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Everyone wins! All Merrimack Valley Small Businesses that survived the pandemic have been collectively named winners of the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce’s “perseverance” award. U.S. Small Business Administration’s Robert Nelson is scheduled to address Chamber members Friday, June 11, from 7:30-9 a.m., as the organization conducts its Annual Small Business Recognition Awards at DiBurro’s […]

By WHAV Staff | Players competing in pickleball. (Creative Commons.) When the state Senate passed a $47.72 billion budget last week, it included earmarks for senior pickleball at Haverhill’s Riverside Park, prevention of student substance abuse and a youth and community center in Methuen, among others. Sen. Diana DiZoglio was among senators statewide that tacked on an additional $63.7 million in spending. The Senate and House must now work out differences between their plans in a six-member ...

Haverhill’s Buttonwoods Museum kicks off its seasonal free guided tours this week. Buttonwoods tour guide Doug Jenkins conducts a tour of historic Elmwood Cemetery Saturday, June 5, at noon.  Participants are advised to wear comfortable shoes as the cemetery’s ground is uneven. On Sunday, June 6, at 3 p.m., Jill Schoenberg walks a group through […]

About two dozen applicants met Tuesday’s deadline for expressing interest in becoming Haverhill’s next police chief. Mayor James J. Fiorentini quoted consultant Alan S. Gould as saying the city received “a great pool of applicants” from both within the department and outside. Gould, a former 21-year Salem, N.H., police officer, who now operates Municipal Resources, […]

By WHAV Staff | Rep. Linda Dean Campbell. (Courtesy photograph.) As a public service, 97.9 WHAV presents Community Spotlight at no charge for the benefit of Greater Haverhill nonprofit organizations. To submit news of events, fundraising appeals and other community calendar announcements, Click image. Local women who have been elected to office are encouraging others to join them and offering tips on mounting electoral campaigns during an online event tomorrow night. The League of Women Voter...

By Win Damon | YMCA Regional Executive Director Tracy Fuller. (WHAV News file photograph.) As spring turns into summer, the YMCA in Haverhill is preparing for the ninth year of its Haverhill Literacy Academy. Regional Executive Director Tracy Fuller says the program is in collaboration with Haverhill Public Schools and designed to help students with their reading skills, especially this year. “We’re excited to prepare for that, and we know that speaking of COVID that a lot of students have...

By WHAV Staff | File photograph. (Image licensed by Ingram Image.) Groveland residents who have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19 are being invited to receive the one-dose Johnson and Johnson shot next Monday. A clinic takes place Monday, June 7, from 10 a.m. to noon, at A.W. Chesterton, 860 Salem St. It is open to anyone 18 and older and there is no charge “While signs are trending positive, increasing the number of vaccinated residents increases the chance of community immunity,”...

By John Lee Grant | 1 hour ago Executive Assistant Beverly Cassano, School Committee member Gail M. Sullivan, Superintendent Margaret Marotta and Assistant Superintendent Michael Pfifferling at a Haverhill School Committee meeting. (WHAV News file photograph.) After nearly a year and a half of back-and-forth negotiations, the Haverhill School Committee and Haverhill Education Association reached agreement last week on pay increases and other benefits for the school’s educational support prof...

By WHAV Staff | (WHAV News file photograph.) A 26-year-old Haverhill man was arrested last Thursday afternoon and charged with assault and battery on a police officer, among other charges, at a retail plaza on Hilldale Avenue. David Smith of 22 Webster St., Haverhill, was also arrested on an outstanding warrant and charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct by Patrolman Nicholas Depina. Separately, police arrested 33-year-old Jacob Kendrick, with a last known address of 7 Sixth Ave.,...

By WHAV Staff | (File photograph.) A man was killed last night driving southbound on Interstate 495 in Andover after losing control of his car. Massachusetts State Police said the accident took place just before 11:30 p.m. Troopers said only that an adult male was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette when he lost control of his car, struck another vehicle and then went under the trailer portion of a tractor-trailer that was also traveling southbound. The man’s name, age and community are being ...