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Reminder: Do not attempt to turn your gas back on. This isn't a DIY project. Call Columbia Gas if you turned off your gas and are outside of the affected area.
#MVGasFire
#andoverma
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If you are in a gas-serviced area and your electricity is shut off, DO NOT use candles. Recommendation is to evacuate the house pending an all clear.
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Shelters are open at Senior Center and Youth Center in
#AndoverMA
#MVGasFire
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Roughly 750 peaceful demonstrators in Shawsheen Square
#AndoverMA
tonight. Special thanks
@MassStatePolice
@lawrencepolice
@NoAndoverPolice
@NEMLEC
agencies for assisting us providing a safe night for all.
#Andover
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Our officers responded to a call for an owl needing assistance. We were able to get a photo before it flew off on its own. “Who” knew we had owls in
#AndoverMA
?!? 🦉👍🏻
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If you return to your home (in the
#AndoverMA
safe area) and you turned off your gas yourself, DO NOT TURN IT ON. Columbia Gas will need to re-gas your house. Call them direct at 1-800-688-6160
#MVGasFire
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Both Chiefs have been non-stop since Thursday afternoon. And there's a room full of department heads/agency reps and support staff behind the chiefs.
#AndoverMA
#MVGasFire
Andover's Police and Fire Chiefs in one of their many conversations this week. Two leaders of many in
@AndoverMaGov
who haven't stopped working in days.
@AndoverMassPD
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Good Morning
#AndoverMA
- Crews are continuing to work the
#MVGasFire
issue. We hope to release a map with more information soon.
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Just a reminder to please slow down, we are out protecting our children.
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As of 6:00pm, there are no updates from Columbia Gas to provide to
#AndoverMA
. Our officers and regional partners are patrolling town and assisting with the gas meter checks. Mutual Aid fire crews are still in town. We will provide new info as it comes in.
#MVGasFire
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Due to the scope of this incident, you may see outside police agencies patrolling
#AndoverMA
#MVGasFire
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Missing child: We need your help locating this 11-year-old boy, Zaid. Last seen walking north on North St at about 9:15am. He should be wearing a green shirt and blue shorts. If you have seen him or know of his whereabouts, please call us at 978-475-0412 X0
#AndoverMA
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A historic day for first responders in
#AndoverMA
yesterday. Special thanks to our state and neighboring municipal partners. The work continues...
#MVGasFire
At peak yesterday, there were 200+ firefighters, more than 40 fire trucks, 40
@AndoverMassPD
police officers, 209 municipal police officers assigned to
@NEMLEC
units and 13 State Troopers just in
@AndoverMaGov
#mvgasfire
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Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire
@yarmouthpolice
and the family and friends of Officer Sean Gannon.
Officer Gannon was tragically shot and killed while serving a warrant this afternoon.
#lesm
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Congratulations and best of luck to
#Andover
High School class of 2020.. Their “last lap starts momentarily.
#AndoverMA
#ClassOf2020
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Congratulations to all 7000ish runners that braved this morning’s frigid temps at the
#FeasterFive
in
#AndoverMA
!
@DMSESports
@DMSE
@MVSRuns
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Service before self: Officer Soto continued to assist the citizens of
#Lawrence
while his house burned to the ground.
#MVGasFire
Thank you,
@NorthernEssex
and NECC-
@MethuenPolice
Academy graduate, Ivan Soto, for your bravery and service to the citizens of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
@MassDHE
@MassCCs
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Click the pic for info on the first phase of recovery and returning to your homes. The area is limited, but crews will be working around the clock to check each affected house with public safety personnel.
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Located! Happy to announce Mr. Connelly was located at 4:30 this afternoon in Boston.
Missing: Robert Connelly went out for a walk over an hour ago and has not returned to his home near 460 River Rd. Wearing a tan coat, khaki pants, & black sneakers. Last seen near Fiske St & Rt 133. Any info call Andover PD 978-475-0411 or
@TewksburyPD
at 978-851-7373
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Trooper
@DustinGFitch
of
@MassStatePolice
presents
#SocialMedia
module at Transportation Safety Conf.
#LESM
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If your house was one of the 35+ that experienced a fire yesterday, inspectors are leaving color-coded cards on the door to determine occupancy. Building inspector Chris Clemente has multiple inspectors working these 35+ houses.
