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Five People Who Made News This Week

Here are five people who made the news this week, whether running the Marathon or writing a book.

People make news everywhere but only some are lucky enough to make it in Andover. Here are five people who did it this week.

He was the first Andover resident to cross the finish line at the 2011 Boston Marathon. He finished in two hours and 43 minutes and was in 291st place.

This Andover varsity baseball player holds academic honors and is a Merrimack Valley Conference All-Star.

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The owner of Carina and Co. has been reinventing her downtown business in to hopes to stay afloat in the, still, very difficult economy.

This Andover resident has just published a book of poetry about mill life in Lowell. The book can now be found at most major bookstores.

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This Boston Marathon runner had trained for the large race in honor of her son who has a rare form of narcolepsy.

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