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 deadline for returning nomination papers for the Annual Town Election has passed and the list of candidates to square off in the March 26 election is finalized.
Here are five homes that sold over the last week.
Before you start your day here are five things you need to know.
The following information was supplied by the Andover Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Before you start your day here are five things you need to know.
The company is holding discussions with labor representatives as the deadline for a three-year contract nears on Feb. 23.
Before you start your day here are five things you need to know.
Andover Town Manager Reginald "Buzz" Stapczynski suggested a uniform increase for both town and school departments.
The Andover Youth Services Believe Telethon is taking place at the Andover High School on March 14 and 15.
Before you start your day here are five things you need to know.
From Charlotte's Web to Where the Wild Things Are, share these classic books with your children and encourage their love for reading.
The following information was supplied by the Andover Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
From Charlotte's Web to Where the Wild Things Are, share these classic books with your children and encourage their love for reading.
The Landing Restaurant and the Marblehead Chamber of Commerce is holding a community night on Tuesday to raise money for town events.
The Marblehead Rotary Club will be raising money that will go directly to immunization of the polio virus in developing countries.
A driver had to be extricated from his truck that crashed into the woods this evening.
Here are 8 homes for sale in Marblehead that sit ocean side.
Philips was ranked 7th overall and with its U.S. headquarters in Andover, is the top-rated Massachusetts company on the world’s most credible corporate sustainability ranking1.
The Super Bowl Sunday service takes place Sunday, Feb, 3, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation on Loke Street in Andover.
The two Andover High School students charged with shooting airsoft rifles at a crowd outside of the Orange Leaf were suspended for the first semester of school.
