North Andover Patch Person of the Year 2012
North Andover Town Clerk Joyce Bradshaw.
On the afternoon of Election Day in November 2012, Joyce Bradshaw stood in front of her table at North Andover High School, explaining the ballot procedures to one resident while giving smiling nods to several other residents who walked by and waved. "You let me know if you have any more questions," she said to the resident as she walked back around the table to check the latest numbers. Turnout was high. Very high: More than 15,000 votes were cast in a town of about 18,000 registered voters, more than in 2008 and 2004. This election was special. North Andover had two state representative races, a State Senate race with an open State Senate seat, a hotly contested congressional race, perhaps the most watched U.S. Senate race in the nation …
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Julie Faro
8:41 am on Saturday, December 29, 2012
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