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Most of our citizens are doing a great job EXCEPT for our teens and young 20-somethings. We've received several complaints of groups of teens/early 20's gathering in various playgrounds and parking lots. PARENTS: Please talk to your children.
#AndoverMA
#SocialDistancing
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Best of luck to Officer Dan Igoe!!! Dan is retiring after 25 years and 3 days of service to the citizens of
#Andover
. Dan held several positions within the
#AndoverMA
PD including Traffic Unit, Motor Cycle Unit and “The Senior Patrolman." Congratulations!!!
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Mr Morano was located safe and sound by MBTA commuter rail staff and returned to
#Andover
at 9:30pm. Big thanks to our
#community
and
@NEMLEC
and
@MassStatePolice
partners for their assistance.
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Matthew was found this morning on the south shore and is safe. Thank you to all who retweeted the information.
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We’re happy to announce Mr. Connelly was located in Boston safely at 4:30 this afternoon. Thank you everyone for re-tweeting!
@TewksburyPD
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Evacuation Order is for GAS SERVICED neighborhoods only.
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Update. Update. Update - Nicholas was located safe and sound! Special thanks to Massachusetts State Police for your help!
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ARREST MADE in
#AndoverMA
School threat case tonight.
Andover High Student Arrested After Threat Appears Online
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Missing boy found: Zaid was located at a store in Lawrence unharmed. Thank you to all who helped in his search and called in with information.
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Revision Energy has a trailer for charging phones behind the senior center. Stop by and recharge!
#AndoverMA
#MAGasFire
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WOW! We are thankful for the donation of breakfast sandwiches and coffee today at the Public Safety Center from Crack’d Kitchen & Coffee. The support from the community means more than you all know!
#AndoverMA
#FlattenTheCurve
#WeWillGetThroughThis
#AndoverIndivisible
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Chief Keefe and Sgt Connor regret to announce our K-9 Grimm suffers from a terminal illness. Please check out our Facebook page for more info
#andoverma
#k9
#policeK9
#andover
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Missing child from
#AndoverMA
Matthew Legere is 14 years old and was last seen at 1pm Monday, June 25. He was wearing blue shorts, black shirt, and red sneakers. He is about 5‘3“ tall and weighs about 130 pounds. please contact Andover Police at 978–475–0411 X0
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Chief and Town Manager just completed a meeting with Eversource. We're working on a CodeRED call script. Details from the script will be posted after the call goes out.
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Beautiful morning for the
@RunForTheTroops
in
#andover
! Kicked off with this Black Hawk coming in for a landing behind
@andoveryouth
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#AndoverMA
Officers save man suffering apparent heart attack March 21, 2018. Click the pics for the story (too long for twitter!).
#SavingLives
#CPR
#AED
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ELECTRICITY will be shut off by N'Grid in affected areas to limit spark-started fires. Fire threat is on-going.
#MVGasFire
#andoverma
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Chief Keefe welcomes our newest officer, Chris Lippi. Off Lippi grew up in
#AndoverMA
and served the last 3 years as a full-time officer in Topsfield and a reserve officer in Andover. He was sworn in to his new full-time position this week by assistant Town Clerk Dawne Warren.
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Several members of the Andover Police Department, including our honor guard, are in Yarmouth today to pay final respects to fallen hero Sgt Sean Gannon of the
@yarmouthpolice
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Current list of streets from
@ColumbiaGasMA
website for all 3 communities is If you are on the list, stay away please.
#MVGasFire
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Members of
#AndoverMA
Police, Fire, and Dispatch are at the State House this morning, along with our Public Safety partners from Lawrence and North Andover, for
@MassGovernor
Baker’s inauguration.
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The Martinelli Family celebrated their daughter Amanda's birthday today. She wanted to say thanks to APD and AFD by making signs and brining dinner(pizza). Thank you!
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Today is Memorial Day. We remember those who died in active military service. We honor the fallen. Freedom is not free.
#memorialdayweekend2020
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Big thanks to the nice
#AndoverMA
couple that stopped by one of our staging locations with coffee and a muffin for our officer!
#blizzard2018
#lesm
#MASnow
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Our officers have been conducting shift change briefings outside to minimize exposure, including a refresher on personal protective equipment (PPE). BIG thanks to Phillips Academy, MS Walker Distillery, and Paolo Incampo, DMD & Associates for donating PPE supplies!
