Yesterday | Andover Townsman
Park in handicap space, pay $250
New parking fines may have residents thinking twice about where they leave their car.
National Grid tries to hike its rates
A proposal by National Grid to increase the average residential customer's utility bill by 5.5 percent next year has come under scrutiny by the state Attorney General's office.
Andover Inn has closed for renovations
There will be no room at the inn until 2011. The upscale Andover Inn on Chapel Avenue on the campus of Phillips Academy closed yesterday, July 1, for a renovation project that will last 18 months.
Standard Opens New Demo/Training Center
ANDOVER, MA Standard Finishing Systems has christened a new 15,000 square-foot National Customer Demonstration and Training Center as part of a year-long renovation of their corporate headquarters.
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American Sign Language teacher may lose Andover High job
A deaf American Sign Language teacher at Andover High School may lose her job because she has failed the English competency exam to become a certified teacher in Massachusetts.
Town Talk: Dish matches July 4 donations dollar for dollar
The effort spearheaded by Jerry Silverman to raise the $3,000 needed to continue the town's popular July 4 pancake breakfast and Horribles Parade has not fallen on deaf ears.
Raising parking fines in Andover
Police Chief Brian Pattullo has proposed raising the fine for illegally parking in a handicapped space from $100 to $250, which the Board of Selectmen plans to discuss at its next meeting on July 6. Police issued 51 tickets for such violations last year, Pattullo told selectmen last week.
EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA
Circus coming to North Andover
It's become as big a town tradition as the fireworks on the Fourth of July. The Kelly Miller Circus is coming to the North Andover Middle School fields for two days starting July 1. To usher in the Independence Day weekend, the circus has announced that all active duty military personnel and their families will get into the circus free of charge.
Summer in Andover: SoHIP again
The Society for Historically Informed Performance of Boston is returning to Andover this summer.
Visit Andover's forests and peaks
Imagine hiking through cool, dark forests, by babbling brooks, silvery streams, and along a mighty river.
Collection time on trash issue
Months of trash talk may result in a decision to kick the current six trash-bag allowance to the curb at the June 22 selectmen's meeting.
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Cousins take on Pan-Mass Challenge to honor their fathers
Anthony, Matt, Mike and Brian Galluzzo will all be riding in the Pan-Mass Challenge in August, but maybe at different paces.
Andover's BoomerVenture Campus, which offers activities designed to meet the needs and interests of residents in their mid-40s to mid-60s, plans to host two new yoga classes starting next month.
With dresses made of magazines and designs featuring henna tattoos and body paint, the Keep It Wild fashion show put on by Andover Youth Services has lived up to its name for more than a decade.
'Andover Reads' attracts hundreds
Calling its townwide reading program "Andover Reads" proved prophetic for Memorial Hall Library.
Andover police keep accreditation
The Andover Police Department was recently awarded state accreditation again from the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission.
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Consumer prices rise less than expected in May
Bernie Mango returns the nozzle after pumping gas in North Andover, Mass. Monday, June 15, 2009.
Behind closed doors, L'Italien crafting state budget
How much state funding will Andover lose this year? Which of your taxes will be raised? How will state employee benefits be reined in? The answers are largely in the hands of six state legislators.
Union votes 'no' to smaller raises
The Andover teachers union has voted against taking less of a raise next year, saying the town's typical family income suggests it instead "could be exploring ways to raise more revenue." On Thursday, June 4, the Andover Education Association voted against reopening its contract, refusing to bow to the School Committee's request it consider salary ...