AHS boys’ soccer
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
Thursday trash/recycling collection.
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At the Robb Center
9 am- 6 pm: Craft Sale
8:30 am: French Group
9:30 am: AARP Class
10 am: ACCC
10 am: Andover Photography Connection
1 pm: Mend-It Shop
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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Sports
TBD Billerica at AHS girls’ swimming (Greater Lawrence Tech)
5 pm: Bishop Feehan at AHS girls’ volleyball
7 pm: Shrewsbury at AHS football
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
Friday trash/recycling collection.
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Sports
11:30 am: Needham at AHS field hockey
11:30 am: AHS girls’ volleyball at Shrewsbury
2 pm: Natick at AHS girls’ soccer
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