As the number of new coronavirus cases drops, the state is scaling back a program that tracks down people at risk of infection.

Town Manager Andrew Flanagan announced that Andover has created a new division of local government focused on diversity and inclusion.

WEDNESDAY, July 24

About 14,000 residents have been issued a code red call from the town asking people to “consider conserving water when possible.”

Town Meeting has been postponed once again.

A national mail-order pharmacy based in Andover has reached an $11 million settlement over a lawsuit brought by the state of Massachusetts, Attorney General Maura Healey said last week.

Since St. Augustine Parish resumed celebration of public masses, at least one person in attendance has tested positive for the coronavirus after going to Mass.

It looks like students are most likely returning to school in the fall.

Residents can expect their water to be discolored this summer.

Rally cries for racial equality are echoing across the country and penetrating local Town and City halls, where leaders are planning public forums on the topic and policy reform is largely underway.

The Andover Public School system has officially hired two principals who will assume their new roles July 1.

TUESDAY, June 16

With its president accepting full responsibility, Columbia Gas of Massachusetts was formally sentenced in federal court Tuesday for causing a series of natural gas fires and explosions that ripped through the Merrimack Valley on Sept. 13, 2018. 

Town Moderator Sheila Doherty discussed the possibility of moving Town Meeting to September during Monday night’s Select Board session.

The Select Board approved it’s very first 1/12 budget for the month of July 2020.

The town will host a forum to discuss diversity and inclusion in the wake of the death of George Floyd, who was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis over Memorial Day weekend.

State health officials are offering free COVID-19 testing to protestors who attended demonstrations over George Floyd's death in recent weeks.

In a 5-0 vote, School Committee members have elected a new chair and vice chair.

The schools are facing massive budget cuts now that a one-year "bridge contract" with the teachers' union has been rejected, according to a statement from the School Committee.

The School Committee and Superintendent Sheldon Berman are defending the decision to transfer three teachers from the South School, despite a letter from other teachers at the school and a petition from parents, both urging that the superintendent reverse his decision.

WEDNESDAY, June 10

A total of $26.1 million of the $143 million Merrimack Valley gas explosion class-action settlement was earmarked for payment of legal fees and administrative costs.

FRIDAY, May 29

BOSTON — When a Danvers grocery store temporarily shut down after some employees tested positive for COVID-19, many shoppers learned about the closure from the store’s website and Facebook page.

BOSTON — The state publishes daily updates on how many people test positive for the coronavirus, as well as the number of those hospitalized with the virus and deaths.

Parents, teachers and a union official claim that Superintendent Sheldon Berman's recent re-assignment of three South School faculty members is the result of "retaliation" because they complained about former Principal Tracy Crowley and then got involved in union activity.

Town Meeting has once again been rescheduled, this time for July 22, according to a statement issued earlier this month by Town Moderator Sheila Doherty.

The School Committee plans to vote this summer on whether to include a $6 million dollar “flexitorium” in the evolving schematic design for the new West Elementary School.

A fire lieutenant has been placed on administrative leave while town officials investigate his involvement in a potentially racist incident caught on video and widely circulated on social media last week.

A local man charged with fraudulently filing for $500,000 in forgivable business loans meant for those who need them due to the COVID-19 pandemic is on the run, federal officials confirmed.