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Community colleges are seeing enrollment growth with new state initiatives and are poised for more if the state Senate is successful in providing free community college for everyone. Northern Essex Community College Vice President of Institutional Advancement Allison Dolan-Wilson, a recent guest on WHAV’s “Win for Breakfast” program, is delighted with the focus. “First and […]

The Haverhill School Committee, convening as a new body after the city’s first ward-based election, voted unanimously to make Paul A. Magliocchetti vice chair last Thursday night. New Ward 7 member Thomas Grannemann called to enlarge the nine subcommittees, with most previously having only two members each, in order to incorporate more viewpoints and workshop […]

The Massachusetts Senate last week moved to put the interest on the state’s $8.2 billion rainy day fund to use to help the state and local communities better compete for federal grants. The bill, “An Act to provide for competitiveness and infrastructure investment in Massachusetts,” would help the state take compete for up to $17.5 […]

The Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce has named Ski Bradford as its January business of the month. Ski Bradford, 60 S. Cross Road, Haverhill, offers nine lifts, three triple chairs, a Learn-to-Ski program and night skiing with 15 trails and glades and terrain park, totaling more than 60 acres of skiable terrain. Its snowmaking crew […]

As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, AgeSpan is highlighting 50 people over the age 60, as selected by the public. The organization lists such examples as a retired veteran who mentors youth at the local YMCA, an older community health worker connecting people to food or housing or a neighbor who knits blankets and […]

Methuen Police said Saturday there is no ongoing danger to the community after officers were sent earlier in morning to a report of a “disturbance” that resulted in a large police presence. Police Chief Scott J. McNamara said police were sent around 4 a.m. to a Brown Street home for a report of a disturbance, […]

Haverhill’s Special Education Parent Advisory Council and the Arc of Greater Haverhill-Newburyport discuss “Transition Planning 101” during an online meeting this month. Andrea Morris, director of Family Supports at the Arc of Greater Haverhill-Newburyport, discusses how to prepare young adults with disabilities, ages 14-22, for the world beyond secondary education, including employment, independent living and […]

Haverhill City Councilors agreed Tuesday to take what was called a “low risk” and spend $100,000 for plans and specifications required before replacing the boiler at the William H. Moody School. The risk comes because the Massachusetts School Building Authority, which accepted the pre-school into its Accelerated Repair Program, has yet to approve the design. […]

Haverhill’s new mayor is getting her feet wet—perhaps, literally—as she surveys water damage at the Haverhill Public Library that is expected to keep the building closed until next week. Mayor Melinda E. Barrett, who by virtue of her job is also chairman of the of the library’s board of trustees, said the library will remain […]

W. Warren Gerety, 81, of Freedom, N.H., and a former resident of Plaistow, N.H., for 40 years, and later of Fremont, died peacefully at his home, Tuesday evening, Jan. 9, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. Born in St. John’s, Newfoundland, son of the late William and Kathleen (Herridge) Gerety, he grew up traveling and […]