Month: November 2025
12.2.2025 Planning Board Agenda
12/13 Community Baby Shower for Women Veterans & Service Members -please share
Good morning all,
Please see the attached flyer for this year’s Community Baby Shower – please share with the women Veterans and current women service members in your communities and organizations.
Important:
This event is specifically for women who have served or are currently serving. Spouses/partners are not eligible for this particular event.
Event Details
Date: December 13, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Worcester State University – Student Center
486 Chandler Street, Worcester, MA 01602
Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: Worcester State University – Student Center
486 Chandler Street, Worcester, MA 01602
Registration Deadline: December 6, 2025
Who Is Eligible
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Women in MA, CT, or RI who are currently serving (any drill status, any component)
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Women Veterans who are currently pregnant or who delivered on or after March 2025
Questions or Support
For more information, please contact: Christine Dunn at Christine.Dunn2@va.gov or (413) 557-0627
Joseph LeBlanc, MSW, LCSW
OIF/OEF Army Veteran
District Director Veterans' Services
North Andover/ Boxford
District Director Veterans' Services
North Andover/ Boxford
Executive Board Member Massachusetts Veterans Services Association
Member National Association of County Veterans Service Officers
Member National Association of County Veterans Service Officers
VA Accreditation Number: 48144
120 Main St.
North Andover, Ma 01845
978-688-9525
North Andover, Ma 01845
978-688-9525
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)
If you are feeling unsafe or need immediate support, please contact the Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255 or https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/
If you’re in emotional distress or suicidal crisis dial: 988
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Food Drive, November 29, 2025 and Food Resource Information
Food Drive at North Andover Senior Center
Weekly Food Drive
Saturday, November 29, 2025
9 am – 11 am
North Andover Senior Center
Sponsored by the Lions Club
Weekly Food Drive
Saturday, November 29, 2025
9 am – 11 am
North Andover Senior Center
Sponsored by the Lions Club
(Please contact Janice Phillips at jphillips@northandoverma.gov to sponsor a week)
Take and Leave Food Bins
There are 4 Take and Leave Food Bin locations in town, none of which require registration or interaction with staff. The Police Department is open 24hrs, Senior Center has a tote outside on the bench by the front door, Town Hall has shelves to the left in the front lobby, and Historical Society by the common has a tote outside the front door.
The most needs items are:
Canned Soups
Oatmeal
Baking or Cooking Mixes that only require water
Microwavable Soup or Potatoes
Mac and Cheese with Cheese Sauce
Pasta and Sauce
Canned meat
Peanut butter
Jelly
Feminine Hygiene Products
For additional food resources or to fill out the North Andover Food Assistance Survey, please visit https://northandoverma.gov/1008/Food-Assistance-Resources
Trash Update: 11/26/25
Due to a burner being down at WinWaste / Wheelabrator, trash collection will be delayed. Please keep trash barrels curbside for recovery. Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving.
Reminder: Town Buildings Holiday Hours – November 26-28, 2025
Town Buildings and Non-Essential Town Offices, including Stevens Memorial Library, will be closing at Noon on Wednesday, November 26 and will be closed on Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28.
Stevens Memorial Library will be open 10am – 5pm on Saturday, November 29 and 1pm – 5pm on Sunday, November 30.
North Andover Town Offices Mitten Tree
New Job Posting: Temporary Electrician
CANCELLED: Festival Committee, November 25, 2025
North Andover Newsbrief, Week of November 24, 2025
– Trash Tips with Toni
The Town of North Andover’s Trash Contractor, Republic, can not recover any construction waste.
This consists of, but is not limited to: siding, wood boards, insulation, toilets, pipes, old flooring, cement, and bricks. This is a MassDep Regulation because many of these items are dangerous to the environment. If Republic suspects demolition is in your trash bags or barrels, they will be left behind. For more information please to go:
– 2025 Holiday Lights Map
Is your home or business in the holiday spirit? Sign up to have it listed on the interactive 2025 North Andover Holiday Lights Map.
Fill out the form here to have your address listed. A link to the map will be sent out on Monday, December 8th and will be updated daily to include new submissions. North Andover residents and businesses will have until December 23, 2025to register their street address to be shared on the map. 2025 Holiday Lights Map Sign Up Form
*If you would like to send an image of your festive display to also be included on the map, please email it to Sarah Brush: sbrush@northandoverma.gov
– North Andover Food Assistance Resources
This week’s Weekly Food Drive
Saturday, November 29, 2025
9 am – 11 am
North Andover Senior Center
Sponsored by the Lions Club
**Weekly food drives will take place on Saturdays from 9am-11am at the North Andover Senior Center. Please contact Janice Phillips at
jphillips@northandoverma.gov to sponsor a week.
Take and Leave Bins – Leave what you can, take what you need. There are 4 Take and Leave Food Bin locations in town, none of which require registration or interaction with staff. The Police Department is open 24hrs, Senior Center has a tote outside on the bench by the front door, Town Hall has shelves to the left in the front lobby, and Historical Society by the common has a tote outside the front door.
Learn more about Food Assistance Resources by visiting: https://northandoverma.gov/1008/Food-Assistance-Resources
– Town Buildings Holiday Hours – November 26-28, 2025
Town Buildings and Non-Essential Town Offices, including Stevens Memorial Library, will be closing at Noon on Wednesday, November 26 and will be closed on Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28.
Stevens Memorial Library will be open 10am – 5pm on Saturday, November 29 and 1pm – 5pm on Sunday, November 30.
– Upcoming Trash Schedule
There will be no leaf pick up for the week of November 24, 2025There will be no trash and recycling collection on Thursday, November 27, 2025. Collection will be delayed one day for the remainder of the week.
