Page 43 - F Cc News Today

State Veterans Services Secretary Jon Santiago addresses veterans and families this Thursday when the Rotary Club of Haverhill hosts its Eighth Annual Veterans Awards Breakfast. Santiago serves as the first person to assume the veterans secretary role as a full cabinet-level position in Massachusetts. Santiago is a major in the U.S. Army Reserve, an emergency […]

Haverhill students showed off their mathematic skills to the Haverhill School Committee at last Thursday’s meeting. The presentation resulted from a comment at a recent school board meeting that math being taught to students these days has evolved so significantly over the years, parents find they are not able to help their children with math […]

Local author and historian David Goudsward has released his 22nd book, a revised and expanded edition of his award-winning “Ancient Stone Sites of New England.” In it, Goudsward discusses megalithic stones, stone chambers and petroglyphs scattered across New England. Theories regarding Norse, Phoenician, Irish, Celtic and Native American origins are presented. Previous works include editing […]

Police are searching for an 18-year-old Lawrence resident wanted in connection with a Worcester murder at Worcester State University. The office of Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. Kevin Rodriguez said two men were found with gunshot wounds around 2:30 a.m., Saturday, on the Worcester campus. Both were taken to area hospitals and […]

Haverhill’s favorite dogs played a form of reverse fetch over the weekend, bringing in visitors for “Big Dog Show” at Bradford Common. Whittier Birthplace again sponsored the signature public art exhibition of Haverhill-based artist Dale Rogers’ “American Dogs.” When the votes were counted, this year’s Best Dressed Big Dog was the Van Gogh Dog, decorated […]

Editor’s Note: This is an update of earlier versions of this story. Marking the 85th anniversary of the historic broadcast, 97.9 WHAV airs the original “Mercury Theater on the Air” presentation of the “War of the Worlds,” Monday, Oct. 30, with an encore three hours later at 1 a.m.  The supposed Martian invasion of Earth […]

Haverhill’s Amazon distribution center is rolling out 80 fully electric delivery vans—one of only a handful of company sites across the state to do so. Jon Greeley of Amazon’s economic development team, told a group of local officials yesterday the company has 10,000 electric vehicles across the country and its goal is to have an […]

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is taking place in Haverhill and area communities Saturday. Presented by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, the collection “reflects the agency’s commitment to Americans’ safety and health, encouraging the public to remove unneeded medications from their homes as a measure of preventing medication misuse and opioid addiction from ever […]

Haverhill’s fall Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day takes place tomorrow morning. Residents may drop off a variety of items, including chemistry set chemicals; mercury products such as thermostats, fluorescent lamps and thermometers; oil paint and paint thinners, varnish, stain and shellac; moth balls and crystals; insecticides and pesticides; poisons; pool chemicals; waste fuels and more. […]

Plaistow, N.H., is inviting veterans to breakfast as part of the town’s upcoming Veteran’s Day program. The event takes place Saturday, Nov. 11, from 8:30-10:30 a.m., at the Vic Geary Center, 18 Greenough Road, in Plaistow. Residents are asked to join in and add their thanks for veterans’ service.