NORTH ANDOVER— Christopher Hopey, a vice president and dean at Northeastern University in Boston, will become the next president of 2000-student Merrimack College. Laurence Demers, chairman of Merrimack’s board of trustees, …

SALEM, N.H. — Auditions for the Merrimack Valley Has Talent Show, hosted by the Andover and North Andover Rotary Clubs, are March 14 and 28, at 1 p.m., at The Mall at Rockingham Park. Tryouts will be in the atrium on the second floor. …

Editor’s note: Andover’s town meeting continued long after today’s Monitor went to press. Here’s an updated story with details from the second half of the meeting. Andover residents voted last night to slash their town budget more than 12 percent …

Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester, whose district includes North Andover, disagreed. “We are taking half steps instead of going directly to a finance control board,” he said. “We are enabling the city — allowing the situation to continue without …

ANDOVER - The Hip Pickles Drum Band, which has been called “the world’s most exciting drum band,” will perform in concert on Saturday, March 13, 7 p.m., at Long Pond School, Andover Township. Tickets at the door will be $12. This interactive …

L AWRENCE — A North Andover contractor has been sentenced to four years in jail for failing to complete sunrooms he had been paid to build at more than 20 homes. Prosecutors say 60-year-old James Brien was also ordered at sentencing in Lawrence …

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More from the Sports section. Pinkerton routs Londonderry in semis. Proulx, Pinkerton power into playoffs. Errors hinder Pelham in first-round loss to Bow. Andover more than a home for Tildsley. Caveney leads Andover to state title game …

Andover usually delivers its 1-2 punch of Nicole Boudreau and Natalie Gomez, but it was freshman guard Devon Caveney who surprised Mansfield with a game-high 19 points as the Golden Warriors defeated the Hornets, 60-52, en route to claiming the …

The Andover Rescue Squad, a private, all-volunteer organization for more than four decades, will become a town department next month, residents decided last night. Andover’s town meeting, which drew more than 150 people to the gym at Andover …

ANDOVER - State police have cited an Attleboro teenager in a crash of a car and a tractor-trailer rig on Interstate 495 in Andover last week that injured three people. State police said Wednesday the 17-year-old Attleboro resident, whom they did not …

BOSTON — The dream season for Andover girls basketball will now culminate with the Golden Warriors playing for a Division 1 state title. “This is the greatest feeling ever,” said Andover star sophomore Nicole Boudreau. “This was our ultimate goal …

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Susan Tucker, D-Andover, said yesterday. “The bill has been strengthened a great deal from what the governor initially filed … . It ensures taxpayer money won’t be wasted while striking the right balance for the city. …

Rogers was named interim principal at the Sargent School last year by former North Andover School Superintendent James Marini after Principal Beth Kline left to become the district’s supervising principal of literacy, a position funded …

A North Andover man was sentenced today to serve four years in the Essex County House of Correction for failing to build more than 20 sunrooms for homeowners as promised by his company, the now shuttered American Sunroom Co Inc. James Brien, 60, was …

Free Pattern – Garden Fresh from Andover. gardenfresh. As the sun starts to emerge again we all start to think of spring and planting our gardens. Well, if you just can’t wait for your garden to grow, then quilt yourself a garden! …

“I really want to find the owner for this,” said Stump, who has contacted North Andover police to see if somebody is looking for a ring. “If I never get my own ring back, I will still feel that my own prayers were answered in a …

NORTH ANDOVER — The saying goes: what goes around comes around. One Bay State woman is hoping that statement rings true. She lost a ring last week, and while looking for it, she found someone else’s. Lisa Stump, 39, a wife and mother of three, is …

When the Eagle-Tribune called the phone number listed on the Web site, a man who said he was both Joseph Lydick and the business owner denied that he also is the fired North Andover purchasing director. He claimed that such a mix-up …

NORTH ANDOVER — The lone contested race in the March 30 town election pits an incumbent selectman against a perennial challenger for public office. This is the third time Rosemary Smedile and Joe Edward Smith will face off for a seat on the Board …

Andover turned on its offensive juices when it needed to, matching Mansfield basket for basket in the fourth quarter to win the Division 1 girls Eastern Mass championship at the Garden 60-52 after a tawdry second half start. Andover put up only seven …

You can’t stop the breezes from blowing, but officials in Andover hope to set standards to guide those who hope to harness that wind. Over the past year, several residents have approached the city with interest in installing wind turbines on their …

The Mansfield High girls’ basketball team’s magic run through the postseason ended in the TD Boston Garden Tuesday night with a 60-52 loss to Andover in the Division 1 semifinals. Andover will now go on to play for the Division 1 state title Saturday …

SALEM, N.H. — Auditions for the Merrimack Valley Has Talent Show, hosted by the Andover and North Andover Rotary Clubs, are March 14 and 28, at 1 p.m., at The Mall at Rockingham Park. Tryouts will be in the atrium on the second floor. Entrants must …

3 p.m. — Dodge City (2: 19-3) vs. Blue Valley Northwest (7: 15-7); 4:45 — Shawnee Mission South (3: 17-5) vs. Blue Valley North (6: 15-7); 6:30 — Wichita Heights (1: 20-2) vs. Manhattan (8: 12-10); 8:15 — Maize (4: 17-5) vs. Leavenworth (5 …

When you see flashing red and blue lights in your neighborhood, you want to know what’s going on. How safe is your neighborhood? Through a partnership between the Andover Police Department and CrimeReports.com, the public can find out what’s …

Robbers targeted a nail salon and a Dunkin’ Donuts in Lawrence Monday night.

NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. — Fired town purchasing director Joseph Lydick has been indicted on three counts of embezzlement from the town. His case now moves from Lawrence District Court to Salem Superior Court, where he is expected to be arraigned in the …