3+ hour, 5+ min ago   (296+ words) ANDOVER, MA — The Andover Choral Society will welcome prospective members to two open rehearsals this fall as it begins its first season under new Music Director Charles Tyler Turner. The rehearsals will be held from 7:20 to 9:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept....

23+ hour, 44+ min ago   (161+ words) ANDOVER, MA — The Andover Police Department is investigating several recent house breaks and attempted break-ins in and around Ballardvale and Dascomb Road, Lt. Frank Fitzpatrick said. Police are following up on leads and information connected to the incidents. No additional…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (559+ words) ANDOVER, MA — Police responded to another large group of dirt bikes Tuesday night, with about 30 riders reportedly doing wheelies and passing cars before one rider abandoned a bike and escaped toward Lawrence on another. Earlier Tuesday, police investigated an attempted…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (428+ words) ANDOVER, MA — A developer is seeking permission to demolish the more than 200-year-old building that formerly housed Palmer’s Restaurant and Tavern to make way for a 12-unit residential development. The proposal calls for combining the property at 18 Elm St. with…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (737+ words) ANDOVER, MA — The Town of Andover says longtime football coach Ernest “E.J.” Perry III was not selected to return as head coach for legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons and alleges that he failed to meet performance standards applied to other employees....

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (513+ words) ANDOVER, MA — The number of Andover students leaving the public school system before high school dropped by more than half this year, while the district’s incoming kindergarten class grew by nearly 9 percent. Superintendent Keith Taverna presented the preliminary enrollment figures…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (309+ words) ANDOVER, MA — The following property transactions in Andover and North Andover were recorded recently in the Essex County Registry of Deeds. • Matthew and Holly Perry bought 11 Swan Ln (Lot 11) from the Denise M. Nash 2014 Revocable Trust and Robert M. Nash…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (985+ words) ANDOVER, MA — A truck brought down utility lines and blocked Greenwood Road, a moped sped toward Lawrence after an attempted traffic stop and a food-delivery driver got an unexpected passenger during a busy four-day stretch for Andover police and firefighters....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (618+ words) ANDOVER, MA — Dan Koh won the Democratic nomination for Massachusetts’ 6th Congressional District on Tuesday, defeating a crowded field that included fellow Andover resident and state Rep. Tram Nguyen. Koh received 31,272 votes, or 42.2% of the districtwide vote, according to unofficial results…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (588+ words) ANDOVER, MA — Dan Koh’s victory in Tuesday’s Democratic primary puts him one election away from becoming the first Andover resident to serve in Congress in more than half a century. The last was Republican Paul W. Cronin, a former Andover…...