North Andover To Receive $725K In Disaster Aid

NORTH ANDOVER, MA — North Andover is one of 37 communities that will receive disaster aid funding due to last year's storms. The town will receive $725,000.

The news was announced in a statement from legislators representing the area: Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester), Sen. Barry Finegold (D-Andover), Rep. Tram Nguyen (D-Andover), and Rep. Adrianne Ramos (D-North Andover).

Funds approved in December included $15 million for municipalities that experienced damage or incurred emergency response costs from extreme weather over the past year.

Gov. Maura Healey's administration is now distributing the first round of $10 million to these 37 communities. The remaining $5 million will be released later this spring to support municipalities impacted by September storms, according to the statement.

“North Andover has been continuously impacted by flooding. Our small businesses, public schools, and infrastructure faced damage that are still struggling to get back to form. They deserve this money that we were unable to get for them months ago. I’m glad the delegation and the administration were able to get this done – both for our community and for the others that have been impacted by these storms,” Ramos said in the statement.

The North Andover delegation said that the funding "reaffirms our commitment to responsible governance and a duty to help our community that was so impacted by the recent storms."