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  • CARL RUSSO/Staff photo Memorial Hall Library's Vehicle Night seemed to be a hit with Joe Jobst and his son John, 2, who have some fun behind the wheel of Andover Fire Engine 4, as 27-year firefighting veteran Eric Teichert watches. CARL RUSSO/Staff photo

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  • CARL RUSSO/Satff photo. TOWNSMAN: Memorial Hall Library's 7th Annual VEHICLE NIGHT was held Wednesday night (8/1). Vehicles from Public Works, the Fire Department, and the Police Department were available for viewing and visiting. The popular event was sponsored by the Friends of Memorial Hall Library with support from the Department of Public Works and the Fire and Police Departments. Andover Firefighter Dennis Sullivan, a 26 year veteran talks to Nolan Dowling, 2 as he site s in the driver's seat of the AFD ambulance. 8/1/2012.

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  • CARL RUSSO/Satff photo. TOWNSMAN: Memorial Hall Library's 7th Annual VEHICLE NIGHT was held Wednesday night (8/1). Vehicles from Public Works, the Fire Department, and the Police Department were available for viewing and visiting. The popular event was sponsored by the Friends of Memorial Hall Library with support from the Department of Public Works and the Fire and Police Departments. Finn Landers, 20 months-old sits behind the wheel of an Andover DPW Mack dump truck. 8/1/2012.

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  • CARL RUSSO/Staff photo Andover police Officer Brian Blouin, a 10-year veteran, shows Gargi Savankar, 8, the microphone he uses, as she sits on his police motorcycle. CARL RUSSO/Staff photo

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August 9, 2012

Grabbing the wheel

Vehicle Night puts little onesin driver's seats

The Andover Townsman

Andover youth had a chance to live out their fantasies of driving special vehicles at Memorial Hall Library’s seventh annual Vehicle Night.

Vehicles from the public works, fire and police departments were available for viewing and visiting, allowing little ones to climb aboard and sit behind the wheels.

The event was held Wednesday, Aug. 1. The popular event was sponsored by the Friends of Memorial Hall Library with support from the Department of Public Works and the Andover Fire and Police Departments.

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