ANDOVER — The Boston Saxophone Quartet will play a free afternoon concert at Memorial Hall Library on Sunday at 2 p.m.
The performance will feature a blend of musical styles including swing, ragtime, jazz, The Beatles and music from the Renaissance. Featured will be woodwind performers Tom Ferrante, Terry Anthony, Rod Ferland and Peter Cokkinias.
Memorial Hall Library is at 2 N. Main St. Visit www.mhl.org or call 978-623-8401, ext.31 or 32 for information.
Tsongas hosts telephone town hall tonight
Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, D-Lowell, will host a telephone town hall meeting tonight at 7, to discuss health care reform with Fifth District residents.
House leaders last week introduced the Affordable Health Care for America Act, which is a blend of the three health care reform bills that were approved by separate House committees earlier this year. The bill is designed to greatly expand health insurance coverage while lowering costs in the health care system.
Tsongas will hear residents opinions and share her thoughts on the bill over the telephone.
The number to call is 888-886-6602 and enter 13601# as the conference access code.
Kiwanians cleanup to honor war hero
ANDOVER — On Saturday, the Greater Lawrence Kiwanis Club will clean up around the George L. Street Memorial Bridge, named for the town's most decorated naval officer.
The cleanup also coincides with Veterans Day, which will be observed on Wednesday, Nov. 11.
Street served in the Navy for 29 years, and was awarded the Medal of Honor, while commanding the submarine USS Tirante in World War II.
His Pacific exploits inspired the 1958 movie "Run Silent, Run Deep," starring Clark Gable. Street lived in Andover for 30 years. He was 86 when he died in 2000.
The bridge, honoring him, crosses over Interstate 495 on Greenwood Road.
On Saturday, Kiwanians and their families will cut grass, pulled weeds and swept the sidewalks.
It will be the second time the club conducts the bridge clean up.
Lawrence man named to NECC board
LAWRENCE — Daniel Rivera of Lawrence, an Army veteran, has been named to the Northern Essex Community College Board of Trustees by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. He replaces Dalia Diaz, whose term has expired.
Rivera, marketing operations manager for Aspentech Inc. in Burlington, oversees the marketing operations for the marketing department. Prior to Aspentech, he worked as the marketing data manager for Philips, Lifeline in Framingham. He served as economic development director for former Congressman Martin Meehan and was special assistant to former Lawrence mayor Patricia Dowling.
He is a 1989 graduate of the U.S. Army Military Police Academy. He served in the Third Armor Division stationed in Frankfurt, Germany when the Berlin Wall fell and Desert Shield/Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia and Iraq. He earned numerous awards and medals, including the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Southwest Asia Service Medal with two Bronze Stars.
He holds a bachelor's in political science from University of Massachusetts Amherst and a master's in business administration from the Sawyer School of Management at Suffolk University in Boston.
He has been involved in civic organizations, including Hispanic Week in Lawrence, the Latin Scholarship Fund, the Lawrence 150th Anniversary Celebration committee, Bread & Roses Festival Committee, Lawrence City Democratic Committee, Family Service, the Ward A Democratic Committee and the Prospect Hill and Mount Vernon Neighborhood associations.
