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Educational support professionals currently negotiating a new contract with Haverhill Public Schools appear to have fresh backing from the state’s two senators. Sen. Edward J. Markey, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has put forward the Paraprofessionals and Education Support Staff Bill of Rights. It’s a resolution that calls for […]

Haverhill voters responded last night with a resounding “no” to the idea of candidates seeking and holding more than one office and defeated two candidates who sought to do so. Coincidentally or not, incumbent School Committee member Toni Sapienza-Donais lost both the Ward 2 School Committee seat and Ward 2 City Council post. Likewise, Fred […]

A new holiday tradition—a “Santa Stumble Stroll”—is being introduced by the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce. The first ever annual Santa Stumble Stroll takes place Friday, Dec. 1, from 7 on, around downtown Haverhill. It features specialty cocktails from such participating restaurants and bars as Casa Blanca Mexican Cantina, 7 p.m.; G’s Texas Southern Flare, […]

Rideshare and delivery drivers, currently classified as independent contractors, would be entitled to full employment benefits if a bill filed in the House by Haverhill Rep. Andy X. Vargas wins passage. Vargas testified Monday in support of his bill which would benefit drivers for such companies as Uber, Lyft, Instacart and others by requiring employers […]

State Sens. Barry R. Finegold and Pavel Payano are inviting residents to express their opinions on issues important to them, ask questions and learn more about local and state matters during a Haverhill town hall forum next week. Finegold and Payano are expected to outline their legislative priorities and Reps. Andy X. Vargas and Ryan […]

By Marc Lemay. You can call her Mayor-Elect Melinda E. Barrett. On Tuesday, the 10-year city councilor defeated Guy E. Cooper for the seat in the corner office of City Hall. Barrett received 7,038 votes to Cooper’s 3,024 votes in unofficial results. In her acceptance speech to supporters, she reflected on the overall movement that […]

A Methuen woman was named Monday to the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Women Veterans. Karen Frias was sworn in by Gov. Maura Healey with Executive Office of Veterans Services Secretary Jon Santiago at the Grand Staircase of the Massachusetts State House. Others sworn in come from across the Commonwealth. Last May, Healey signed an executive order, reestablishing […]

Haverhill City Clerk Kaitlin M. Wright is encouraging residents who haven’t already voted to take part in today’s general election—which will bring in a new mayor in January and the city’s first ward councilors and school committee members. Wright says about 2,800 Haverhill residents took part in early voting and vote-by-mail as of Monday. She […]

Firefighters from Haverhill and Methuen were among 35 graduates Friday from the 50-day Career Recruit Firefighting Training Program. New state Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine congratulated the recruits and recounted how he once took the same steps. “Although I’m proud to serve as your state fire marshal today, 25 years ago I knew very little […]

An 81-year-old man was taken to a local hospital Friday afternoon after first responders were sent to railroad tracks near the Joseph C. Comeau Bridge in Haverhill for a car parked on the tracks. Haverhill Police, Fire and Trinity EMS responded around 4:15 p.m., Friday, while commuter rail service in the area was halted for […]