Five People Who Made News This Week

Andover saw activity around every corner this week with St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, a state championship and an announcement about the assistant superintendent. Here are five people who made news this week.

Ok, this isn’t one person but they need to be mentioned. This group of super hard-working girls grabbed their second-straight state title last night to a wild group of Andover fans. See the whole story here and an image gallery here.

Local resident and international musician Brian Corcoran played a St. Patrick’s Day show to a group of seniors so large that it was spilling out from the side of the main activity room. Senior citizens also enjoyed St. Patrick’s treats after the event.

This local business owner (Soiree) was recently recognized for superior customer service in the town of Andover. She credited her helpful staff and commitment to always staying on top of the newest trends.

Rita is the executive director of the special education school Melmark New England, located next the Franciscan Center on River Road, talked about the funding disparity between special and regular education. Both Gardner and state special education officials hope that both the senate and house chooses to full fund the special education circuit breaker to its fiscal 2009 levels.

The assistant superintendent of schools in Andover is once again in the top five this week after news came out that she was named a finalist for two superintendent of schools jobs in two different towns.

As always, this week was packed with police news, including the arrest of an alleged cocaine and heroine dealer.