A lawyer who won a unanimous Supreme Court ruling that banned gays and lesbians from marching in the South Boston St. Patrick's Day parade, defended a Woburn minister's right to whip his son with a leather belt and sued the town of Lexington for refusing to display a Nativity scene on its public green has a new, if less controversial cause. He wants to turn the street lights back on in Andover....Read More...>>
Valentine concert: Russian romance warms winter at Andover Chamber Music event When the calendar page turns to February, you can count on two things, chocolate hearts and Andover Chamber Music's annual Valentine concert.
This year artistic director Julie Scolnik offers "Heartstrings from Saint Petersburg," a program of all-Russian, Romantic music on Sunday, Feb. 7 at 4 p.m., at the West Parish Church. There will be an additional performance on Saturday Feb. 6, in Beverly Farms.
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Sanborn Elementary's Pajama Day, play's bake sale help Haiti Capping a week of efforts to raise money for Haiti relief, Sanborn Elementary School students organized a bake sale as a sidelight to their performance of "Oliver Twist." The baked goods raised an additional $700 to benefit Haiti's earthquake victims, meaning the youth were able to send a total of nearly $2,000 to the Red Cross to aid victims of the earthquake.
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Editorial: Involvement in local government makes difference at home It appears Andover's next town clerk will be able to ease into the job. The soon-to-be-hired person - finalists will be interviewed this month - will oversee a March town election with only one contested race. Challenger Larry Bruce and incumbents Jerry Stabile and Alex Vispoli will face off for two seats on the Board of Selectmen. There will be no School Committee race or race for Town Meeting moderator, Andover Housing Authority or the Greater Lawrence Technical High School committee. Normally, this means a low turnout.
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Andover High Roundup: Girls continue Dunn Gym dominance of Central GIRLS BASKETBALL
After being faceguarded for three quarters, Nicole Boudreau broke out for 15 of her 25 points in the final period as Andover rallied past archrival Central Catholic 60-54.
"You can't get nervous. If you get nervous then you start turning the ball over," said Boudreau, who stayed poised through an uncharacteristically quiet first three quarters. "You have to keep your head up at all times. You can't get down. The three was about all that they would give me."
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Red, white and oh-so-blue: Resident Randy Hanson set to retire as town clerk 37 interested in job
A search team for the next town clerk will meet tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 5, to select candidates for interviews.
The application deadline was Jan. 22, and there are 37 applicants. The search team is now reading and assessing candidates.
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