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Children (and people old enough to know better) dressed in wild costumes, wizard hats, painted faces, and spoke to each other with British accents and waited...and waited...and waited....until their numbers were called. When the
store clerk finally announced that ticket numbers
one-through-ten could line up, a The very first book was purchased by Antony Batis (above) of Lawrence who drew further cheers from the crowd as he walked away from the counter reading page one. It was only minutes after midnight when Batis purchased his copy but those unfortunate enough to get a high number (our reporter had 437) had to wait until after 1:30am to satisfy the curiosity and wonder of eager children. Though some adults purchasing the book admitted they were buying it for themselves.
For the record, Torissi wasn't wearing a purple wizards costume.
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Hundreds of people crowded Borders
Book Store at the Loop in Methuen last night for the
release of Harry Potter, "The Half Blooded
Prince". By 11pm the store had so little room for
the number of people coming in, that customers sat on the
floor with their children playing board games, reading
books and coloring pictures because there was no place to
move. 
cheer came over the store as
children could barely contain their excitement. 
Surprisingly (at least to me) North
Andover's very own State Representative David Torrisi
(D), was on hand to get his precious copy of "The
Half Blodded Prince" when ticket numbers 100-150
were called.