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*2 Andover musicians, bassist Mike Nuzzolo and drummer Greg Rickenbacker joined with Terence "Tito" Heally from Wilmington to form the band One Step Away. They were about 14 years old.  
Edna Adelaide Brown, born in 1875, was author of more than one dozen children's books. She was appointed head librarian of Memorial Hall Library in 1906. She began to campaign for the addition of a room for children in her 1907 annual report.  By 1913, she said, "In this age of society-forming, there should be a society for the prevention of cruelty to libraries." Her annual appeals for a separate space for children were finally successful when the Children's Room was added in 1926. She also extended library hours, initiated an open shelf system, and started the Ballardvale Branch of Memorial Hall Library. She retired in 1939 and died in 1944.






*In 2008 the band decided to add voacalist Adam Carrington, also from Andover. They won the 2008 Boston Music Festival battle of the bands in the alternative music category as well as scholarships to Berklee College.




*[https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:563995/one ''Four Gordons'']  by Edna Adelaide Brown. Andover Room R Fic (Andover Author's Collection)


*In 2009 One Step Away won the Haverhill Rocks competition. They were just 16 years old. They also were such a hit at the Hard Rock Cafe that they were invited to return.
*[https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:575266/one'' ]  by Edna Adelaide Brown. Andover Room Fic J (Andover Author's Collection).


*[https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:860201/one''Notes for Miss Putnam'']  by Edna Adelaide Brown. Andover Room R 974.45 Bro (pamphlet box 3)


*[https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:351775/one''Uncle David's Boys.''] by Edna Adelaide Brown.  Andover Room Fic J (Andover Authors Collection)


*In 2011 One Step Away won the national Clear Chanel iHeart Radio Get Discovered! Contest. The band was then composed of Mike Nuzzolo, Adam Carrington, and Ben Trudeau from Andover, Wilmington, and Beverly.Their album ''For the Broken'' was played on 100 radio stations. They had played on stages from Hollywood to Los Angeles, to Las Vegas.
*[https://mvlc.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/andover/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:372050/one''Whistling Rock'']  by Edna A. Brown. Andover Room Fic J (Andover Authors Collection)




See
See
*"Andover's First Woman Librarian Was Children's Author". ''Andover Historical Society Newsletter'' Vol.29, No. 4, Fall 2004. Andover Room R Fic (Andover Authors collection)
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=356114&t=junior%20book%20of%20authors&tp=keyword&l=5&d=1&hc=21&rt=keywordJunior Book of Authors],  page 53+ (JR 920 Kun)


*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=title&tp=title&t=brief%20sketch%20of%20the%20history%20of%20andover&ft=&l=5&d=0&f=&av= ''A Brief Sketch of the History of Andover''] by Edna A. Brown. Andover Room R 974.45 Bro (pamphlet Box 6)


*Taking Steps to Their Dream; Local Alternative Rockers Win Boston Battle of the Bands.(portrait)  ''Andover Townsman'', October 23, 2008, page 7.


*Hard Rock a Stepping Stone. Local Band One Step Away has Sunday Gig in Boston.  ''Andover Townsman'' 2/19/2009, p.11,12.


*Encore Performance. ''Andover Townsman'' April 2, 2009, p.20.
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--[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] 11:27, May 16, 2006 (EDT)
*Andover Bank Rocks haverhill. One Step Away Wins Rock Battle.(portrait) ''Andover Townsman'', September 3, 2009, page 19.
--[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] 16:52, January 2, 2013 (EST)
 
 
*One Step Away Wins Again.(portrait) ''Andover Townsman'', September 15, 2011, page 6.
 
 
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Edna Adelaide Brown, born in 1875, was author of more than one dozen children's books. She was appointed head librarian of Memorial Hall Library in 1906. She began to campaign for the addition of a room for children in her 1907 annual report. By 1913, she said, "In this age of society-forming, there should be a society for the prevention of cruelty to libraries." Her annual appeals for a separate space for children were finally successful when the Children's Room was added in 1926. She also extended library hours, initiated an open shelf system, and started the Ballardvale Branch of Memorial Hall Library. She retired in 1939 and died in 1944.



  • Four Gordons by Edna Adelaide Brown. Andover Room R Fic (Andover Author's Collection)
  • by Edna Adelaide Brown. Andover Room Fic J (Andover Author's Collection).
  • Whistling Rock by Edna A. Brown. Andover Room Fic J (Andover Authors Collection)


See

  • "Andover's First Woman Librarian Was Children's Author". Andover Historical Society Newsletter Vol.29, No. 4, Fall 2004. Andover Room R Fic (Andover Authors collection)
  • Book of Authors, page 53+ (JR 920 Kun)



--Leslie 10:27, February 9, 2012 (EST)

--Eleanor 11:27, May 16, 2006 (EDT) --Eleanor 16:52, January 2, 2013 (EST)

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