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Good morning, Andover! Here's your daily rundown of everything happening in town for Friday, April 26 courtesy of Andover News.
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A nonprofit set up in memory of five-year-old Sidney Olson is prepping for "Sidney's Rainbow Day" from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on May 11 behind Old Town Hall in Downtown Andover.
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A.M. Briefing
- If you missed Wednesday's discussion and review of the warrant articles for next week's Annual Town Meeting, I prepared an AI-generated transcript for your perusal. Paid subscribers can also read transcripts from Tuesday's discussion about the I-495 bridge replacement project and other local meetings.
- Andover High School was 67th in Massachusetts in the rankings released by US News & World Report this week.
- Andover police are hosting a prescription drug take back event on Saturday. Learn more about getting rid of your unwanted and expired medications.
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- Today: Sunny, high of 57. Clear tonight, low of 33.
- Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, high of 65. Some showers at night, low of 43.
- Sunday: Cloudy, chance of a shower. High of 68, low of 33.
- Monday: Mostly cloudy, high of 71.
- Drew Pulsifer pitched six innings of shutout baseball in the Warriors' 10-0 win over Lowell Wednesday.
- AHS softball picked up a 6-2 win over Lowell.
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- A.M. Briefing compiled by Dave Copeland
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More Local News:
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Opinion: Vote Yes On Article 12
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"A Special Town Meeting advisory vote in November overwhelmingly supported using the local ballot to get voter input about Town Governance. Unfortunately, the Select Board chose not to listen to that advice from the voters and squandered the opportunity to use this years’ ballot."
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APS Set To Renew Contract With Vendor That Missed Budget In 2 Of 3 Years
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NRT Bus, citing driver shortages, has billed the district over the budget in all but 2020-21, when students spent part of the year attending school remotely.
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Cheat Sheet: Andover Annual Town Meeting 2024
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This cheat sheet has everything you need to know about Andover's 2024 Town Meeting, including background information, explainers on key warrant articles, details on how to participate, registration, parking and child care.
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Happening today:
Government & Community Meetings
None
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Sports
4:30 pm: Lawrence at AHS baseball
4:30 pm: Lawrence at AHS softball
5 pm: AHS boys’ volleyball at Haverhill
(See Andover Athletics info page for more details)
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Happening tomorrow:
Sports
TBD: AHS boys’ lacrosse at Acton-Boxborough
10 am: North Andover at AHS boys’ tennis
11:30 am: Westford Academy at AHS girls’ lacrosse
(See Andover Athletics info page for more details).
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Happening Sunday:
Happening Monday:
At Memorial Hall Library
10 am: Meet-Up Monday – Ages 0 to 5
2-4 pm: Learn to sew a circle skirt
3 pm: Teen Weekly Activity: Washi Tape Notebooks
4 pm: LEGO Club
(See the library events page for more details)
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Sports:
4 pm: AHS softball at Haverhill
4 pm: Methuen at AHS girls’ tennis
4 pm: AHS boys’ tennis at Methuen
4:30 pm: AHS baseball 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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