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(Additional image below.) A ceremonial start of construction of the new Dr. Albert B. Consentino School takes place Monday morning with the school chorus performing and talks by Massachusetts School Building Authority CEO James MacDonald and city and school officials. The groundbreaking ceremony is open to the public, Monday, Nov. 20, starting at 10 a.m., […]

Northern Essex Community College was recently selected as an education partner for Amazon’s Career Choice program, providing Amazon’s hourly employees with access to the college’s 60 degree and certificate programs. As a partner for the Career Choice program, Amazon covers tuition and fees for eligible employees to enroll in courses at Northern Essex. They can […]

(Additional photograph below.) Haverhill City Councilor Thomas J. Sullivan is currently the favorite to lead the City Council as its president in January. Sullivan, second highest vote getter with an unofficial 6,418 votes recorded last week, received the endorsement Monday of current Council Vice President John A. Michitson, who topped the count with 6,508 votes […]

The Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce is asking its members to take a position on the way taxes are proportioned between homeowners and commercial, industrial and personal property owners when councilors meet tonight to assign property tax rates. As WHAV reported Monday, if councilors maintain a 165% proportion for commercial and industrial properties, Assessor Christine […]

The spirit of the season is coming to Gale Park with the annual lighting of the holiday trees there. The Gale Park Neighbors will serve hot cocoa and fresh baked goods will be on sale on Sunday, Nov. 26, beginning at 6 p.m., at the park located between Kenoza Avenue and Mill Street in Haverhill. […]

The Haverhill School Committee says it has reached an impasse in contract negotiations with educational support professionals—or ESPs for short, prompting a request for a mediator to step in. Haverhill Education Association President Barry Davis said he was surprised last Thursday when he was notified by the state Department of Labor Relations of the mediation […]

The Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce plans a business networking mixer next week at Haverhill’s Aspen Hill Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. Besides networking, the event features door prizes and raffles and complimentary appetizers and wine. It takes place Monday, Nov. 20, from 5-7 p.m., at Aspen Hill Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 190 North Ave., Haverhill. […]

How much homeowners and commercial-industrial property owners pay in real estate taxes—and the rate spread between the classes, is expected to be decided Tuesday night during the city’s annual tax classification hearing. Past hearings have doubled as a second round of budget talks with councilors and Mayor James J. Fiorentini airing differences over using any […]

A 46-year-old Haverhill man, driving a tractor-trailer unit, and a 16-year-old Amesbury driver and passengers in a Honda SUV, escaped injury after a crash Friday afternoon. New Hampshire State Police said, at about 2 p.m., the 16-year-old merged onto Interstate 95 South in Portsmouth, N.H., into the path of a 2012 Freightliner tractor with an […]

Bill Cashman and Rickey B. Silverman present “Jedi Mind Tricks to Fight Anxiety” this Thursday to help people overcome performance anxiety and the fear of “choking” when addressing the public. Silverman, a licensed psychologist, and Cashman, a toastmaster and educator who overcame his own anxiety, present free tips to help others. They will discuss what […]