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Methuen Invitational: Andover, North Andover slug way to tourney final

4 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Hector Longo |Andover Townsman

METHUEN – Considering the conditions, with a chilly drizzle engulfing Burnham Road, it was a pretty strange night for fireworks. Tell that to the hitters on the Andover and North Andover High softball teams. AdvertisementBoth lineups feasted on the opening night of the Methuen Invitational Softball Tournament – the Knights pounded Amesbury, 25-1, while the Warriors had their way with the host Rangers, 16-4 – earning a spot in Saturday night’s championship game. “(The weather) added to everything.
The Dream Starts Here: Area athletes take first steps on road to college football at first 'MVC Showcase'

4 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Hector Longo |Andover Townsman

ANDOVER — Any college football coach will tell you, there’s a spot at the next level somewhere for anyone in high school … if you really want it. Two weeks ago on a Wednesday night, the turf at Andover High’s Lovely Field hosted 100 Merrimack Valley Conference football underclassmen looking to catch the eye of one of the dozens of college coaches gathered at the first-ever Merrimack Valley Conference Football Showcase. Advertisement“College football is my dream.
One more - and final time! The Dion sisters face off with national title berth at stake

4 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Bill Burt |Andover Townsman

Here we go ... again!Kelcey Dion and Ainsley Dion, the lacrosse playing sisters, face off again for their respective schools, Middlebury versus Colby. Been there. Done that. Eight times. But this matchup between the North Andover twin sisters has a lot more at stake. As in a potential national championship. AdvertisementTheir teams meet in the NCAA Div. 3 semifinals, the Final Four, today at 4 p.m. in Salem, Va.The winner stays, of course.
Astronaut lands at Merrimack College for commencement

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Angelina Berube |Andover Townsman

NORTH ANDOVER — NASA astronaut Suni Williams was honored at Merrimack College during commencement for the School of Arts and Sciences in the Lawlor Arena on May 15. Williams was the commencement speaker and also received an honorary degree. Merrimack College had 2,200 students graduating this year over its two-day commencement activities. “Boy, I’m much more comfortable on a space craft,” she told the graduates.
No. 1 in her class: Rex juggles work, pregnancy and law school

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Bill Burt |Andover Townsman

ANDOVER — Kristina Rex was driving to work Thursday on her way to Dedham District Court to cover the Karen Read trial when her dad returned her call. “Dad, I need you to go to Whole Foods to pick up a cake for Dan (Lococo),” the Channel 4 news reporter from Andover said, referring to her husband while navigating a 90-minute, traffic-riddled drive. “They have a few left,” she told her father, John Rex. “But they won’t hold it.
Major defense, aerospace contractor makes cuts at Andover facility

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Angelina Berube |Andover Townsman

ANDOVER — Lockheed Martin plans to lay off 64 employees at its Dascomb Road facility in July. The global security, defense and aerospace contractor filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice on May 6. The layoffs take effect July 5. The reduction of employees impacts less than 1% of the company’s workforce. Lockheed Martin has 121,000 employees and 350 facilities worldwide.
Family moves from tragedy to advocacy

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Angelina Berube |Andover Townsman

ANDOVER — On a rainy afternoon two days before Mother’s Day, a delivery person dropped off a vase filled with colorful flowers to Mary Beth Ellis and Eric Olson. The man handed them to Olson, looking at the flowers and said, “Happy Mother’s Day.”“I doubt it’s Mother’s Day related,” Olson said. “It’s OK,” Ellis answered back. “It’s a nice thought though.”A week ago Friday marked the two-year anniversary of their daughter Sidney’s death.
Staring down history: Students restore captured WWI cannon

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Angelina Berube |Andover Townsman

ANDOVER — A WWI monument will soon return to its home at The Park as Greater Lawrence Technical School students are putting the final restoration touches on the century-old cannon. The German howitzer is a WWI trophy captured by American forces. It was able to fire at a high trajectory and hit targets six miles away. It was donated to the town in 1932 and has called Central Park, at Chestnut and Bartlet streets, its home since then. The howitzer was removed from The Park on Dec.
Changes on the horizon at Lawrence Municipal Airport

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Angelina Berube |Andover Townsman

NORTH ANDOVER — Big changes are in the works at the Lawrence Municipal Airport to sustain the future of aviation in the Merrimack Valley. Airport manager Francisco Urena stood on the grass by the parking lot facing the aging administrative building and diner where some of those changes will take flight, hopefully within a year, he said.
District rolls out new ELA curricula

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Angelina Berube |Andover Townsman

ANDOVER — The school district will roll out new English Language Arts curricula for kindergarten through eighth grade in the fall. The School Committee voted, 5 to 0, at its Thursday meeting to approve the curriculum Great Minds’ Arts and Letters at the elementary level and Amplify ELA at the middle school level in order to begin implementation at the start of the 2025-2026 school year.