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

West Is Best: US Department Of Education

West Is Best: US Department Of Education
Blue Ribbon Schools "set a national example for what it means to Raise the Bar in education.”

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ICYMI: Government

Select Board, Finance Chairs Want To See Alternative To New AHS

A joint meeting of the select board and the school, finance and Andover High School Building Committees will review a variety of different scenarios to finance the project next Wednesday.

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Select Board, Finance Chairs Want To See Alternative To New AHS

DPH Finds West Nile Virus In Andover Moquitos

mosquito biting on skin
The Northeast Massachusetts Mosquito Control and Wetlands Management District will treat water bodies in Andover where mosquitos breed.

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ICYMI: Schools

Cost For New AHS Drops 6.5% -- For Now

The Andover High School Building Committee stressed the numbers reviewed at its most recent meeting were preliminary and will fluctuate as the design process continues.

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Cost For New AHS Drops 6.5% -- For Now

APS, Union Still Far Apart In Teacher Contract Talks

APS, Union Still Far Apart In Teacher Contract Talks
The Andover Education Association's members have been working without a contract since the start of the school year.

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ICYMI: Police/Fire

Andover Man Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter

Joseph Comeau,28, of Andover, also pleaded guilty to witness intimidation

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Andover Man Pleads Guilty To Manslaughter

Andover Police Log, Sept. 13-19

Andover Police Log, Sept. 13-19
Among the calls that kept Andover police busy this past week: A search for Frankie the pug, a loud birthday party, and a possibly drunk teen vomiting on a caller's lawn.

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VIDEO: Amtrak Train Hits Car In Andover

Surveillance video from a nearby business shows the car stopped on the tracks and waiting to enter the intersection.

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VIDEO: Amtrak Train Hits Car In Andover

ICYMI: Business

Andover Woman Accuses Tesla Of IP Theft

Andover Woman Accuses Tesla Of IP Theft
Mercedes Owolabi, who is representing herself, claims Elon Musk's electric car maker hacked into Google Drive account and accessed a report she and five others wrote while they were students at Babson College.

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Read August’s Restaurant Inspection Reports

Andover Town Market, Pazzo Pizza, and Yella were among the popular Andover restaurants the Health Division inspected in August.

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Read August’s Restaurant Inspection Reports

This Week In Andover, Sept. 24-Oct. 1

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

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
Community
10 am-1 pm: North Andover Farmers Market

Sports
TBD: AHS girls’ swimming at MVC Diving (Haverhill)
(See Andover Athletics info page for more details).

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25:
Government
3 pm: Andover School Committee SubCommittee on Negotiations Executive Session
5 pm: Commission on DEI Meeting

Fundraisers
5-8 pm: AHS Drama Guild Fundraiser at Otto

At Memorial Hall Library
3 pm: Teen Weekly Activity: Mandala Coloring
7 pm: English At Large Conversation Group Fall Session

At the Robb Center
9 am: Sunrise Singers
9 am: Quilting Group
1 pm: Matinée
1 pm: Hand and Foot
1 pm: Ping-Pong
1 pm: Fix-It Shop
(see the Robb Center newsletter for more info)

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
Government
6 m: GLTS District Committee
7:30 pm: Town Hall with Essex County DA Paul Tucker
7:30 pm: Planning Board Meeting

At Memorial Hall Library
1-9 pm: Friends’ Book Sale Setup

At the Robb Center
8:30 am: Men’s Breakfast
9 am: Brown Bag
9 am: Comfort Critters
10 am: Tech Help
1 pm: Mah Jong
1 pm: Social Bridge
1:30 pm: Watercolor Class
2 pm: American Art
(see the Robb Center newsletter for more info)

Sports
3:15 pm: Tewksbury at AHS Golf (Renaissance Golf Club)
5:30 pm: AHS boys’ soccer at Lowell
6:30 pm: Methuen at AHS girls’ soccer
(See Andover Athletics info page for more details).

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
Government
12 pm: Merrimack Valley MPO
6 pm: Andover DEI Commission Celebration at Oak & Iron.
7 pm: Quad Board Meeting (AHS Project)

Virtual Events
6-8 pm: 50+ Job Seekers Networking Group- evening session

At Memorial Hall Library
9 am-3 pm: Friends’ Book Sale Setup
5:30-8:30 pm: Friends’ Fall Book Sale Preview Night
7 pm: Cribbage Club

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 pm: Healthy Eating
1:30 pm: Bathsheba Spooner
(see the Robb Center newsletter for more info)

Sports
3:15 pm: AHS golf at Billerica (Billerica Country Club)
4 pm: AHS boys’ and girls’ cross-country vs. multiple schools (Shedd Park)
4:30 pm: at Acton-Boxborough
5 pm: AHS girls’ volleyball at Central Catholic
6:30 pm: Chelmsford at AHS field hockeyAHS girls’ swimming
(See Andover Athletics info page for more details).

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
Government
11:30 am: Andover School Committee Executive Session
6:30 pm: Andover High School Building Committee

Virtual Events
10 am: NBC Sports Boston’s Sports Journalist, Trenni Casey

At Memorial Hall Library
10 am: Library Apps: News, Books & Magazines
1-4 pm: Friends’ Fall Book Sale
5 pm: Pokemon Club
7:30 pm: Great Books Discussion Group

At the Robb Center
9 am: WOAG
10 am: Scale Modeling
10 am: Open Art
10 am: Blood Pressure Clinic
BIRTHDAY LUNCH
1 pm: Duplicate Bridge
1:30 pm: Book Club
2 pm: Ping Pong
6 pm: CAA Concert
(see the Robb Center newsletter for more info)

Sports
3:15 pm: AHS golf at Methuen (Merrimack Valley Golf Club)
6:30 pm: Shrewsbury at AHS boys’ soccer.
(See Andover Athletics info page for more details).

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
Virtual Events
2 pm: How NASA Is Combating Climate Change

At Memorial Hall Library
9 am-4:30 pm: Friends’ Fall Book Sale
3 pm: Super Smash Bros. for Tweens and Teens

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

Sports
3:30 pm: Lowell at AHS girls’ swimming (Greater Lawrence Tech)
4:30 pm: AHS field hockey at Tewksbury
5 pm: Methuen at AHS girl’s volleyball
6 pm: Natick at AHS girls’ soccer
7 pm: AHS football at Methuen
(See Andover Athletics info page for more details).

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
Government
11 am-12:30 pm: Andover High School Community Forum

Community
9 am- 1pm: Andover Farmers Market
10 am-4 pm: Andover Day (RESCHEDULED from Sept. 23).
Arts
4 pm: Addison Art Gallery Fall Opening Reception

At Memorial Hall Library
9 am-4:30 pm: Friends’ Fall Book Sale
3:30 pm: Reading with Rufus the Therapy Dog!

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1
Community
10 am-1 pm: North Andover Farmers Market

Kids
10 am-4 pm: Touch-A-Truck

Performing Arts
3 pm: “Bright, Rich Fall Colors of Sound,” an organ recital by Randy Steere

At Memorial Hall Library
9 am-4 pm: Friends’ Book Sale- Bag Sale Day
(See Andover Athletics info page for more details).

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