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#ScamAlert
we received reports of a group claiming to raise money for Andover/ North Andover Firefighters. We are not raising any funds for any reason at this time. The phone number the call came in from was 978-908-2395 from Acton. We tried to call back but no one answers
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Missing: Robert Connelly went out for a walk over an hour ago and has not returned to his home near 460 River Rd. Wearing a tan coat, khaki pants, & black sneakers. Last seen near Fiske St & Rt 133. Any info call Andover PD 978-475-0411 or
@TewksburyPD
at 978-851-7373
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Congrats to
#AndoverMA
’s newest officer! Welcome aboard Officer Joe Lamagna! He graduated last week from the Lowell Police Academy and started his field training this week.
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Today is Peace Officer's Memorial Day. Please take a moment to remember the 20,267 officer's who have died in the line of duty.
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Alternate shelter is open at Wilmington Middle School; 25 Center Lane in Wilmington.
#MVGasFire
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This beagle was found in the Dascomb Rd area. If it's yours, the pup is now at the River Rd Veterinary Hospital
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The gas/fire/police meter crews have a locksmith with them. They need to check the premise for any residual gas in the house. As of this evening, they are not advising us when they check each house/street.
Here's the release from the town:
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Citizens Bank brought in an ATM Van to Shawsheen plaza.
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Remember. On this day, more than 156,000 Allied forces reclaimed France and Europe from Adolf Hitler’s Germany in 1944. The average age of the American Soldier was between 22 & 26. There are only a few thousand left today and passing away rapidly. They want us to remember.
#DDay
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If you see the man in light-blue up-town today, wish him "Happy Birthday!" We won't divulge his age, but he doesn't look a day over 59.9!
#AndoverMA
#ParkingEnforcement
#LESM
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Power out at a signalized intersection? ALL TRAFFIC MUST STOP and proceed with caution....consider it an all-way stop. Please share!
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Approximately 14 more streets were updated at 8:15p via Gas/Fire/PD/Lock/Electric continue to work
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#AndoverMA
Emergency Operations Center visited by
@MassGovernor
Baker to thank the multi-department team for their work during
#MVGasFire
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Lots of behind-the-scene activity by all Town of
#AndoverMA
departments. There were numerous other officers/firefighters/town personnel at staging areas/public buildings/reception centers all over town.
#MVGasFire
We hope to share some photos during the week.
These are just some of the people who have been working tirelessly since Thursday night to restore normalcy and keep residents informed in
#AndoverMA
during the
#MVGasFire
@AndoverMaGov
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Sal Lupoli called with condolences today. He also sent over several pizzas for our troops. Thank you Sal!
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Now that outdoor dining is allowed, please pay extra attention to pedestrians and our 25 MPH speed limit on Main St. Additional outdoor dining locations open next week!
#AndoverMA
#Andover
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The Andover Police Department would like to extend a simple, but sincere, thank you for the outpouring of well wishes and support recently. We are grateful to serve such a caring community.
#andoverma
#lesm
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Your safety, child and adult, are our top priority! We will be making extra random checks of all of our
#AndoverMA
schools today.
At Andover HS, officials said there will be extra police out of an abundance of caution. Live reports on
@boston25
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Great police work by
#AndoverMA
and
@MethuenPolice
detectives.
Andover Police Seize Guns, Heroin in Takedown of Alleged Drug Trafficking Operation
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Our social media team is on the way in. They’ve been tied up with emergencies from this gas issue. Follow instructions from our code red systems. more information to follow soon.
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Dascomb Road is a mess! Drivers are trapped between downed poles and trees. We're working on getting them out.
#AndoverMA
#MAsnow
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Several of our first responders and
@Andover_HS
heroes were recognized today at AHS. Story via . We posted some of the nice letters we received from other students over the past two weeks as well.
#MVGasFire
#AndoverMA
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A special thank you to Ed Rushbrook from Custom Pastel & Charcoal Portraits who presented Sgt. Michael "Mickey" Connor with a custom portrait of Grimm, Sgt. Connor’s K-9 partner of 10 years who crossed the rainbow bridge last month after being diagnosed with cancer.
#andoverma
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If you are in the non-affected area AND turned off your own gas - new number to call is 866-388-3239 to schedule an appointment.
#MVGasFire
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All
#AndoverMA
residents are cleared to return to their homes. Power restoration is on-going.
