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A 14-year-old was charged Wednesday with murder in connection with the Sept. 6 shooting of 19-year-old Angie Aristy of Lawrence. Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker said Thursday Massachusetts State Police tracked down and arrested Jobe Santiago who allegedly shot Aristy near 300 Howard St., in Lawrence. Santiago’s name, despite his age, is being […]

The City of Haverhill Thursday said it has awarded between $10,000 and $36,000 of Fresh Food Grants to a dozen local aid and education groups. As WHAV reported previously, Haverhill sought applications from food pantries, nonprofit community meal providers and soup kitchens to share in $200,000 in federal American Rescue Plan Act money. Haverhill Mayor […]

The mayor walked out and uttered a cuss word as tensions ran high at Thursday’s Haverhill School Committee meeting as the Haverhill Education Association continued its pursuit of what it calls a living wage for the city’s educational support professionals. Prior to last night’s meeting, dozens of teachers and other school personnel stood outside city […]

Haverhill Mayor James J. Fiorentini is set to be honored in November by MassINC’s Gateway Cities Innovation Institute. Fiorentini will be presented with the Mayor Bill Carpenter Award for excellence in Gateway Cities Leadership. Haverhill’s mayor, who is retiring this year after serving 20 years, is being recognized for stabilizing city finances, establishing a model […]

Haverhill’s Board of Registrars meets Tuesday to consider provisional ballots cast during this week’s preliminary election and approve the final results. The outcome will likely have no effect on mayoral frontrunner Melinda E. Barrett, who garnered an updated 3,891 votes Tuesday, but could lead to a recount to decide the second name to appear on […]

Driscoll Funeral Home on Friday hosts its Third Annual Appreciation Cookout, an afternoon of celebration and honor for Haverhill’s public safety departments and city employees. Members of the Haverhill Police and Fire Departments; Trinity EMS division of PrideSTAR EMS; and City of Haverhill municipal departments are invited to a cookout featuring local restaurants and celebrity […]

Three items on the Haverhill School Committee’s agenda tonight center on the body’s apparent closed-door vote to end legal action against the Haverhill teachers’ union to recover costs related to last fall’s strike. At least one of the items is required because WHAV challenged the legality of the so-called executive session, arguing the Committee failed […]

On yesterday’s fifth anniversary of natural gas fires and explosions that rocked Lawrence, Andover and North Andover, members of the state’s federal legislative delegation called on the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to “strongly implement” the safeguards included in the Leonel Rondon Pipeline Safety Act. The act, which became law in 2020, is named […]

An industrial research chemist will speak tonight to the realities of artificial intelligence. Bob Spillman will raise awareness of the benefits and risks of AI. The technology has the potential to revolutionize much of the modern world. Spillman will try to shed light on AI so that people can make informed decisions about it and […]

The Groveland Police Department is warning of bitcoin scams in which two residents have fallen victim. In the past three weeks, says Police Chief Jeffrey T. Gillen, at least two residents lost a total loss of $38,000. In both cases, the victim received a computer message indicating their computer was infected with a virus containing […]