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'''1829''' - An engine house was built for the Friendly Fire Service, a private company.
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1058017 The Invention of Lying], starring Jennifer Garner, was filmed in a home on Regency Ridge in the spring of 2008. Based on a screenplay by Matt Robinson titled "This Side of Truth."
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1281374 Don McKay], was filmed at Letourneau's Pharmacy and Palmer's Restaurant in the fall of 2008.  The movie stars Elizabeth Shue and Thomas Hayden Church.
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2279864 Clear History] (TV movie) 2013
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016 The Social Network] 2010


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* "Andover: Hollywood East or Hollywood bust?," ''Andover Townsman'', March 5, 2009.
'''1833''' - Town Meeting voted the sum of $365 to build an engine house on Essex Street.
* [http://www.mafilm.org/made-in-mass/ The Massachusetts Film Office]
 
1855 - The town splits.  North Andover gets two fire engines; Andover gets one.
 
'''1862''' - The Friendly Fire Society was renamed the Shawsheen Steam Fire Engine Company.
 
'''1882''' - A new fire station was built behind the Town Hall on Main Street
 
'''1895''' - The Ballardvale Station was relocated to the corner of Andover Street and Clark Road.
 
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*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=487303&t=ANDOVER%20CENTURY%20OF%20CHANGE&tp=keyword&d=0&hc=3&rt=keyword ''Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996''] by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), page 194.
 
 
[[Image:Andover_Town_Hall.jpg|thumb|...''The Andover Central Fire Station, circa 1910''.... click to enlarge|left]]
 
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*"Postcards from home," ''Andover Townsman'', December 25, 2014, p. 16. <br style="clear:both;" />
 
 
'''1924''' - Andover established a Fire Department with Charles Emerson appointed as the first Fire Chief.  By then "horses had become a thing of the past."
 
[[Image:fire_dept.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Andover Fire Trucks 1920's and 2006... click to enlarge]]
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* "1924," [http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=Andover%20what%20it%20was&ft=&l=1&d=0&f=&av=Andover, What It Was, What It Is: 300th Anniversary, May 30 - June 2, 1946], (974.45 And)
 
*"Past and Present" The Townsman, April 20, 2006




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'''1966''' - A new fire station was built in West Andover on Chandler Road.


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--[[User:Kim|Kim]] 16:10, October 18, 2012 (EDT)
*[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=487303&t=ANDOVER%20CENTURY%20OF%20CHANGE&tp=keyword&d=0&hc=3&rt=keyword''Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996''] by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), page 194.


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'''1997'''<br>
The Fire Department bought a hovercraft to aid water/ ice rescues.
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*"Fire Department Will Hover to the Rescue",'' Townsman'', August 28, 1997, page 1.
'''2002''' <br>
In September Main Street Fire Station was razed and construction was begun on the [[Andover Public Safety Center]] to house both fire and police. 
'''2006''' -  There are three fire stations in Andover:
* Central Headquarters at 32 Main Street
* West Fire Substation at 200 Greenwood Road
* Ballardvale Fire Substation at 1 Clark Road
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*  [http://www.andoverps.net/fire/ Andover Fire Rescue]
*"Decisions Await", ''Andover Townsman'', July 10, 2008, page 1.
*"Andover Mulls the Future of Ballardvale Fire Station", ''Eagle Tribune'', March 17, 2009, page 1 and 4.
*"Vote a Step Toward Replacing Ballardvale Fire Station", ''Andover Townsman'', June 4, 2009, page 5.
*"Two sites eyed in final Ballardvale fire station plan," ''Andover Townsman'', October 10, 2013, p. 1.
*"New options for Ballardvale fire station," ''Andover Townsman'', 6 February 2014, p. 1.
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--[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] ([[User talk:Eleanor|talk]]) 15:06, 27 April 2016 (EDT)
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Latest revision as of 15:22, 5 January 2017

  • The Invention of Lying, starring Jennifer Garner, was filmed in a home on Regency Ridge in the spring of 2008. Based on a screenplay by Matt Robinson titled "This Side of Truth."
  • Don McKay, was filmed at Letourneau's Pharmacy and Palmer's Restaurant in the fall of 2008. The movie stars Elizabeth Shue and Thomas Hayden Church.
  • Clear History (TV movie) 2013
  • The Social Network 2010

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--Kim 16:10, October 18, 2012 (EDT)

--Dean (talk) 14:22, 5 January 2017 (EST)

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