Five Things That Made Our Week: March 6 to March 12

What a week in North Andover. Snow melted. Sports teams rose and fell. And an election got into full swing as critical issues came into focus. Here are five things that made headlines this past week.

• Knights Fall: It was an emotional roller-coaster for basketball. First the boys in overtime. But the and moved on to the semifinals. However, they and thus ended the Knights basketball season.
• Vote 2011: Election season amped up a bit. On Monday, residents they feel should be addressed in the election. On Tuesday, Police Chief Richard Stanley of what he thinks will happen if the police budget is cut. And on Wednesday, the League of Women Voters hosted a
• Kids in the News: Our Whiz Kid of the week was athlete and academic extraordinaire. And Athlete of the Week was skier
• Laughter and Summer Plans: We spotlighted as our Great Escape of the week for adults as well as a bunch of
• Wet Weather: North Andover had more rain than usual this week and by Friday was under a Elsewhere, thousands of miles away, a and affected the American west coast.