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	<title>Reporter's Notebook &#187; Brian Messenger</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Andover works toward budget compromise</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/staff/2009/09/22/andover-works-toward-budget-compromise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Messenger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of Andover&#8217;s Board of Selectmen, School Committee and Finance Committee hope to cobble together a budget compromise Wednesday night.
The Budget Resolution Sub-committee - which includes members Alex Vispoli and Jerry Stabile from the Board of Selectmen, School Committee members Deb Silberstein and Dennis Forgue, and Finance Committee Chairwoman Joanne Marden - is scheduled to meet at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State unemployment rate up to 9.1%</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/staff/2009/09/17/state-unemployment-rate-up-to-91/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Messenger</dc:creator>
		
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The Massachusetts unemployment rate has surpassed 9 percent, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported today.
Job losses for August were estimated at 400, pushing the unemployment rate to 9.1 percent, up from 8.8 percent in July. The national unemployment rate for August was 9.7 percent.
The most job losses in August were reported in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End is near for Route 28 road work</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/staff/2009/07/22/end-is-near-for-route-28-road-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Messenger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Andover Town Planner Lisa Schwarz said this week that the end of the Main Street (Route 28) redesign project is fast approaching.
The installation of crosswalks - one of the last major components of the $4 million construction project - is now underway, Schwarz said.
A total of 23 crosswalks must be excavated, set with concrete, sand and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Route 28 redesign nearing completion</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/staff/2009/06/12/route-28-redesign-nearing-completion/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/staff/2009/06/12/route-28-redesign-nearing-completion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Messenger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Andover Town Planner Lisa Schwarz has released the summer schedule for the Main Street (Route 28) construction project.
Work this week included pouring concrete sidewalks at Elm Square, Old Andover Village and Harding Street; installing new traffic signals at Elm Square; and paving North Main Street with a top coat of asphalt.
Drainage work on Chestnut Street was also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scrabble: The Motion Picture</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/staff/2009/06/09/scrabble-the-motion-picture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Messenger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Board games and action movies collide in &#8220;Scrabble: The Motion Picture.&#8221;
This epic battle for possession of &#8220;the elusive Q&#8221; game piece between the Russians and Bridgewater State College Scrabble Team was written and directed by Andover native Alex Perry.
Perry, 21, and several of his fellow Bridgewater State classmates are off to Los Angeles Thursday for the International Grand Finale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two sides to power plant proposal</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/staff/2009/06/05/two-sides-to-power-plant-proposal/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/staff/2009/06/05/two-sides-to-power-plant-proposal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Messenger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to learn more about the proposed Billerica Energy Center?
Thornton, N.H.-based developer DG Clean Power LLC hopes to build the  natural-gas-burning power plant at 134 Billerica Ave. in North Billerica, near the Tewksbury line.
The 348-megawatt plant would only be used during times of peak electricity consumption, such as heat waves and long periods of extreme cold.
But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A closer look at Andover&#8217;s new budget</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/staff/2009/05/27/a-closer-look-at-andovers-new-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/staff/2009/05/27/a-closer-look-at-andovers-new-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 21:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Messenger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Andover Town Meeting resumes tonight at 7 p.m. at the Richard Collins Field House house, located on the campus of Andover High School.
Residents only voted on 15 of 71 warrant articles during Tuesday&#8217;s opening night, so it&#8217;s expected a third night will be needed to  complete the warrant.
Night three will be held at 7 p.m. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Law school dean featured in Hustler Q&#038;A</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/staff/2009/05/08/law-school-dean-featured-in-hustler-qa/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/staff/2009/05/08/law-school-dean-featured-in-hustler-qa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 17:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Messenger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The dean of the Massachusetts School of Law in Andover will grace the pages of Hustler Magazine for a question-and-answer interview.
Eight months after hosting a controversial conference at the Wynhdam Hotel in Andover intended to coordinate war-crimes prosecution against the Bush Administration, Lawrence Velvel will state his case against the former president in Hustler&#8217;s June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catching up with Mo Vaughn</title>
		<link>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/staff/2009/04/27/catching-up-with-mo-vaughn/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.eagletribune.com/staff/2009/04/27/catching-up-with-mo-vaughn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Messenger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Red Sox slugger Mo Vaughn called the newsroom late last week from New York City to weigh in on the recent theft of equipment from the South Lawrence East Little League. Vaughn said he planned to donate money to the league, which has received $11,000 from supporters across the country.
He also offered an update [...]]]></description>
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