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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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5 Years Later: Merrimack Valley Gas Explosions
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"It looked like Armageddon, it really did. There were billows of smoke coming from Lawrence behind me, I could see plumes of smoke in front of me within the Town...it just looked like an absolute war zone." Andover Fire Rescue Chief Michael Mansfield Minutes after a Columbia Gas of Massachusetts crew made a fatal error while replacing gas lines on …
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5 Years Later: Merrimack Valley Gas Explosions
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"It looked like Armageddon, it really did. There were billows of smoke coming from Lawrence behind me, I could see plumes of smoke in front of me within the Town...it just looked like an absolute war zone." Andover Fire Rescue Chief Michael Mansfield Minutes after a Columbia Gas of Massachusetts crew made a fatal error while replacing gas lines on …
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ICYMI: Andover Windstorm:
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Opinion: Town's Storm Response Was 'Amazing'
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"Riding around on Friday evening trying to find a route home, I was struck by how many people were out helping their neighbors and sharing their stories. It was community at its best in spite of the damage!"
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READER PHOTOS: Andover's Microburst Cleanup
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"I've lived here years, and I've never seen anything like it." That was the common refrain around Andover this week as residents and businesses cleaned up from Friday's devastating storm. Remarkably, there were no serious injuries during a storm that brought down hundreds, if not thousands, of trees in Andover and knocked out power for most residents. After sharing our …
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How To Get Rid Of Limbs And Branches In Andover
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Residents can drop off branches at two sites in Andover or leave them out for pick up.
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PHOTOS: Andover's Microburst Cleanup
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Share your photos and see ours from Friday's microburst and the cleanup that has followed.
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ICYMI: Government/Schools
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Andover Couple Sues To Block Affordable Housing Proposal
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Andover Community Trust is trying to build an affordable housing unit on a Mary Lou Lane lot that neighbors say is too small.
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Opinion: Build A Second High School
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Has the time come to seriously consider a second high school for Andover?
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APS Addressing Graduation Rate Shortfalls
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Superintendent Magda Parvey also shared preliminary opening day enrollments for Andover Public Schools.
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Andover Police Log, Sept. 6-12
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Andover police responded to more than 40 storm-related calls on Friday alone.
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Coyote 'Nips' Andover Resident
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Neither coyote nor person was seriously injured, and Andover Animal Control Office Katy Kozikowski said the coyote's reaction was "not…out of its natural" behavior."
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This Week In Andover, Sept.17-24
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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
Sports
5pm: AHS girls’ volleyball at Haverhill
7:15 pm: AHS field hockey at Central Catholic
(See Andover Athletics info page for more details).
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Sports
6:30 pm: AHS girls’ soccer at North Andover
6:30 pm: North Andover at AHS boys’ soccer
(See Andover Athletics info page for more details).
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At the Robb Center
9:30 am: Crafting
9:30 am: Parler/Discute
10:30 am: Write Stuff
12:30 pm: Knit Wits
1 pm: Tap Class
1:30 pm: Registry Deeds
2 pm: Bereavement Support Group
(see the Robb Center newsletter for more info)
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Sports
3:30 pm: Billerica at AHS girls’ swimming (Rescheduled/Greater Lawrence Tech)
4 pm: AHS bots’ and girls’ cross country at Tewksbury
5 pm: AHS girls’ volleyball at North Andover
6 pm: AHS field hockey at Haverhill
(See Andover Athletics info page for more details).
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Sports
3:15 pm: Central Catholic at AHS golf (Renaissance Golf Club)
6 pm: AHS girls’ soccer at Billerica
6:30 pm: Billerica at AHS boys’ soccer (See Andover Athletics info page for more details).
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3:30 pm: Haverhill at AHS girls’ swimming (Greater Lawrence Tech)
7 pm: AHS football at Lowell (See Andover Athletics info page for more details).
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Sports
9 am: AHS boys’ and girls’ cross country vs. TBA (Franklin Park)
1 pm: Marblehead at AHS boys’ soccer
1 pm: Marblehead at AHS boys’ soccer
1:30 pm: Shrewsbury at AHS field hockey
2:30 pm: Newton South at AHS girls’ varsity
5 pm: Beverly at AHS girls’ soccer
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