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In today's newsletter:

  • What kept Andover police running from River Road to Shattuck?
  • How Andover schools will now handle immigration officers on campus
  • Why a Patriots legend is quietly coaching at Phillips Academy now

Also on today's calendar: 2026 Peabody Community Market and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: A shower or two; not as warm, with a high of 72 and low of 54 degrees.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 72, low: 52.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Sept. 3 Public Safety Notebook: OUI Arrest, Suspected Drugs And A Luggage-Cart Mystery Keep Andover Police Busy (andovermanews.com) — Andover police handled a busy Thursday that included arresting a driver on an OUI charge after a vehicle ended up on the grass and responding when hotel staff found a box of suspected drugs in a River Road room. Officers also assisted an apparently impaired woman taken to Lawrence General Hospital and confirmed that a woman wheeled in on a luggage cart simply needed mobility help.
   

2. Andover Schools Adopt Policy Limiting Immigration Enforcement Access (andovermanews.com) — Andover's School Committee has fast-tracked a new policy limiting how federal immigration officers can access students, records, and school buildings, in order to comply with the state's new PROTECT Act. Procedures for handling immigration enforcement requests will be posted on the district website, but officials stress that existing security rules, including ID requirements for all visitors and police, largely remain the same.
   

3. Ernie Adams is amused someone cracked one of the Patriots' long-held secrets ... but he's still not talking (bostonglobe.com) — Ernie Adams, now coaching the Phillips Academy football team in Andover, is quietly amused that a former NFL analytics coach has finally spotlighted the Patriots' long-rumored "double goal post" video-board trick at Gillette Stadium. While national voices debate whether the tactic was clever or shady, Adams keeps the mystique alive, calling the details "proprietary football information."
   

4. An Andover Story: The Brown Jug (andovermanews.com) — Longtime residents may remember The Brown Jug on Lowell Street, once Andover's go-to teen hangout famous for duckburgers, jukebox singalongs, and late-night coffee after games and dances. This nostalgic look back traces its evolution, a notorious 1956 gang-rumble scare that hurt its reputation, and how the beloved building ultimately disappeared, leaving only photos and memories.
   

5. MA: 18 Companies to Receive $27 Million to Help Retain, Expand Clean-Tech Companies (tradeandindustrydev.com) — Massachusetts is awarding $27.2 million in climatetech tax incentives, and one recipient, Reframe, already operates a smaller plant in Andover and plans to grow from 80 to about 100 employees as it opens a larger Billerica factory. The program aims to keep clean-tech companies expanding in-state by rewarding recent capital investments and job growth, potentially strengthening Andover's role in this growing sector.
   

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