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Health insurance outside of employer-sponsored coverage, Medicare enrollment timeline, Medigap and Medicare Advantage plans and programs available to early retirees are among the topics to be presented during an upcoming Planning for Medicare talk. Led by a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts representative, the free presentation is geared towards individuals approaching Medicare eligibility. It […]

Methuen said Monday the city will ease its Winter Parking Ban if residents and visitors follow several rules. The city said due to the lack of additional snow for the time being and having no scheduled snow removal operations, police will allow vehicles to be left on a public street if parked in a completely […]

Haverhill city councilors tonight will take up pedestrian safety along Main Street after a 9-year-old was seriously injured last Thursday while leaving his school bus and struck by an allegedly drunken driver. City Council President Thomas J. Sullivan and Councilor John A. Michitson placed the matter on Tuesday’s agenda—the first full meeting of the city’s […]

There were no injuries, but dozens of people were displaced when a bathroom ceiling fan caught fire Saturday night at a 30-unit condominium building in Haverhill just as snow was fast accumulating. Haverhill Fire Chief Robert M. O’Brien said the department received a 9-1-1 emergency telephone call about 8:50. Six of 36 apartments at the […]

As of the beginning of December, Pentucket Bank employees devoted more than 4,800 community service hours in 2023—exceeding the goal that they set for the year. Annually, Pentucket Bank leadership sets an employee volunteerism goal, based on the hours of service provided by employees in the previous year with a challenge to increase their hours-of-service […]

Ahead of a Jan. 23 voter referendum on whether to build a new $444.6 million Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School, officials on Friday released revised estimates for an alternative renovation. The updated estimate to bring the 50-year-old school up to current building codes and undertake other improvements is about $350 million—or about $14 million […]

Massachusetts and New Hampshire have both released updated brochures to guide residents in the event of an emergency at the Seabrook nuclear power plant. Each state outlines its own communities and emergency plans and procedures for its portion of the10-mile radius emergency planning zone. New Hampshire communities are Brentwood, East Kingston, Exeter, Greenland, Hampton, Hampton […]

With Haverhill reporting more than a dozen inches of snow accumulation, public schools will remain closed Monday. School officials say the additional time will allow snow teams more time to continue clearing streets, sidewalks and school properties in time for reopening Tuesday. Meanwhile, Haverhill’s Public Works Department says it continues snow removal following its priority […]

The Haverhill Public Health Department plans a Flu and COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic this Thursday. The clinic is open to Haverhill residents age 12 and above and takes place Thursday, Jan. 11, from noon-4 p.m., at the Citizens Center, 10 Welcome St., Haverhill. Residents may pre-register online and follow the link for available appointments. Walk-in space […]

MeVa buses begin running Sundays starting this weekend along seven of its local routes. The transit authority said the routes will follow Saturday service and were chosen based on Saturday ridership, input from passengers and the community and routes with high concentrations of Sunday employment, shopping and places of worship. Sunday service serves every fixed […]