Over this summer I will be doing some major redesign and upgrades to this site. This includes making this site easier to use and more relevant to our community instead of just during town meetings or elections. Being a member of our North Andover community is a year round activity... not just a few times a year.

The focus/purpose for this site is for information sharing and communication. But I'd like to know what features would be useful to you.

Please join in with your ideas.   If you do not feel like registering on the site you may send them to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .   

What do you think this web site could do to help share information with the community?  What features do you think would be useful that would encourage you to visit and participate?

1) Community calendar (registered users may submit their own events)
2) Forums/commenting system
3) Hosted blogs by community leaders/members
4) Video replays/summaries of key town meetings (Board of Selectmen, School Committee, etc)
5) Classified advertising
6) 'Community' site (like a local version of Facebook)
7) Share photographs
8) Directories of businesses and local points of interest... community reviews
9) Flash games with community contests and prizes
10) Areas focusing on seniors and youth announcements/events
11) Others...

CLICK HERE to participate in the discussion.

In this portion of the cable video of the November 20th School Committee meeting, Committee Member and Union Employee Contract Negotiating Team member Chris Nobile gives a clear explanation of the negotiated one-year teachers' contract and summarizes the budget impact.

Welcome to northandover.org... home of North Andover United and the 'unofficial' community web site for North Andover, MA.

If you're just discovered this site I encourage you to please take a moment and subscribe to our email lists (click on this link ) to stay updated on important topics relating to our town.   We have received a lot of testimonials from the community thanking us for providing information that people are not able to stay updated on because of their busy lives.   

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Dear Readers,

I received an email today that posed an excellent question:  what does NAU mean by the term "Honest Questions"?  Here’s my response:

I have spent 17 years attending town meetings, and 10 years attending and/or watching way too many BOS/School Committee/Fincom/Planning/Zoning/PTO/etc. meetings where people get up and ask questions intended to stir the pot, cast aspersions on the skills or effectiveness of the boards, or to intentionally plant seeds of doubt in the minds of the townspeople.  "Honest Questions" are questions that seek accurate information, clarification of details, or call attention to an issue not previously considered.  They are questions that do not already assume an answer, and they are questions that do not attempt to color the answer with political overtones.
 
But please understand - honest questions can certainly question the status quo, and they can absolutely express disagreement with prior answers and/or the positions or decisions adopted by elected officials.  It's just that honest questions can accomplish that with respect and without causing further divisiveness, something our town just can't afford to tolerate anymore. 
 
NAU encourages you to contact us with questions like this one - we’ve got a whole discussion forum area on this website provided for any topic you’d like to discuss. 

--Sandy Gleed