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From shy to the Statehouse
Roozbeh Badie, 16, is a star debater in the local Y's Youth in Government program, directed by Jim Holmes, left.
It's a tough adjustment for any high-schooler when a parent's new job means they must move.
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For Andover High School junior Roozbeh (pronounced Rooz-bay) Badie, it was a cross-country adjustment. Last year, his family moved from California to Andover. -
Dalton column: Small riot, attack on officer and Abbot Village
Just before midnight on Saturday, Jan. 27, 1912, Andover Police Officer Napier was attacked by 25 to 30 men. The following Friday, the Andover Townsman's publisher and editor, John N. Cole, a former speaker of the House in Massachusetts, wrote about the attack in an editorial titled "Apprehend and Punish."
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Revolutionary learning
Students Georgia Ezell and Ben Eckman
Bancroft Elementary School fifth-graders recently stepped into the shoes - and other clothing - of the nation's first soldiers.
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The youth were immersed in the lifes of the Continental Soldier at a Revolutionary War presentation by Hands on History's Denis Cormier. Students dressed in uniforms from George Washington's Army, the British Army of King George III and the French Army; handled artifacts from the 1700s, and walked through drills and procedures, gaining an understanding of what it took to win the freedom of a new nation, according to parent Mary Hall. -
Seifert column: Right questions, planning will solve schedule snafu
From time to time we hear about "the 800-pound gorilla in the room." The metaphor is used as an example of something that is obvious to most people, but they don't want to talk about it.
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For a few years now that gorilla at Andover High School has been the block schedule. It has become so big that it has contributed to a work to rule for all the schools, the School Committee is now against the teaching labor force and the issue could result in a lower rating when the Accreditation Committee presents its final report. Our standing in the valley is not what it could and should be.
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