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Haverhill Councilors Consider Amesbury Line and Merrimac Roads Crossing Redesign
(Additional photograph below.) A committee will help decide how to improve safety at the intersection of Amesbury Line Road and Merrimac Road. As part of a lengthy discussion Tuesday night, Ward 4 City Councilor Melissa J. Lewandowski asked city officials to consider traffic control signals. “This particular intersection, which is in the Rocks Village area in Ward 4, is a very treacherous…
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Podcast: Emmaus’ 37th Annual Cycle for Shelter Sept. 6 Helps Alleviate Homelessness
Upwards of 200 bicyclists will hit the road in September to help raise money to help prevent homelessness in Haverhill. Al Hanscom, president and CEO of Emmaus in Haverhill. (WHAV News photograph.) Al Hanscom, president and CEO of Emmaus in Haverhill, was a recent guest on WHAV’s “Win for Breakfast” program. Hanscom chatted with host Win Damon about Emmaus programs to prevent homelessness and its…
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Statewide Tomato Winners Include Haverhill’s Wally’s Vegetables and West Newbury’s Grant Family Farm
To submit Business Bulletin announcements, click on image. Haverhill-based Wally’s Vegetables and West Newbury’s Grant Family Farm were named winners this past Tuesday at the Boston Public Market for the 40th Annual Massachusetts Tomato Contest. Wally’s Vegetables won twice in the Heirloom category for its Striped German and Brandywine tomatoes. In the Slicing category, Grant Family Farm was…
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Haverhill Cultural Council Seeks Input on How It Awards Local Grants
The Haverhill Cultural Council is seeking the public’s input on how it allocates state money to artists and cultural organizations. The Council is asking the public to take a six-question Community Survey by the end of the month. There are versions in in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole. Questions range from how the public hears about community events to what categories of cultural and arts…
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Macone Offers Merrimack River Hike Aug. 21
As part of its mission, WHAV provides information and resources targeting health and wellness, food insecurity, after-school programs, education, arts and culture and housing to residents of Greater Haverhill and the Merrimack Valley. To submit news of events, fundraising appeals and other announcements, click on the image. John Macone leads a free hike along the banks of the Merrimack River…
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Merrimack Valley Chamber Members to Network at JBS Corp in Methuen
To submit Business Bulletin announcements, click on image. JBS Corp of Methuen hosts members of the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce for a networking breakfast Thursday morning. JBS Corp provides individual or business tax preparation, planning or accounting and bookkeeping. Breakfast takes place Thursday, Aug. 21, from 8-9:15 a.m., at JBS Corp, 201 Broadway St., Methuen. Admission is $10…
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Lupoli Says Downtown Haverhill Garage Ready in January, Mixed-Use Buildings Next
(Additional graphic below.) The new garage at the corner of Main and Merrimack Streets in downtown Haverhill should be ready for use by the end of the year and two mixed-use buildings will follow with less commercial space than originally envisioned. The outlook was part an update executives of the Lupoli Companies gave Haverhill city councilors Tuesday night. Morgan Pierson, senior vice…
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State Awards Annual First Responder Staffing Grants to Haverhill and Lawrence
Haverhill and Lawrence will each receive money again this year to pay for police and fire staff under an unusual state program where only 10 cities in the state are eligible. Haverhill was awarded $333,792 and Lawrence $1.2 million on Tuesday under the Massachusetts Municipal Public Safety Staffing Program. Officials said payment of the grants was sped up this year as part of the state’s response…
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State Approves Haverhill High’s Health Assisting and Other CTE Programs in Methuen and Lawrence
To submit school announcements, click on image. New high school programs in Haverhill, Methuen and Greater Lawrence are among the state’s newly approved career technical education programs. Haverhill High School’s Health Assisting, Methuen High’s Multimedia and Broadcast Production and Greater Lawrence Regional Technical High School’s Aviation Maintenance were among 18 programs in 16 high schools…
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Newburyport YWCA Breaks Ground on 48 Affordable Senior Apartments in Methuen
Methuen is getting an additional 48 units of subsidized housing for very low-income seniors. The YWCA of Greater Newburyport broke ground Tuesday on a second building next to its initial 48-unit YWCA Residences at Ingalls Court. The complex is on the grounds of the Nevins Nursing and Rehab Centre. Construction is expected to take two years. On hand for the ground breaking ceremony was 3rd…
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Methuen Police Arrest Three Derry Men; Report Taking Fentanyl and Gun Off the Streets
Methuen Police Department said Tuesday three Derry, N.H., men were arrested Monday on drug charges, taking fentanyl and a pistol off the city streets. Methuen Police Street Crimes Unit reported arresting 20-year-old Jacob Barreiro, 44-year-old Joshua McKinnon and 35-year-old Thomas Winward, all of Derry, were charged with trafficking fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute amphetamine.…
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Greater Haverhill Arts Association 2025 Art Festival Sept. 6
As part of its mission, WHAV provides information and resources targeting health and wellness, food insecurity, after-school programs, education, arts and culture and housing to residents of Greater Haverhill and the Merrimack Valley. To submit news of events, fundraising appeals and other announcements, click on the image. Greater Haverhill Arts Association’s annual Art Festival, featuring works…
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Haverhill Considers Equipping School Buses with Cameras to Catch Flashing Light Violators
Click image for Haverhill City Council agenda. Haverhill city councilors Tuesday review how equipping school buses with cameras can help catch drivers who pass buses with flashing stop lights. City officials have discussed purchasing the equipment since the state adopted a regulating permitting the cameras. A potential vendor recently contacted Mayor Melinda E. Barrett’s office with a break-even…
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Haverhill Education Support Professionals Also Ratify New Contract
To submit school announcements, click on image. For the first time in two years, Haverhill school paraprofessionals will begin the new school year with a contract in place. Members of the Haverhill Education Association Education Support Staff Unit voted Monday overwhelmingly to accept the terms of a state-appointed fact finder that provides for two years of back pay and two hourly increases in…
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‘Hungry Hillies’ Food Truck Would Support Summer Meals, Help Farm-to-Table Classes
To submit school announcements, click on image. Haverhill School Superintendent Margaret Marotta is proposing to purchase a fully equipped food truck to be used as both a mobile food pantry as well as to deliver prepared meals to sites where children congregate around the city. Marotta told the Haverhill School Committee last week there is federal money available in the school’s revolving…
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Artie Demoulas Speaks Out on Sisters’ Removal of Board Member
To submit Business Bulletin announcements, click on image. The removal of a board member of Demoulas Super Markets during the latest round of company infighting brought condemnation Monday from suspended CEO Arthur T. Demoulas. A statement from Demoulas noted Bill Shea, a company director for 26 years, was removed last Thursday by the three Demoulas sisters—Frances Kettenbach, Glorianne Demoulas…
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Haverhill Groups Organize ‘Arts Alive: A Night of Resistance and Resilience’
As part of its mission, WHAV provides information and resources targeting health and wellness, food insecurity, after-school programs, education, arts and culture and housing to residents of Greater Haverhill and the Merrimack Valley. To submit news of events, fundraising appeals and other announcements, click on the image. “Arts Alive: A Night of Resistance and Resilience” is an upcoming event…
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