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Good morning, Andover! Here's your daily rundown of everything happening in town for Wednesday, Oct. 25, courtesy of Andover News.
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Top Story
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New AHS Backers Mobilize Support
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Residents supporting the proposal to build a new, $451.5 million Andover High School are putting up lawn signs and taking to social media to rally support ahead of a Nov. 20 special town meeting with the potential to kill the project.
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A.M. Briefing
- The Andover Youth Services Skatefest is Saturday after being rained out last weekend. The free event runs from noon to 5 p.m. at the Andover Skate Park (more info).
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This Day In Andover History
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On Oct. 25, 1918, the Andover Townsman reported on local efforts to "kill the Influenza." Andover soldiers were called to the Emery Base Hospital in Lawrence for guard duty as the Spanish Flu raged through the U.S. "Major Charles E. Durant of the State Guard Medical Corps, who is a noted surgeon of Haverhill, said that this was an excellent company, and his praise is valuable," the newspaper reported.
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- Seventh-ranked AHS girls' volleyball improved to 16-2 behind Jessie Wang's 17 kills in a 3-0 win over Methuen Monday.
- AHS field hockey was a 5-1 winner over Central Catholic Monday.
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Sunshine gives way to cloudy skies later today. High of 72. Partly cloudy after midnight, low of 54. And guess what? It may not rain this weekend.
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- A.M Briefing compiled by Dave Copeland
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More Local News:
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Andover Police Log, Oct. 6-23
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Among the calls that kept Andover police busy in recent weeks: A man yelling racial slurs in a Main Street store, a man who got lost in Harold Parker State Forest, and a threat written in the girls' bathroom at Andover High School.
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Gillette Moving 450 Jobs, Razor Production To Andover
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The reorganization will bring Gillette's total Andover workforce to about 650 employees while ending more than a century of razor manufacturing in South Boston.
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Andona Awards Grants, Scholarships: Neighbor News
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More neighbor news: New exec at YMCA | Meet Andover's new Town Counsel
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Chair: Town Facing Bond Downgrade, Even Without New AHS
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"It's not clear to me matters much. we're cloaking this in fiscal responsibility, I think we really have to consider how responsible that is," Tracey Spruce said. "If this is not the project that does it, something else will."
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Happening today:
Health & Wellness
5:15 pm: Goat Yoga & Wine Tasting
Various Times: APS Flu Shot Clinics
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Sports
5 pm: Haverhill at AHS girls’ volleyball
5:30 pm: AHS field hockey at Chelmsford
(See Andover Athletics info page for more details).
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Send us your news tips: Know about a person or group doing something interesting in Andover? An issue we should be covering? Have a press release for us to consider? Submit a news tip today!
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Thanks for reading. See you soon!
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