10 Twitter Feeds For North Andover Residents to Follow

Social media has been transformed from a place to reconnect with old friends and discuss everyday mundane topics to a place where many get their news now.

Twitter users set up their accounts to follow whatever interests them – whether it's the Red Sox, cooking, dogs or local news. The days of bookmarking your favorite Web sites and going down the list each morning has largely been replaced with social media feeds that target topics and allow users to get all their news throughout the day.

There are plenty of Twitter feeds throughout the Merrimack Valley, including local businesses, nonprofits and media organizations. North Andover has a bunch of local residents, town departments and businesses on Twitter. Here are just 10 North Andover accounts that may interest residents.

NoAndoverPolice – North Andover Police doesn't Tweet often, but uses those posts to provide the latest alerts to North Andover residents, including a recent Tweet about a possible paving scam.

CookieCentral – Michele Gorham of North Andover is very much into FourSquare, which is evident on her Twitter feed, but she also provides information about her business Cookie Central. The profile photo alone will make your mouth water.

MVYMCA – The Merrimack Valley YMCA offers information about the Y as well as tips to stay in shape.

SmolakFarms – The Twitter feed provides the latest news, photos and events from the North Andover farm.

18thessex – The Twitter account of state Rep.-elect Jim Lyons is not much at this point. In fact, he only posted once and that was to thank his supporters after the campaign. The Twitter feed made the list more for the potential it possesses than the account as is.

Merrimack – The Twitter account for Merrimack College is a nice way to to stay up to date on the only college in town.

MC_Athletics – Merrimack Athletics has a fairly active account and provides information about the teams, including the women's soccer square that recently celebrated its 27^th straight winning season, as well as ticket sales and team apparel.

NoAndMerchants – The North Andover Merchants Association focuses on its members' offerings and is a way to find out about new businesses and specials in North Andover.

MerrimackValley – The Greater Merrimack Convention and Visitors Bureau promotes the region's events and a nice way to find out what's happening in the larger Merrimack Valley region.

NandoverPatch – The list isn't complete without putting us on it, right? On the North Andover Patch Twitter feed, the site provides links to the latest articles as well as provides breaking news and updates followers on weather reports and traffic information.