Tue, Mar 16 2010
Heaven on hardwood: Girls win state championship

Cassandra Drivas (43) and the Andover girls celebrate their 73-37 victory in the Div. 1 State Finals over East Longmeadow at the DCU Center in Worcester Saturday.

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Education

Seifert column: Andover kids need more meaningful experiences, not more gadgets
Last week one of my statements was that growing from childhood to adulthood was more difficult now than at any other point in my lifetime. I then followed that with our children deserve the best we can give them. Even before I had my weekly copy of the Townsman delivered, I received a telephone call from a reader responding to my article on youth services. We had a long conversation, and she told me the children in Andover do not need more, they have enough. I thanked the caller for her thoughts. When the paper arrived and I reread the article I could see why she stated her opinion. From her point of view it made sense. My position needed more focus and some observations. What follows should have been in the article last week....continued

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