🌱 Patch AM: How a drain cleaner spill turned into a North Andover hazmat call

Cheers North Andover! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a drain cleaner spill turned into a North Andover hazmat call
• How Merrimack football battled a Nor'easter for a Homecoming win

Also on today's calendar: Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you know the moon is going broke? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Cool with rain, with a high of 56 and low of 51 degrees.
• Tuesday: A morning shower; cloudy, temps: high: 66, low: 55.
• Wednesday: A few morning showers, with a high of 70 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• One person injured after fire crews respond to 'hazardous materials incident' in North Andover (boston25news.com) — Emergency crews responded to a hazardous materials incident Sunday evening at 3 Fernview Road in North Andover after a resident spilled a powerful sulfuric-acid drain cleaner, sending one person to the hospital with burns. Officials declared a low-level hazmat response, report no wider public danger, and are still working to safely clear the remaining substance from the scene.
   

• Rain or Shine: Merrimack College Football Claims Victory in Homecoming Game Against University of New Haven (merrimacknewspaper.com) — Merrimack College fans in North Andover saw the Warriors grind out a 17–10 Homecoming win over the University of New Haven at Duane Stadium despite a driving Nor'easter. Big plays from Matthias Latham, Andrew Korkosz, and a late fumble recovery by Trent Taylor helped secure the rainy-day victory and avenge last year's loss.
   

📸 Around North Andover

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🗓 Upcoming Events in North Andover

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 29
• Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! →
  UU Church of Haverhill, 15 Kenoza Ave, Haverhill
  7:00 pm
Sunday October 4
• Mah Jongg Madness at Temple Emanuel →
  7 Haggetts Pond Rd, Andover
  12:30 pm
Sunday October 18
• Austin Prep: Fall Open House →
  Austin Preparatory School, 101 Willow St, Reading
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Monday September 28
• Learn to Play Mah Jongg →
  Stevens Memorial Library, 345 Main St, North Andover
  6:00 pm
• Come Sing With Us! Andover Choral Society Kicks Off New Season →
  Christ Church, 33 Central St, Andover, MA, 01810
  7:20 pm
Saturday October 3
• Open Saturday at The Parson Barnard House →
  179 Osgood St, North Andover
  11:00 am
• North Andover's Witchcraft History Walking Tour →
  First Burying Ground, Academy Rd, North Andover
  11:00 am
• Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers live in North Andover →
  190 Academy Rd, North Andover
  8:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
• Felt & Kvelt: Noon Needle Felting Class →
  800 Massachusetts Ave, North Andover
  12:00 pm
• Family Felting: Evening Needle Felting Class →
  800 Massachusetts Ave, North Andover
  5:30 pm
Saturday October 10
• SAVE THE DATE - North Andover NESBA 2026 →
  North Andover High School, 430 Osgood St, North Andover
  3:00 am
• North Andover Knights on the Run 5k and Kids Run →
  North Andover High School, 430 Osgood St, North Andover
  9:00 am

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making North Andover PatchAM possible:

• Austin Preparatory School — (781) 944-4900
• Kidcreate Studio Wilmington — (781) 516-8496
• Mayhem Tattoo, LLC — (603) 912-4724
• Buyers Brokers Only, LLC — (978) 835-5906
• All in a touch Cleaning — (978) 815-2777

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Looking for someone to come to my property and chip wood.
  Probably fits about 2 x 20 yard dumpsters. A 4 inch or 6 inch chipper (or bigger) would be fine. The piles of wood are near the driveway, so it's… (Nextdoor Great Pond)

• TEC Group, Inc. posted a job opening for Inventory Control in Andover. Apply here.
• Family Dollar posted a job opening for Assistant Manager I in Lawrence. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near North Andover here.

🗞 Nearby News

Boxford

• Schneider, Mullaney Lead No. 7 Field Hockey Past Mount Holyoke, 6-1 (babsonathletics.com)

Andover

• Football Rolls Past Haverhill (andovermanews.com)
• The State Department's Passport to Patriotism Is a Junk Show (nationalreview.com)
• Prognostic Value of Conventional Echocardiographic Parameters of Right Ventricular Dysfunction in a Real-World Cohort of Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism (cureus.com)

Lynnfield

• Man Dies In Single-Vehicle Crash Under I95 Overpass In Lynnfield: Report (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It's down to its last quarter. (Thank you Linda H. for sending it in!)
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