The spooky season has arrived and downtown Andover has the mood well covered. Starting this Saturday, 80 scarecrows will be taking up residence along Main Street. The straw creations designed and crafted by local schoolchildren and other community groups will decorate...
School may be out, but that doesn’t mean the Andover Coalition for Education isn’t still in session. ACE, which aims to support curricula-enhancing initiatives across the Andover Public School system, has hired an Andover mother with two children in the...
Arts program ends in rousing period fashion A Civil War arts program came to a spirited end last weet at High Plain Elementary School with an old-fashioned barn dance. Fifth-graders grabbed their partners and spun around the gym demonstrating a variety of barn dances...
James receives ‘Make A Difference’ award before his death. Ardent school supporter and Andover Coalition for Education co-founder Anthony “Tony” James passed away last week after a long battle with cancer, but not before receiving the Service Club of...
The Andover Coalition for Education is looking to take its work to the next level, and the organization’s board of directors is actively recruiting its first, paid executive director to help it do that. The nonprofit organization dedicated to its financial support of...
An army of strawmen has invaded downtown. Clinging to light posts along Main Street, 40 scarecrows, some decorated as celebrities, others as important historic figures, sprang up Sunday as part of the town’s first-ever Scarecrow Festival. The festival, sponsored by...