#MVGasFire
UPDATE 6:35 AM 9/16/18: All Andover residents are cleared to return to their homes. Power restoration should be near complete this morning.
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These are tough videos to share, but with the rise in active shooter events, it is important for you to think about your options during a hostile incident. Watch the "Run, Hide, Fight" video produced by the Houston Police Dept via the FBI's website.
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New list from Columbia Gas regarding good and bad streets is at Check the list frequently for updates
#andoverma
#MVGasFire
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The more information we can put out via social media means the less calls to dispatch that aren’t emergencies. It was a win-win for everyone!
@AndoverMassPD
Thank you for all the updates regarding road closures, etc during the past several days. Your hard work and efforts to keep everyone up to date during this most recent storm is greatly appreciated.
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Congratulations to Officers Glen Ota (L) and Kyle Kiberd (R) for receiving “AAA Traffic Safety Hero of the Year” awards for their work to improve traffic safety in
#AndoverMA
. Also pictured is Sgt. Chuck Edgerly (C) displaying the department’s AAA Gold Level Safety Award.
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Several of our officers volunteered at the Boston Bruins Foundation tonight to raise money for the Officer Sean Gannon memorial fund
#LESM
Tonight’s 50/50
@NHLBruins
Foundation Raffle is for the
#SeanGannon
Memorial Fund! Go to to enter to win from home!
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@joeydrama23
@jemelehill
we looked into this and it was actually in Lawrence with
@lawrencepolice
officers
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National Grid has a community service van parked behind the Old Town Hall at 20 Main St. to answer questions. They will be there until early evening (no specific time given)
#AndoverMA
#MVGasFire
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It's
#WorldTeachersDay
and the
#Andover
Police would like to recognize all of our teachers for their hard work and dedication during a challenging school year. Thank you for all you do for the kids!
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We're on the list!
#AndoverMA
made the top 100 safest cities and towns in America.
IMPRESSIVE! 21 of the top 100 safest cities & towns in America are right here in MA & NH, according to a new survey out from
@NhoodScout
#Boston25
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Meet Col Ben Shepard our newest officer. His specialty is fighting cancer. We hope his cruiser helps!
@SmilesforBen
http://t.co/i5go0h3OLz
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Just to clarify some understandable confusion... If you live on a street on the "NOT CLEARED" list but do not heat with gas (some streets are mixed-fuel streets), you are clear to go home. You may or may not have electricity yet.
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Lt. Fitzpatrick, Det. Hughes, and Ofc. Mackenzie of the
#andover
PD w/ NEMLEC RRT protecting mile 19.8 at the
#BostonMarathon
!
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Congratulations to William "Bill" Bruner on his retirement from the
#Andover
Public Safety Center after 24 years of dedicated service as a 911 Dispatcher for both police and fire. Bill was known for his professionalism and calm under pressure, and he will be greatly missed.
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UPDATE: Power outage will be out for a minimum of 24 hrs from 0900 Friday. Tonight's receiving center is the Youth Center staffed by Red Cross. Numerous outside police and fire assisting.
#AndoverMA
Building Dept assessing all fire-damaged buildings.
#MVGasFire
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Great work by our detective unit, with help from
@TewksburyPD
detectives and our 5p-1a uniform shift.
Photo: Andover Police Arrest Armed Drug Dealer, Seize Over 100 Grams of Heroin
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Do you see folks out on their bikes? Here's a safety card from our friends
@MassBike
for vehicle drivers. Bike or car....same roads, same rules!
#AndoverMA
#Andover
#BikePedSafety
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#AndoverMA
Police Detectives make arrest - 2.3 kilos of suspected heroin/fentanyl seized. See photos for details.
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#Andover
Lt John Pathiakis retires with over 36 years of service to the
@AndoverMaGov
#LESM
#AndoverMA
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If you called us today, your call was answered by 1 of these 4 professionals. From L to R, Dispatchers David Carriere, Jr; Katie Ramos, Dispatch Supervisor Chuck Jessico, and Dispatcher-in-training Jim Smith. We're recognizing
#NationalPublicSafetyTelecommunicatorsWeek
!
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We received a call from a concerned parent regarding a threatening Snapchat post. The
#AndoverMA
PD, in conjucntion with Andover High Staff and the Essex County DA's Office, are diligently investigating this post. We will update once new information is available.
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