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The next step in determining the future of Little River dam, off Winter Street in Haverhill, takes place next Wednesday. Review of the dam as a “climate-related hazard” began last year with a $70,600 state Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness grant, but city officials have also called the structure, originally built in the early 1800s to provide […]

This update contains the responses of lawyers for Lloyd Jennings and J. Bradford Brooks. A state Appeals Court today upheld an earlier ruling that a Haverhill cannabis retailer’s suit against two opponents is valid since the foes went to lengths that “fell outside any acceptable boundary.” Wednesday’s decision means Caroline Pineau, owner of Haverhill Stem, […]

Congresswoman Lori Trahan said Tuesday area public and private colleges and universities can expect post-COVID-19 financial relief from the American Rescue Plan Act. Trahan said nearly $82 million in emergency aid is coming for colleges, universities and students in Massachusetts’ Third Congressional District. Under the plan, UMass Lowell receives $27.6 million; Middlesex Community College, $13.6 […]

A recent walk-through of the Ornsteen Heel property by the Haverhill Conservation Commission delivered another perspective on the property’s redevelopment that was approved 8-1 by city councilors Tuesday night. (Separate story to follow.) Commissioners Ralph T. Basiliere and Thomas Wylie and city Environmental Health Technician Robert E. Moore Jr. toured the site and found various […]

A 54-year-old Haverhill man admitted Monday he raped an intellectually disabled woman who had been placed in his home by an adult foster care agency. Joseph Gagnon pleaded guilty to rape, two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14 and permitting abuse on a disabled person at a change of plea […]

Haverhill eighth graders are set to enjoy graduation ceremonies in June, but they still will not be the traditional type. While Gov. Charlie Baker recently loosened restrictions on public gatherings, School Superintendent Margaret Marotta told the School Committee recently that plans for this year’s middle school graduations have been in the works for several months […]

The Haverhill City Council gave the green light last night to construction of a 290-unit apartment complex, on the Merrimack River across from the Bradford commuter rail station. Key to the City Council’s support of the project by the Procopio Company of Lynnfield was a proposed nearly $2 million realignment and signalization of adjacent streets. […]

A Superior Court judge heard a Haverhill marijuana retailer’s request Monday for an order relieving the store of paying a community “impact fee” of $356,000 until a larger question over such fees is resolved by the courts. Essex County Superior Court James F. Lang, sitting in Newburyport and listening to testimony remotely, heard from lawyers […]

The Haverhill School Committee is moving ahead with an application for financial assistance from the state regarding needed repairs at two city schools. The Committee voted last Thursday to approve sending a statement of interest to the Massachusetts School Building Authority for necessary upgrades to the William H. Moody School and the Silver Hill Elementary […]

Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley and North Shore was one of 25 community-based organizations to receive a state contract as part of the Massachusetts Vaccine Equity Initiative to increase awareness and access to the COVID-19 vaccine in the 20 cities and towns hardest hit by the pandemic. The contracts are part of the Gov. […]