Email: Brendan.lewis@patch.com
Phone: 978-761-9568
Hometown: Tewksbury
Birthday: Oct. 17, 1982
Position: Editor of Andover Patch
Brendan grew up in the suburbs of North Tewksbury and attended private schools all his life. During his elementary years, he attended Notre Dame Academy and attended high school at St. John's Preparatory School. He later studied business at Quinnipiac University, achieving my B.S. in Business Management in 2005. However, during second semester senior year at Quinnipiac Brendan discovered a love for journalism and immediately began writing for the school newspaper. He worked in circulation at the Lowell Sun after graduating from Quinnipiac and eventually convinced editorial managers to allow him to freelance at the Lowell Sun. From there he eventually worked as a fulltime reporter in various towns in Middlesex County and Essex County for over four years at Community Newspaper Company. He has been an avid drummer/percussionist since adolescence and enjoys hiking and outdoor activities. He also achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in 2001.
Your Beliefs
My beliefs are simple but strong. I feel that everyone should be responsible for their own actions, and that includes admitting your responsibility even if it's indirect. Despite it being a cliché and hackneyed notion, I believe that communication is key. I've seen far too many things go wrong because two sides did not know how to communicate with each other, whether it's between two musicians in a band or two colleagues at work. I feel many problems can be solved with open lines of communication.
Politics
I'm not registered with a certain party. I feel that politics should be kept grounded in the issues they surround.
Religion
I'm not religious but I was raised Roman Catholic and received my confirmation. I'm not sure where religion stands in my life right now.
Local Hot-Button Issues
I think big issues in the community focus on keeping taxes down and services level. I think there is a push to regionalize services in general and I feel that communities should always give regionalization a chance when it knocks on their door. I think that town leaders should make budgeting priorities based on the will of the public and that universal state funding cuts should be spread equally across the town and school.
The North Andover League of Women Voters, with the help of Andover Television, is providing three different recorded programs to prepare voters for the upcoming Town Meeting next week.
The police logs for Monday, April 18, contained several small incidents.
Spring activities have began and today was the official start of the revolution, with fighting in Lexington...or Concord.
Marathon runner Kevin Sullivan was the first Andover to finish the race today.
Do you know what building is under this?
The police logs for Saturday, April 16, and Sunday, April 17, contained several small incidents and three arrests.
The Trust Fund will encourage financial literacy and education.
A profile on a Marathon runner and low gas prices are among the five things today.
The picture posted yesterday showed a much more open park in Andover center.
Here are five people who made Andover-related news this week.
Senators Barry Finegold and James Eldridge discuss the need for the establishment of a financial literacy program.
Can you guess what street this picture was taken on?
These beautiful animals both need homes.
Activities for both the kids and the adults are happening this weekend in town.
Here are five open houses this Sunday in Andover.
The police log for Thursday, April 14 contained one arrest and several small incidents.
Check out a cool volunteer activity and see some gas prices in Andover.
Police were forced to close down the northbound lane of Route 28 near Shawsheen Plaza for nearly two hours after motorcyclist collided with another vehicle.
Here are some of the best photos of nature and animals that have appeared on Andover Patch over the past few month.
