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Racers in the Motaw Speedway circle the track in 2019 during one of the tractor mower races at Andover Olde Home Days.
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ANDOVER Olde Home Days is returning after being canceled in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic and organizers are taking a cautious approach this time.
Committee Chair Amber Cooper said holding the Aug. 6-8 event presented a bit of a challenge this year.
“Some of our elderly groups, like the Andover Historical Society, which always does the flower show, opted out because they were afraid of COVID,” she said. “I’m running the craft show this year, which is usually done by the Andover Service Circle, but in January, they canceled it for the same reason.”
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Brian Mills, chairman of the Andover Board of Selectmen, addresses voters Saturday at the annual Town Meeting. Selectmen Mark Thurston, left, and Joe Luce, listen as moderator Bob Duplessie, right, checks paperwork.
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ANDOVER Residents at the annual Town Meeting on Saturday voted 50-34 to purchase a tanker truck for the Fire Department for $368,533.
“Thank you for the firetruck,” Fire Chief Jim Adler told voters. “It’s been an uphill battle.
“I understand the cost is going to scare you,” he said. “I’ve checked in for the cheapest truck I could get my hands on. I didn’t want anything elaborate. It is a big-ticket item, but it’s unavoidable. You can’t have a department perform properly without a tanker.”
Wasted: Packaging design students grapple with the environmental impact of their work MORE How often do you order something small online, and it comes in a box several times larger? Some students are trying to design more environmentally sustainable packaging. Image by Mike Royer.
E-commerce has exploded during the pandemic, and so have the mountains of packaging that come with it. Last year online sales went up more than 40% over the year before. That means more boxes, more bubble wrap, more little air-filled plastic bags most of which will end up in the landfill.
“The point is we re living on top of trash. Trash is all around us. It s becoming our environment. How much more do we want trash to take over our environment is the big question,” says Steve McAdam, who teaches product and packaging design at Otis College of Art and Design.