Townspeople
Tasters' choice: Taste of Andover draws crowd
Foodies enjoy more room, more samples again
There was more room to mingle, plenty of chairs and tables and, this year, water on the tables.
Taste of the Andovers was its usual big hit as some 300 nibblers enjoyed sampling the top tastes from 20 food establishments in Andover and North Andover. The event was held last Wednesday, Oct. 28. It was the second year for the event's new location at Wyndham Andover. Previously, the event was held for more than 10 years at the Old Town Hall, also known as the Town House at 20 Main St. The long line of nibblers hovering over a few bar tables is just a memory as the event has moved to the much more spacious Wyndham.
"You can sit down to talk and you have more elbow room. It's worked out really well," said Ron Hill of Andover, an Andover Chamber of Commerce member. "Everyone really seems to like it (the new location)."
"There used to be a parking issue. Now, there's plenty of room to park and plenty of elbow room," added Nancy Hargreaves-Pierce of Enterprise Bank who chaired the event with Maureen Pollard of Northmark Bank.
With a larger space, the event has been able to include food businesses from North Andover. Burton's, Fuddrucker's, The Meat House and Bollywood Grill made their first appearances this year. Goodies from the newbies joined the veteran offering such as the fish chowder made by culinary students at Greater Lawrence Regional High School.
"People walk in, smell the chowder and ask 'Where is it?' They love it," Hargreaves-Pierce said.
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Scout brings new boardwalk to Pustell Reservation
Eagle Scout candidate Evan Doyle, 15, of Andover stands with Conservation Commission Project Manager Bob Decelle at the edge of a 60-foot boardwalk Doyle built that allows people to cross the Pustell Reservation to other green areas of town.
Move over Snookie! Andover has a brand new boardwalk in town.
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Andover's boardwalk story has a lot less drama than Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi's reality TV show Jersey Shore, set on a New Jersey boardwalk. Here, it's all about an Andover teen who simply wanted to do something nice for his hometown. -
Pair return from four years at sea
After nearly four years of living afloat, Sara and Bob Knapp of 1 Woodland Road sailed back into their home port of Salem, Mass. earlier this month with their yellow labrador, Bentley aboard.
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The couple reported visiting 70 islands, representing 23 countries, 11 currencies and six languages. -
Dalton column: Readers recall the great storms of '54
"During the hurricane several huge pines fell across Abbot Street near where I lived as a girl. Fortunately, they fell on open space and no houses were damaged," wrote Margaret Blake in response to my column about the two summer storms of 1954. The first and more violent of the two storms was Hurricane Carol, which was the storm Margaret mentioned. It had top winds of 125 mph and was followed by the flooding rains of Hurricane Edna two weeks later.
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