North Andover News

Robert Burke recognized the scam right away. As soon as the recorded voice on the phone made reference to his credit card and started asking questions, he hung up.

More than 1,200 customers throughout the Merrimack Valley lost electricity this morning as powerful thunderstorms swept through the area, downing tree limbs and sending utility lines to the ground.

The circus is still coming, it's just setting up at a new location. The Kelly Miller Circus is coming to Osgood Landing, 1600 Osgood St.

The effort spearheaded by Jerry Silverman to raise the $3,000 needed to continue the town's popular July 4 pancake breakfast and Horribles Parade has not fallen on deaf ears.

Jonathan Pickering thought he was going to meet a 13-year-old boy he contacted through the Craigslist Internet site.

It's become as big a town tradition as the fireworks on the Fourth of July. The Kelly Miller Circus is coming to the North Andover Middle School fields for two days starting July 1. To usher in the Independence Day weekend, the circus has announced that all active duty military personnel and their families will get into the circus free of charge.

For most brides it would be a nightmare. The idea of not being able to choose a wedding gown, the music for the first dance, bridesmaid dresses, and the honeymoon no doubt sends chills down the spines of many wives-to-be. But Alyssa Manzi relishes the thought.

The Eagle-Tribune Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News June 21, 2009 Sunday STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS 20090621-EQ-Preserving-history-and-encouraging-growth-can-be-a-tough-balance-0621 813 words Preserving history and encouraging growth can be a tough balance: Preserving rural character a challenge Jun.

While the overall Massachusetts unemployment rate was up in May, the state says the situation varies by region.

To some it will always be Messina's. But last night the shopping plaza that has been downtown's centerpiece since the late 1960s unveiled a new name and look to the public.

Bernie Mango returns the nozzle after pumping gas in North Andover, Mass. Monday, June 15, 2009.

To commemorate the life of Amy DeAdder and help her 11-year-old son, a benefit will take place on Saturday, 7 p.m. to midnight, at Kitty's Restaurant on Main Street.

Bernie Mango returns the nozzle after pumping gas in North Andover, Mass. Monday, June 15, 2009.

Two local teens were arrested early this morning for shooting at a Waverly Road house with paintball and pellet guns following a dispute at a Nashua, N.H. nightclub.

Maria Lisa Davis, a math teacher at McGlynn Middle School, died after an apparent heart attack Thursday morning in her classroom.

The temptation to blame others for problems of your own making is almost irresistible.

Four receive major prizes, encouraged to "take risks and live our lives with passion" It's the journey, not the destination.

You can call it the case of the racist stoner. A vandal spray painted a swastika and the words "smoke treez" "smoke blunts" "get high" "wicked sait" and "whoop whoop" on the back of White Hen Pantry at 319 Merrimack St.

Pamela Lathrop will become the next principal at High Plain Elementary School, after 20 years spent as a teacher and principal in North Andover.

Now that Salvatore DiMasi has been indicted on federal charges, local lawmakers who voted to re-elect him speaker of the Massachusetts House in January say hindsight is 20/20. "There was absolutely no substantiation of anything , and so I have to act with the facts that are presented before me," said State Rep.