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Be sure to gather the family and get down to The Park on Bartlett St for the Annual Clown Town Festivities!
Lots of rides, food, entertainment, and a great opportunity to meet other Andover families!
All proceeds used to help Andover youth learn, grow and achieve. Clown Town, a more than 50-year-old annual event that kids eagerly await for months, is the #1 fundraiser for the Andona society.
Friday: 5-10 PM
Saturday: 8 AM – 4:30PM *Rides stay open till 10 PM*
Join other members of the Andover community at Andover Crafts in the Park. This is an annual event in town with over 120 crafters.
This is the 37th Crafts in the Park, and will be held on Saturday, May 11th from 10am to 4pm at the Park on the corner of Chestnut and Bartlett streets in Andover, MA.
This is an outdoor event and will take place rain or shine!
North Andover High School Drama Guild's performance of the musical GODSPELL on May 17, 18, and 19.
The storyline is based a group of parables from the book of Matthew set to music, dance, mime and comedy. The show is in constant movement, and has bits of audience inclusion.
It's colorful, it's fun and a great show to bring the whole family.
Come early…. there will be music, face painting, and love beads one hour before the show!!!!
Andover’s Zero Waste Day, Saturday, May 4th from 9am– Noon, Brickstone Square
The piles of “STUFF” are mounting – where are we going to bring it all: ZERO WASTE DAY (ZWD)
ZWD, take 9, is growing in great ways.
This year in addition to all they have collected in the past (CLOTHING, SHOES, ELECTRONICS, BABY & KIDS GEAR, FURNITURE, HOME GOODS, BOOKS/CDs/DVDs, BIKES, SOCCER GEAR) we are now also taking TOYS, we are taking TEXTILES – meaning all those clothes that are too worn to pass on, curtains that are dragging your room down, stuffed animals that are taking over your child’s room. Yes, they are taking all of these things and more including HARD PLASTICS (think Little Tykes toys that have children too big to play on them, milk crates that have been replaced with bins, garbage lids that have no home, broken recycling bins/laundry baskets), DECORATIVE ITEMS (lamps, wall art, candle holders), and STYROFOAM (clean foam with #6 recycling symbol, think packaging blocks).
ZWD is also growing locally. This year they have the Merrimack Valley YMCA participating as a collector of toys with a focus on blocks, games, manipulatives, plastic baby dolls and accessories, used workbook and craft items, and outdoor toys. Stories in the Streets, led by Nicolette Nordin Heavey, will also be there collecting books to give to each child who listens to her weave a wonderful tale at local farmers markets this spring, and Project Home Again, affiliated with Temple Emmanuel, will be taking all items related to helping someone set up a home that feels comfortable.
ZWD is a drive through donation/reuse and recycling event taking place at Brickstone Square at the intersection of York Street and Rte 133 in Andover. This event is open to all (residents and non-residents) and takes place rain or shine.
We look forward to helping you with the aftermath of spring cleaning, and keeping all of this out of our waste stream. ZWD is sponsored by Andover’s Recycling Committee. For more information please contact Eleanor Storch at eleanorstorch@verizon.net.
If you’re hanging around the Common and need a cup of coffee, there’s no place better than The Thinking Cup. The Thinking Cup has become a go-to place for both downtown workers and students from nearby Emerson College to get a well-crafted cup of coffee and something sweet. You can’t beat the layout inside, with subdued lighting and tables with old newspapers laminated to them. Of course, you can always find a good spot to read you book or paper. But don’t try to go online – wifi is as yet not available. Only Stumptown coffee is used, which was named Best in the World by no less than NPR and The New York Times. The baristas are knowledgeable and creative, so you’ll always get good, competent and friendly service. Grab a sweet nosh to enjoy with your coffee and relax!
The Thinking Cup
165 Tremont St
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 482-5555
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Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Tom Menino have announced the formation of The One Fund Boston, Inc. to help the people most affected by the tragic events that occurred in Boston on April 15, 2013.
If you would like to donate you can do so either online at onefundboston.org or can mail a check to:
One Fund Boston, Inc.
800 Boylston Street #990009
Boston, MA 02199
“We are one Boston. We are one community. As always, we will come together to help those most in need. And in the end, we will all be better for it,”
Mayor Menino
Last minute notification: Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt located in downtown Andover is having a blood drive to benefit Boston Children’s Hospital on Thursday, April 11 from 1:00 – 7:00 p.m. The Boston Children’s Hospital Blood Mobile will travel to Orange Leaf as part of the Pints for Half Pints initiative. Orange Leaf will offer all donors a pint of free froyo for every pint of blood given.
Appointments to give blood can be made by visiting www.halfpints.childrenshospital.org and using the code ORANGELEAFA.
Orange Leaf is located at 28 Park Street, Andover, MA
Mix up your Saturday night by stopping at Leos Metro Bowl.
Located in downtown Peabody just minutes from Windsor Green, this candlepin bowling alley offers a fun night out for kids and adults alike. Family owned and operated since 1977, the lanes are modern, computerized and well-maintained. The full-service snack bar offers beer and wine, so gather a group of friends for Cosmic bowling every Friday and Saturday night. You’ll pay by the hour so try to find six people to fill your lane. Regular bowling rates and shoe rentals are reasonable. If you’re not into bowling, there's also an arcade and billiard room.
Leos Metro Bowl
63 Foster Street
Peabody, MA 01960
(978) 531-0500
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