🌱 Patch AM: How 540 new Merrimack beds could affect life around Andover

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In today's newsletter:

• How 540 new Merrimack beds could affect life around Andover

Also on today's calendar: Free Intro. To Tai Chi Class and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the 1 way to guarantee winning a small fortune at the casino? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cooler with rain, with a high of 68 and low of 60 degrees.
• Wednesday: Cloudy, temps: high: 70, low: 62.
• Thursday: Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two, with a high of 77 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Merrimack College, Greystar to Celebrate Opening of New Essex and Shawsheen Residence Halls (bostonrealestatetimes.com) — Merrimack College is cutting the ribbon Tuesday on its new Essex and Shawsheen residence halls in North Andover, adding 540 beds at Route 114 and Andover Street. The expansion boosts on-campus housing and could influence local traffic, student housing demand, and campus-life ties with nearby Andover neighborhoods.
   

📸 Around Andover

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Andover

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Tuesday September 1
• Open House - 6th grade and new families
  Hamilton-Wenham SD MRMS
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Grade 6&9 Orientation
  Hamilton-Wenham SD South Hamilton, MA 01982
• First Day of School - Students (grades 1-12)
  Andover SD Andover, MA 01810
• Teacher Workshops
  Hamilton-Wenham SD South Hamilton, MA 01982
Thursday September 10
• Free Intro. To Tai Chi Class →
  South Church in Andover, 41 Central St, Andover
  10:00 am
Saturday September 12
• Oak and Iron Presents; OAKtoberfest 2026 →
  Oak & Iron Brewing Co., 18 Red Spring Rd, Andover
  12:30 pm
• Tango! Tango! →
  West Parish Church, 129 Reservation Rd, Andover
  4:00 pm
• Cape Ann Pride's Fall Masquerade Ball →
  Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, 290 Argilla Rd, Ipswich
  7:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• Jodi Lew-Smith, Author of Asa James →
  Andover Center for History & Culture, 97 Main St, Andover
  1:00 pm
• "The Rise and Fall of New England Almshouses and Poor Farms" lecture and book signing by author Jod →
  Andover Center for History & Culture, 97 Main St, Andover
  1:00 pm
Tuesday September 15
• Free Intro. To Tai Chi Class →
  South Church in Andover, 41 Central St, Andover
  10:00 am
• Jane Cairns, Author Of Exalted Objects →
  Oak & Iron Brewing, 18 Red Spring Rd, Andover
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• RTX posted a job opening for Assembler C (2nd Shift) in Andover. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Lawrence

• Lawrence Medicaid payments for Temporary Codes services climb 45.9% in 2024 (northbostonnews.com)
• 3 people shot near Lawrence High School, police say (boston.com)
• Gov: 'Very disturbing' charges against state rep (bostonherald.com)

North Andover

• North Andover Newsbrief, Week of August 31, 2026 (northandoverma.news)

Reading

• Reading Grad's Yearbook Dream Leads To Savannah Bananas Opportunity (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By starting with a large fortune. (Thank you Kourtney Z. for sending it in!)
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