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Fifty-four percent of all Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 read at below sixth-grade level, while 70% all jailed adults cannot read at a fourth-grade level. Educator and literacy advocate Kareem Weaver works to correct this problem with the documentary film “The Right to Read.” Haverhill Promise, the local campaign for grade level […]

Local poet Mark Lipman presents the animated feature film of the epic poem, “The Empireid,” during a showing Wednesday at the Haverhill Public Library. The poem follows the story of Horacio, grandson of Venus, and the last of the Trojan line. The tale weaves history, legend, myth and warfare in a spellbinding saga. Award winning […]

(Additional photographs below.) The dedication Saturday morning of a new, 15,000-pound, four-tier granite fountain brought not only a celebration, but recognition of a vast array of individuals and groups that give their all in support of Haverhill. The fountain, a realization of Gale Park neighbors’ dream to restore the rich elegance of the park that […]

Buono Bistro Restaurant in North Andover hosts members of the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce for a Networking at Noon lunch later this month. Meal offering includes a choice of Chicken Parmesan Penne Puttanesca or Chicken Caesar Salad. The lunch takes place Tuesday, Nov. 28, from noon-11:15 p.m., at Buono Bistro Restaurant, 220 Sutton St., […]

Tonight is opening night for the JGWDrama’s presentation of “The Addams Family” which also continues Saturday and Sunday. The action-packed comedy promises to rattle your bones and give you goosebumps. Shows take place tonight and Saturday, beginning at 6 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 5, at 2 and 5:30 p.m., at John Greenleaf Whittier School, 256 […]

Should the new Dr. Albert B. Consentino School come with a change of name? That was a motion put before the Haverhill City Council this week by Councilor Joseph J. Bevilacqua, who suggested the new learning institution, scheduled to open in the fall of 2025, instead be named in honor of long-time Haverhill resident, educator, […]

Merrimack Valley Credit Union recently donated $30,000 to Haverhill’s Emmaus, which provides emergency shelter and affordable housing to families and individuals facing homelessness. The Credit Union began supporting Emmaus in 1994 and is currently the nonprofit’s longest running and largest corporate partner with more than $500,000 donated to Emmaus over nearly three decades. “Our organization […]

Tina Rawson is Greater Haverhill Arts Association’s featured member artist of the for November and December. Rawson’s work is featured at the Art Niche at UMass Lowell’s Innovation Hub at Harbor Place, 2 Merrimack St., Haverhill. It is open to the public during regular iHub hours. There’s more online at GHAA.art.

Bruins legend-turned-Marathoner Zdeno Chara will run the Feaster Five and serve as the official race starter, launching the start of thousands of runners and walkers who will head down Main Street on Thanksgiving morning. Chara, who completed the Boston Marathon earlier this year, will be joined by longtime Feaster Five VIP and World Marathon Challenge […]

A 27-year-old Haverhill man was one of two arrested Thursday in connection with dealing in cocaine and illegal firearms—including alleged ghost guns—in and around the Boston area. Cordell Miller of Haverhill and 32-year-old Malcolm Desir of Brockton were each charged with distribution of and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to do […]