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The Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce is having a Networking Breakfast at 505 Sutton in North Andover. The session features networking, continental breakfast and business card drawing for door prizes. It takes place Friday, March 8, from 8-9:15 a.m., at 505 Sutton, 495 Sutton St., North Andover. Admission is $10 for members and $15 for […]

This Friday is the deadline for submitting workshop proposals for 13th Annual Virtual Conference, “LGBTQ+ Elders in an Ever-Changing World,” taking place in June. All workshop proposals are welcomed, particularly those that focus on this year’s theme, “Bridges to Belonging: Fostering Inclusivity and Identity in LGBTQ+ Aging.” The conference is a joint effort of the […]

(Additional photographs below.) In advance of the March 5 presidential primary, students from Haverhill High School put together a voter awareness campaign—recording videos with HC Media, helping their peers register, and distributing information through the school’s website and social media. The goal was to not only increase turnout for the national primary, but encourage voting […]

The skeletal remains of a 53-year-old Haverhill man, last seen last July, were discovered Sunday morning in Saugus woods. Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker’s office said Tuesday the remains were positively identified by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner as those of John F. Lawler of Haverhill. Tucker and Saugus Police Chief […]

Kim Varney Chandler, author of “Covered Bridges of New Hampshire,” shares the history of the Whittier Covered Bridge in Ossipee, N.H., during an online talk Thursday sponsored by Haverhill’s Whittier Birthplace. The bridge, built around 1870 and presumably by Jacob Berry, is one of 22 Paddleford truss bridges remaining in the world. The 133-foot covered […]

The public is invited Saturday to learn about help and resources available from the state attorney general’s office during Community Action Hours Saturday in Lawrence. In the first in a series of community outreach programs, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell’s Community Engagement Division and Consumer Advocacy and Response Division staff will present information in both […]

Pentucket Bank closes its main branch today and opens a temporary downtown office as well as a revamped Riverside branch—all in preparation for a $160 million downtown Haverhill redevelopment. The long-considered plans, first reported by WHAV more than two years ago and confirmed last year, are now taking shape following developer Salvatore N. Lupoli’s closing […]

MassHire Merrimack Valley Career Center and Northern Essex Community College are having a Spring Health and Human Services Job Fair. The fair presents job seekers with opportunities to meet with local healthcare companies. The fair takes place Monday, March 4, from10 a.m.-1 p.m., at the Northern Essex Community College Dimitry Building, 45 Franklin St., Lawrence. […]

An estimated one in five Essex County residents lacks access to internet service and computers, along with an understanding of how to use digital devices. Aiming to solve this disparity, the third annual Digital Equity Challenge invites individuals with ideas that address these issues to enter the annual pitch contest, which will award $10,000 in […]

Pentucket Regional School District’s annual Pentucket Music Virtual Recital takes place online next week. Performances from Pentucket Regional Middle and High School Band, choir, orchestra, percussion and jazz students with a special appearance from the Pentucket Regional Middle and High School Faculty Rock Band. The virtual recital takes place Tuesday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m., on […]