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Virginia Cole honoree recalls 'mentor'
DUSTIN LUCA/Staff Photo Tina Girdwood, right, the president of Andover Coalition for Education and former School Committee member, receives the Virginia Cole Community Service Award from School Committee Chairwoman Paula Colby-Clements last week at the Annual Town Meeting.
Tina Girdwood has always credited town philanthropist and legendary volunteer Victoria Cole for motivating her decades of service to the town, including her initial run for School Committee in 1995. So it's no surprise that when Girdwood received the
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TownsPet of the Week
Jo-Ann Carleton's Pembroke Welch corgi Abigail could very well be called Miracle. The 9-year-old was diagnosed with cancer about a year ago and had to undergo surgery, daily radiation treatment and chemotherapy. The illness required her to take six m
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A walk to school -- with side benefits
PAUL BILODEAU/Staff photo Families at West Elementary School put feet to pavement for their observation of National Walk to School Day last week.
More than 400 West Elementary School students and parents, plus 19 dogs, took to the sidewalks of Andover Wednesday, May 8, to start their morning with a walk to school. The outing was part of West Elementary's annual celebration of National Walk to
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Norton picked for Mary French Yellow Rose Award
John Norton, who leads the special education program at Andover High School, is being saluted as the recipient of the Andover Special Education Parent Advisory Council's 12th annual Mary French Yellow Rose Award. The award ceremony will be held Wedne
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Floral footnotes
Courtesy Photo Belva Hopkins went for a literal depiction of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" title for one of her earlier Books in Bloom arrangements.
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Zavrl's throw ranks among tops in the USA
CARL RUSSO/Staff photo Andover's Mark Zavrl lets loose a throw. Back from a knee injury suffered in football, Zavrl set the modern school record in the javelin, the best throw in New England this year.
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