Shawsheen River Greenway to be Dedicated

Andover, MA - The Shawsheen River Greenway Dedication will be dedicated on Saturday, April 23, with a rain date of April 24.

The schedule for the day will be as follows:

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• 11:00 a.m., hike the new trail system led by Sanborn Reservation Wardens, Burt Batcheller and Bob Rauseo.
  
• 11:00 a.m., bring your own canoe or kayak to launch at the new river put-in.
  
• Noon, bring your own picnic lunch with desserts and drinks sponsored by My Marketing Solutions.
  
• 1:00 pm Dedication of the Greenway and Dedication of Meg’s trail. The trail will be named in memory
  of Margaret Batcheller, a long time volunteer for Andover Village Improvement Society (AVIS) and the Andover Conservation Commission.
  
• 2:00 pm hike the new Meg’s Trail led by Sanborn Reservation Wardens Burt Batcheller and Bob Rauseo.

AVIS and the Town of Andover Conservation Commission recently acquired two parcels of land at the end of South Street in Andover along the Shawsheen River. The AVIS parcel was previously owned by the Tisbert family and the Town of Andover parcel was a portion of the solar farm. These two parcels, added to the original AVIS land donated by the Sanborn family in 1959, create a singular reservation along the bank of the Shawsheen River of 50 acres. Motorized vehicles are no longer allowed on the land and a new pedestrian trail system has been installed.