North Andover brief: Tuesday, September 29, 2026
North Andover's Select Board imposes mandatory outdoor water ban as town's lake hits 24-year low
North Andover's Select Board imposes mandatory outdoor water ban as town's lake hits 24-year low.
From North Andover News
- Select Board acts as town lake hits 24-year low. North Andover's Select Board took up outdoor watering restrictions after Public Works Director Jim Stafford reported the town's sole water source has fallen to its lowest level in roughly two decades amid three straight years of drought.North Andover News
- Schools get windfall in special education funding. North Andover Public Schools' finance team reported a special education reimbursement far above what officials had budgeted for fiscal 2027, funded at the maximum rate, as a School Committee member urged voters to reject statewide Proposition 3.North Andover News
- Planning Board debates data center moratorium. North Andover's Planning Board weighed a possible moratorium on data centers, with the chair citing water strain, ratepayer power costs and cooling noise, while members split over whether the industry should be treated differently from other commercial projects.North Andover News
- School Committee wraps up superintendent contract talks. North Andover's School Committee closed out months of negotiations over the district leader's next contract, with one member praising her handling of public inquiries, while the board also took up new special education staffing and a nursing hours increase.North Andover News
- Conservation panel finishes wetland rules rewrite. North Andover's Conservation Commission wrapped weeks of line-by-line review of rewritten wetland protection regulations after a resident said the town's riverfront map omitted two waterways carrying nearly half of North Andover's watershed toward the Ipswich River.North Andover News
- Board of Health preps kratom regulations. North Andover's Board of Health began drafting local kratom regulations, modeled on towns like Westford, ahead of the expiration of a state ban on the supplement, with the public health director calling it cause for concern.North Andover News
- Conservation panel eyes town bonding policy. North Andover's Conservation Commission moved to study how the town handles construction bonds after the agent said the treasurer's office is sitting on what she called 'millions, literally millions of dollars' in unreturned money tied to old subdivision projects.North Andover News
- Planning Board previews new clean energy bylaw. North Andover's Planning Board released outstanding bonds on the completed Sutton Pond development and previewed a zoning article bundling solar, wind and battery storage rules required by new state regulations taking effect October 1, with staff due back October 6 with more data.North Andover News
Today in North Andover
- Finance Committee holds swearing-in ceremony. North Andover Community Access and Media posted video Monday evening of a swearing-in ceremony for the town's Finance Committee.North Andover CAM