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Andover resident Mary McGarry Morris is a well known author,- both of novels and short stories, and a playwright. Mary's characters come from her life experience. Growing up she lived in a small town in Vermont, much like the settings of her novels. Later she became a state social worker and saw individuals struggling to maintain a life.
*Jesse Gallagher and Chris Cuomo sang together since middle school. They began to record on Gallagher's father's four-track recording machine and became  a band called Jyro.When Chris Hall saw a performance, he wanted to join the band. After a few years, he and Justin McLean joined with Jesse and Chris to form the Nubtones, from a silly song the group made up about a man who catches his foot in a door and calls it, "my nubby foot."


*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=1293917&t=morris%20mary%20mcgarry&tp=author&l=5&d=0&hc=27&rt=author&s=pubdate&sd=desc ''Light from a Distant Star''] (2011)
*The Nubtones, Chris Cuomo (vocals, guitar), Jesse Gallagher (vocals, guitar, bass), Justin McClean (bass, trumpet), Jake Hall (drums)were all graduates of Andover High when they put out their first album ''Androgenous Love Songs'' in 1999. It was a combination of Green-Day style punk to bouncy ska to melodic, hard-driven pop. InThey had been together for 3 years and were able to attract 300 to their recent shows.  
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=last%20secret%20morris&ft=&l=5&d=1&f=&av=&s=pubdate&sd=desc ''Last Secret''] (2009)
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=lost%20mother%20morris%20mcgarry&ft=&l=5&d=1&f=&av=&s=pubdate&sd=desc ''Lost Mother''] (2005)  
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?o=10&t=morris%20mary%20mcgarry&tp=author&l=5&d=0&hc=27&rt=author ''Hole in the Universe''] (2004)
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=426618&t=morris%20mary%20mcgarry&tp=author&l=5&d=0&o=10&hc=27&rt=author ''Fiona Range''] (2000)
* [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=vanished%20morris%20mcgarry&ft=&l=5&d=1&f=&av=&s=pubdate&sd=desc ''Vanished''] (1998) finalist for both a National Book Award and a Pen/Faulkner Award
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=songs%20in%20ordinary%20time%20morris%20mcgarry&ft=&l=5&d=1&f=&av=&s=pubdate&sd=desc ''Songs in Ordinary Time''] (1995) made into movie for television and listed as an Oprah Book Club pick
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=dangerous%20woman%20morris%20mcgarry&ft=&l=5&d=1&f=&av=&s=pubdate&sd=desc ''A Dangerous Woman''] (1992) made into a movie staring Debra Winger


*In 2000 the group released a song ''Hydroplaning'' on a web site called MP3.com which provided free exposure for the song. The song reached #2 on the MP3 emo chart and #1on the Massachusetts punk chart. A company called Angel City offered them an opportunity to play at a music trade show if they submitted 2 songs. The were accepted and set out for California.


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*Jesse Gallegher spent a year at Berklee Music School and joined another band, Apollo Sunshine.
*"Inside the Lives of Outsiders," ''Boston Globe'', March 9, 2005
*[http://www.andovertownsman.com/arts/x645346270/The-Last-Secret-is-out-Mary-McGarry-Morris-releasing-new-book "The Last Secret is Out: Mary McGarry Morris Releasing New Book"], ''Andover Townsman'', April 2, 2009
*[http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/x1385482245/McGarry-Morris-new-Light-runs-on-girl-power "McGarry Morris' new "Light from a Distant Star"], ''Andover Townsman'', October 6, 2011
*[http://www.amazon.com/Mary-McGarry-Morris/e/B000AQ4GZE Mary McGarry Morris]
 
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  • Jesse Gallagher and Chris Cuomo sang together since middle school. They began to record on Gallagher's father's four-track recording machine and became a band called Jyro.When Chris Hall saw a performance, he wanted to join the band. After a few years, he and Justin McLean joined with Jesse and Chris to form the Nubtones, from a silly song the group made up about a man who catches his foot in a door and calls it, "my nubby foot."
  • The Nubtones, Chris Cuomo (vocals, guitar), Jesse Gallagher (vocals, guitar, bass), Justin McClean (bass, trumpet), Jake Hall (drums)were all graduates of Andover High when they put out their first album Androgenous Love Songs in 1999. It was a combination of Green-Day style punk to bouncy ska to melodic, hard-driven pop. InThey had been together for 3 years and were able to attract 300 to their recent shows.
  • In 2000 the group released a song Hydroplaning on a web site called MP3.com which provided free exposure for the song. The song reached #2 on the MP3 emo chart and #1on the Massachusetts punk chart. A company called Angel City offered them an opportunity to play at a music trade show if they submitted 2 songs. The were accepted and set out for California.
  • Jesse Gallegher spent a year at Berklee Music School and joined another band, Apollo Sunshine.
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