Andover, MA – First there were four: one high school senior, home alone Then there were eight: four more friends, invited to cheer By the time police arrived, they found an estimated 100 teenage revelers, Sometimes, parents return home to find their home ransacked. Last spring from the Boston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Geez, high school kids nowadays have all the fun. When the Dowbrigade was in high school we needed to use smoke signals or carrier pidgeons to spread the word about a hot party. Then they invented the telegraph, and the whole … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/sell-phones.gif\")
\nGeez, high school kids nowadays have all the fun. When the Dowbrigade
\n was in high school we needed to use smoke signals or carrier pidgeons to spread
\n the word about a hot party. Then they invented the telegraph, and
\n the whole world changed…
\n <\/em><\/p>\n
\n for the weekend, and three friends she invited over to hang out.<\/p>\n
\n on the Red Sox during a playoff game. But it didn’t stop there. As cellphones
\n chirped and instant messages flashed, kids looking for something, anything,
\n to do had found their Saturday night party.<\/p>\n
\n who quickly ditched the beer and marijuana pipes. The party ended when
\n police arrested and handcuffed the cheerleader and honors student who
\n had invited a few friends over.<\/p>\n
\n at an Andover party, shut down by police after it ballooned to 300
\n kids, there was $23,000 in damage and theft. Eight months later, there
\n are still lingering reminders: she recently discovered empty beer cans
\n in a box of winter hats and gloves.<\/p>\n