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			<title><![CDATA[Web update: Doherty MS release-time crash sends 3 adults to hospital]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:06:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[About the time the bell rang to dismiss Doherty Middle School students
Friday afternoon, March 12, a two-car crash occurred in front of the
Bartlet Street school that sent three adults to the hospital.<br>
No Doherty Middle students were involved or injured in the accident, said Principal Theresa McGuinness Darby. 
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			<title><![CDATA[New Bancroft School could have three access roads]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:59:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Discussion continues on whether a school built to replace Bancroft Elementary will have one, two or three access roads.<br>
The School Building Committee voted Wednesday morning, March 10, to study the possibility of 24-foot-wide access roads, with sidewalks, leading to Holt and West Knoll Roads, in addition to a driveway that leads to the school from Bancroft Road.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Selectmen candidates differ on Town Meeting issues: Streetlights, AYS, what to buy]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:59:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_069172907.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Selectmen candidates were asked five Yes/No questions about issues that will be decided at Town Meeting this spring. They were then given a total of 200 words to further explain their answers.<br>
The questions were:
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			<title><![CDATA[Schools turn back thermostats to get two degrees of savings]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:59:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_069172542.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Schools turn back thermostats to get two degrees of savings]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[McGrath named to lead town schools (extended print version)]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:59:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_069171716.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[School Committee members say they hope to solidify a contract with Marinel McGrath, current superintendent of the Hamilton-Wenham regional school district, this week, bringing her to Andover July 1 to replace outgoing superintendent Claudia Bach.
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			<title><![CDATA[Tucker sets final agenda, Will leave office in January]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:59:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_069174007.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[One of the state's most passionate opponents of gambling, Andover state Sen. Sue Tucker, will leave office in January 2011. Counter intuitively, that could be terrible news for those hoping to bring casinos to Massachusetts.
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			<title><![CDATA[Tucker's awards: 'Recognition that elected officials receive reflects their values and who they stand up for.']]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:58:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[LWV's Candidates Forum March 13 , 2 p.m. at library]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:58:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_069173940.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Learn more about the candidates and issues at a Candidates Forum to be held on Saturday March 13, 2 p.m., at Memorial Hall Library. Hosted by the League of Women Voters of Andover/North Andover, the event provides residents with an opportunity to meet and question the candidates in advance of the March 23 election.
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			<title><![CDATA[Town Talk]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:57:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_069171917.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ACE-funded language lab to come<br>
Andover High School's new high-tech language lab, originally planned to be installed over February break, has been delayed but is on track to come online mid-March, says AHS language teacher Chris Krueger.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Zimmerman pleads guilty, given probation]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:56:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_069163510.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Zachary Zimmerman plead guilty Feb. 22 to charges of providing alcohol to minors at a 2009 Valentine's Day gathering at the Zimmerman home on William Street. The decision brought to a close his case more than one year after Wellesley 16-year-old Elizabeth Mun committed suicide after leaving the overnight party.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Learn about your family at Memorial Hall]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:55:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_070123854.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It's time to dust off the photo albums and dig out your family history research. Memorial Hall Library is hosting its annual month-long series dedicated to genealogy this March.  <br>
Memorial Hall Library offers a variety of genealogy resources including local history materials in the Andover Room, town and vital records, directories and street lists, family histories, military records, newspapers on microfilm, maps, immigrant and passenger lists, and high school yearbooks. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Images from girls basketball semifinals]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:54:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_070163553.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Images from the state semifinal game at the Boston Garden won by the Andover High girls, by staff photographer Roger Darrigrand.
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			<title><![CDATA[STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Location and ticket information to support Andover High girls basketball team on Saturday]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:12:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[WEB UPDATE: Sen. Sue Tucker will not run for reelection]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:39:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_064103948.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[State senator and Andover resident Susan Tucker, the Democrat who represents all of Andover, will not run for reelection when her term expires in 2011, saying it is time "to trade the long hours and rigors of public life for new opportunities, especially getting to know our new granddaughter."]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[WEB UPDATE: McGrath, former Andover assistant superintendent, picked to lead schools]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:53:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['New' Bancroft School to sit at front of current property]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_062172730.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The new school that replaces Bancroft Elementary will be built in front of where the existing school sits now. The School Building Committee voted 6-1 Wednesday morning, March 3, in favor of a design that builds a two- and three-story school with a south-facing entrance at the front of the property off Bancroft Road.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Girls basketball wins battle, heading to TD Garden for North finals]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:59:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_062173144.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Just 3:30 into the game, Andover was facing a worst-case scenario in its Division 1 North semifinal.<br>
Only moments into play, Golden Warriors All-Scholastic guard Nicole Boudreau was forced to the bench after being called for her third foul. Her teammates found themselves in a hole. 
