North Andover

Closer to home, in a place called North Auschwitz, Massachusetts — I mean, North Andover, Massachusetts — town leaders have hoisted a Palestinian flag over the town commonly used to honor those who launched the terrorist attack against Israel.

“North Andover is an incredibly comfortable, friendly, welcoming town. It’s not antisemitic,” said Marc Freedman, president of the local synagogue.

In the fall of 2006, Schwalm said she left her photo editing position in New York to live with Amendola in North Andover.

Amendola, who recently retired from the AP, died Thursday at her home in North Andover, Massachusetts, after a 13-year battle with ovarian cancer, her wife and fellow photographer Mary Schwalm said Friday.

Despite winning their conference tournament this week, players from Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass., probably will watch those proceedings from dorm room chairs and sofas.