North Andover Newsbrief, Week of March 31, 2025

– March 25, 2025 North Andover Annual Town Election – OFFICIAL Results
View the OFFICIAL Results from the March 25, 2025 North Andover Annual Town Election here.  
– Behind the Scenes of Town Meeting: Thank you, Heather McNeil
We have received many questions over the past decade from citizens watching Town Meeting live at home who wish to contribute through our Remote Question initiative.  Heather McNeil has helmed that effort from the beginning. With other community volunteers, she reviews the queries and when appropriate brings questions to the floor.  Heather volunteers as an election worker and is the Voter Service Chair for the League of Women Voters of Andover – North Andover which runs local candidate forums and provides other nonpartisan voting information to encourage active engagement in our communities.

At Town Meeting she readily helps people with seating and lost licenses among other services as a Citizen Advocate.  Heather will always point you in the right direction.

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– Earth Machine Compost Bin Available for Pre Orders and Weekend Pick Up 

Are you interested in backyard composting?  If so, please check out the Earth Machine Compost Bin to see if this is the composter for you! The Department of Public Works and the Sustainability Committee alongside the MA DEP are happy to offer this bin to North Andover residents for $45 plus tax (totaling $47.81).

The North Andover DPW is offering pre-order sign up and weekend pick up during the Town Wide Clean Up Day, Sunday, April 13, 2025 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at North Andover High School.

Please use this link or call the DPW office at 978-685-0950 to sign up for an Earth Machine Compost Bin.

Please bring a check or money order with you for the full amount of $47.81 made out to the Town of North Andover on Sunday 4/13/25 at North Andover High School, 430 Osgood St.
– Reuse and Recycle Drive – April 19 (10am – 1pm), Habitat ReStore, 647 Andover Street, Lawrence

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– ICYMI Affordable Housing Trust Vacancies


The Town is seeking a volunteer to serve on the Affordable Housing Trust. The duties of the Trustees is to manage the Housing Trust Fund. The purpose of the Trust shall be to provide for the preservation and creation of affordable housing in the Town of North Andover for the benefit of low- and moderate-income households pursuant to the Town Bylaw Chapter 20. The Trust generally meets once a month in the evening.

If interested, please visit the town website at www.northandoverma.gov and click on “Government” , look under “Boards and Committees” and find “Serve on a Committee” to click and complete the application.  Please contact Nicole Civitarese with any questions at ncivitarese@northandoverma.gov or 978-688-9510.


Events and Reminders:

– Low-Cost Rabies Clinic, April 11, 2025, 10am-2pm

Location:  The Cabin at Phillips Academy, 206 Highland Rd. Andover Ma, 01810
Join Andover and North Andover Animal Control Officers for our first combined rabies vaccine clinic for dogs and cats!

Rabies vaccines will be $10 for residents and $12 for non-residents. Limited to the first 150 pets

Dogs must be on leash and cats must be in carriers.

In order to receive a 3 year vaccine, be sure to bring your pets previous rabies certificate with you to the clinic.

*If you have a pet that has previously had a reaction to the rabies vaccines or cannot comfortably wait in line with other pets and people, we do ask that you go to your regular veterinary hospital for care opposed to attending this clinic.

– North Andover Town Wide Clean Up Day, April 13, 2025, 9am-Noon

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– North Andover High School Grounds Clean Up Day (in conjunction with Town Wide Clean Up Day)

Sunday, April 13, 2025
8:00am to 12:00pm
Students Earn Volunteer Hours
Volunteer 2 or 4 Hour Blocks
Sign up here.
if you have any questions please reach out to: Toni Wolfenden, Trash and Recycling Manager twolfenden@northandoverma.gov


– Household Hazardous Waste Day, April 19, 2025, 9am-1pm
April 19, 2025
North Andover Residents 9am – 1pm
Nonresidents 12pm – 1pm
TBI
210 Holt Road
North Andover, MA 01845
978-686-2020
– Beautification Day, April 23, 2025 at 3pm

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Upcoming Meetings:
Upcoming meetings & important events for this week can be viewed at www.northandoverma.gov

Monday, March 31:

School Committee Meeting-Remote only
Select Board


Tuesday, April 1:
GLTS District School Committee
Planning Board

Wednesday, April 2:

Historical Commission
Old Center Historic District


Thursday, April 3:

School Committee
Community Preservation Committee Meeting

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Events for the 250th Anniversary of April 19th

Please see programs for the month of April attached. 
Joe
Joseph LeBlanc, MSW, LCSW
OIF/OEF Army Veteran
District Director Veterans' Services
North Andover/ Boxford
Executive Board Member Massachusetts Veterans Services Association
Member National Association of County Veterans Service Officers
VA Accreditation Number: 48144

120 Main St.
North Andover, Ma 01845
978-688-9525                                                                                             
Find an accredited National Service Officer here: https://www.batchgeo.com/map/MassAccreditedVSO
VA HEALTHCARE APPLICATION HERE: https://www.va.gov/find-forms/about-form-10-10ez/
Massachusetts Veteran Chapter 115 Benefits Estimator:https://vets.mass.gov/
                                                                                                      
For assistance after hours, please call my cell at: (1-978-807-7286)

School Committee Agenda – March 31, 2025

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