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John Howe will be taking over an interim “umbrella position” over both the Parks and...

Mead Park baseball field on July 6, 2021. Credit: Michael Dinan Eight months after parks officials voted in support of the move as part of a larger recommendation, the town on Tuesday added a section to the municipal website disclosing its use of pesticides on several athletic fields. Though state law prohibits the use of pesticides on school grounds through grade 8, New Canaan uses the chemicals in treating athletic grounds at Waveny, Conner Field and baseball fields at Mead Park.  Selectman ...

To the Editor: Dave Brown is a candidate for the North Andover School Committee. He has always been a strong advocate for the children of North Andover. His skills and experience make him uniquely qualified for this role. Dave has extensive executive management experience. He understands the role of a supervisory board and how to build relationships between a board and an administration. He has been a teacher at both the high school and college levels. Most importantly, Daves three children g...

An interpretive centre is planned for north Mayo where the worlds oldest stone age settlement has been discovered. Evidence of how our stone age ancestors lived and worked is being uncovered on a daily basis underneath blanket bog near Ballycastle, where a system of small walled fields is emerging.   Archaeologist Dr Seamus Caulfield from the Céide Fields Project who is in the process of excavating part of the site explains the time scale involved with a sod of turf he has just cut,  The bot...

Reply Dave Brown is one of five candidates running for two seats on the North Andover School Committee. (Ed Wheeler Photography) NORTH ANDOVER, MA — Dave Brown is running for a seat on the School Committee in the March 30 town election. A management consultant and engineering teacher, Brown is one of at least five candidates who have taken out papers to run for two open seats on the committee. He faces incumbent Andrew McDevitt as well as Rebecca Stronck, Pamela Pietrowski and Joe Hicks. Frid...

Saying it’s healthier for athletes, parks officials last week voted in favor of a recommendation to keep using pesticides on New Canaan athletic fields where it’s legal to do so. Referring to a consultant’s report that compared the surface hardness of a grass field treated with pesticides (Conner Field off of Farm Road) versus one that’s pesticide-free (Saxe Middle School’s), members of the Parks & Recreation Commission voted 7-1 during their regular meeting Dec. 9 to recommend to the...