North Andover, MA|News|
Open Burning Season Begins, Permits Available
Open burning season in North Andover runs from Jan. 15 to May 1.

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Open burning season in North Andover runs from Jan. 15 to May 1.

As of Thursday, the city had 360 active cases, with 534 cases over the last two weeks.
Wilmington had over 300 coronavirus cases over the last two weeks, according to the latest state data.
Tewksbury had over 400 cases over the last two weeks, according to state data.
As of Thursday, the town had 187 active cases, with over 300 in the last two weeks.
Burlington had 260 coronavirus cases over the last two weeks, the state reported.
As of Thursday, the town had 206 active cases, after adding more than 300 in the last two weeks.
The statewide positive test rate fell to 6.7 percent, down from the Jan. 1 high of 8.7 percent, but the high-risk list grew.
Wilmington first responders can get vaccinated at the Public Safety Building.
"We repudiate the wholly false narrative and any effort to perpetuate it," the Board wrote in a statement.
Anyone selected for a vacancy will have to run in the April town election for the remainder of the term.
Town Meeting voters approved the switch to a gender-neutral name in June 2020.
The city began vaccinating public safety employees at the Senior Center Tuesday.
Elliott Fama, 44, of Wilmington died in November after he was hit in the head by a construction co-worker, authorities said.
A man was found with serious facial injuries in the early morning on Sunday.
A 25-year-old Methuen man was indicted by a federal grand jury in relation to the September Tewksbury Salem Five Bank robbery.
Bach, who was Andover's superintendent from 1998 to 2010, initially resisted calls for her to apply for interim superintendent, she said.
City offices will be closed and trash and recycling pickup will be on a one-day delay.
Pizza restaurants have not been hit as hard as the rest of the industry during the coronavirus pandemic.
Pizza restaurants have not been hit as hard as the rest of the industry during the coronavirus pandemic.