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			<title><![CDATA[Today's gym classes: Swimming, yoga and more]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:59:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_062171958.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Elementary school students are taking swim lessons, and high schoolers can learn yoga or use $60,000 in new exercise equipment in the Andover Public Schools thanks to a federal grant worth $780,000 over three years for physical education programs.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Town planning its approach for  town yard land]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:58:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_062171918.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Andover Planning Director Paul Materazzo said the ball is typically in the developer's court when it comes to the details of most redevelopment projects.<br>
But as the town looks to redevelop 24 downtown acres in and around the Lewis Street town yard, he said the rules of the game have been written by Andover residents.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[You make the call... on whether to buy more land near proposed fields]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:58:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_062173036.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Andover residents have already supported buying Blanchard Street land to create a new home for baseball and soccer fields. Now, the town wants residents to purchase another piece of land next door, to improve access and add to the parking spaces at the proposed facility.
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			<title><![CDATA[Is Andover government open? Selectmen candidates disagree]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:58:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_062172301.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Candidates for selectmen expressed different levels of satisfaction with the town's current degree of openness this week in answering a question from the local League of Women Voters.<br>
The League asked the three selectmen candidates the following question: The League of Women Voters encourages informed and active participation in government. Please address any concerns you have about the flow of information and how the citizens of Andover can become informed about issues prior to Town Meeting. What would you handle differently, if anything? ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Town Talk: Shorter items, such as whether superintendent candidates say they'll move to Andover]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:57:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_062171659.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[New home for school finalist?<br>
As the School Committee's March 4 vote loomed for Andover's new school superintendent, all four finalists were asked by the Townsman via email: Will you move to Andover?<br>
Only Susan Nicholson, the assistant school superintendent in town, responded and wrote: "My house has been on the market for six months now and as soon as it sells, I will have flexibility to move. My son is attending Providence College and my daughter is attending Holy Cross so there would not be a concern about uprooting them. I have recently attended a number of 'open houses' in Andover including a house on Main Street and one on Salem Street. If anyone is looking to purchase a home in Methuen on a golf course, please do not hesitate to contact me."]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Town returns to normal after violent windstorm]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:57:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_062172704.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Al Croteau's weekend ski trip with his son and family in New Hampshire was interrupted on Friday, Feb. 26, as a neighbor called with the unhappy news that two 50 foot tall pine trees had fallen on his home at 196 Shawsheen Road.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[AVIS meeting focuses on suburban deer dilemmas]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:57:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_062172143.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When Andover Village Improvement Society hosts its annual meeting next Wednesday, March 10, deer will get a lot of the attention.<br>
The active conservation group will discuss whether deer are becoming a bigger problem in Andover.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shawsheen River returns to more normal levels after storm]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:57:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_062172327.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Andover had some minor flooding as a result of last week's rain and wind storm, but fears of a more series problem on the Shawsheen River were not realized.<br>
On Saturday, the Shawsheen was running 31 feet above sea level, with 3,300 cubic feet per second passing a Shawsheen River gauge near Balmoral Street. By Tuesday morning, the river was running 500 cubic feet per second, said Bob Rauseo, Shawsheen River Watershed Associations president.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Schools seek input on town's priorities]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:56:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_062172947.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As part of a strategic planning process, the Andover Public Schools will host a community meeting and focus group next Thursday, March 11, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in the cafeteria at Andover High School, Shawsheen Road. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[This Old Woodworking: Craftsman program starts March 6]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:55:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_062171335.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Those with an interest in old-school woodworking have the chance to use authentic 19th century hand woodworking tools in a special program by the Andover Historical Society.<br>
&quot;Hand Planes &amp; Wireless Routers&quot; begins Saturday, March 6 and is designed to meet the needs of woodworkers, from the novice looking for an introduction to traditional hand woodworking skills to the advanced woodworker. The class will meet in the historic Amos Blanchard Barn on Main Street.
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			<title><![CDATA[Former AHS teacher talks about writing, addiction]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:55:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_062173956.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Richard Farrell, who wrote about his addiction to heroin in the memoir titled "What's Left of Us," will be the featured speaker at the Sunday, March 7, White Fund Enlightenment Series presented by Northern Essex Community College. Farrell, who taught at Andover High School for 4 1/2 years, will talk about his own personal story as well as the art of memoir writing in a presentation titled "Story Truth and Happening Truth: The Line that Blurs Reality." Free and open to the public, Farrell's presentation will begin at 2 p.m. in the White Fund Room in the Louise Haffner Fournier Education Center at 78 Amesbury St., Lawrence.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Youth services offer Zumba Hour for Haiti March 14]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:55:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_063103913.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Andover Youth Services invites people to work out and dance for a good cause. <br>
On Sunday, March 14, at 6 p.m. at the Andover High School Field House, Andover Youth Services and Katie Pina will host a Zumba Hour for Haiti, with all proceeds going to Partners in Health's efforts in earthquake-ravaged country. 
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			<title><![CDATA[Building Committee set to vote on form of new K-5 school: Would be largest in town]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/local_story_055172226.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The School Building Committee will decide next week among four models for a new, larger school to replace Bancroft Elementary, all of which will change the look of the property and neighborhood.<br>
Neighbors to the Bancroft Road school, which sits in a wooded neighborhood next to Phillips Academy, have voiced concerns against the dramatic changes proposed for the site - especially plans to change a walking path into a paved access road.
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