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City officials are reporting progress in their efforts to improve delivery of substance abuse and mental health services closer to home with the creation of a local hub. While the state has designated Danvers-based Eliot Community Human Services to serve Haverhill, councilors have asked since April for a city-based center. Mayoral Chief of Staff Christine […]

Former state Rep. Frank A. “Boose” Emilio, who represented Haverhill from 1981 to 1991, died Friday at High Pointe Hospice House surrounded by his family. He was 88. Emilio was born Aug. 31, 1935 to Francesco and Ida (Perrozzi) Emilio both from Pescina, Italy. He attended Haverhill Public Schools, was a three-letter athlete and graduated […]

(Additional photographs below.) The first YMCA Freight Farm in the country was formally inaugurated Wednesday at Haverhill’s Gateway Academy. The 40 by 8-foot shipping container, adorned in bright colors with the message “The Y Feeds Kids” on the side, is a collaboration between the Haverhill Y and Haverhill Public Schools. Inside the hydroponic farm, behind […]

(Additional photograph below.) Massachusetts Gov. Maura T. Healey used the backdrop of a Haverhill YMCA child care program to highlight her $1 billion tax cut, including, as the administration describes, “the nation’s most generous Child and Family Tax Credit.” Healey came to the Y in downtown Haverhill yesterday to call attention to her signing this […]

Two Lawrence women, ages 56 and 38, were arrested Tuesday by Methuen Police and charged in connection with the physical abuse of a 10-year-old child on a bus contracted with Methuen Public Schools. Nancy Vasquez, a bus monitor, was charged with assault and battery on a disabled person, while Marlene Cruz, a bus driver, was […]

Residents of Methuen, Plaistow, N.H., Lawrence and other communities were indicted by a federal grand jury in New Hampshire in connection with a Lawrence-based drug trafficking operation. New Hampshire U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young said Thursday that over the past day and a half, police arrested nine of 15 people on conspiracy to distribute controlled […]

It’s getting hot, hot, hot at the Haverhill Firefighting Museum with the annual Chili Cookoff. Chefs are invited to bring their best recipes to the museum where taste-testing visitors will decide which spicy dishes are best. For a $10 admission fee, there will also be door prizes, a silent auction and more. The Haverhill Firefighting […]

A community celebration is set to take place tomorrow in downtown Methuen with the observance of the sixth annual Methuen Day. Methuen City Councilor and Methuen Day Chairwoman Eunice D. Zeiger was a recent guest on WHAV’s “Win for Breakfast” program and outlined what to expect. “We have the police station open house from 10-2 […]

The Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce is having a Volunteer Fair to recruit volunteers for local nonprofit organizations. Organizers say the fair is an excellent opportunity for interested volunteers to take a look at different organizations and what they bring forth to the community. Among those attending are the Haverhill YMCA, Northern Essex Elder Transportation, […]

I’m going to frank with you. WHAV would normally be starting its fall fundraising campaign this week, but we’ve had to have all hands on deck to cover news from carjackings to a gubernatorial visit and the opening of a school container farm to updates on the most consequential local election in the city’s history. […]