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State Auditor Diana DiZoglio may be responsible for brokering at least a temporary truce between some Merrimack Valley mayors when she joined them recently on a Merrimack Valley Transit—or MeVa—bus. Haverhill Mayor Melinda E. Barrett, Amesbury Mayor Kassandra Gove and Newburyport Mayor Sean Reardon appeared smiling together despite grueling differences of opinion recently over the […]

Despite money from the federal American Rescue Plan Act expiring in December 2024, Haverhill City Councilors said last night they would work to maintain a funding source dedicated to youth mental health programs. Mayor Melinda E. Barrett said she had to fight former Mayor James J. Fiorentini to include it in the budget three years […]

The Scrivanos family, owner of local Dunkin’ franchises, is showing its love for Emmaus with $15,000 for their Tree of Love holiday campaign. Scrivanos family members presented the check to Emmaus to help the 2,000 women, men and children the housing agency serves each year. “We truly value our outstanding partnership with Dunkin’ that spans […]

The Merrimack Valley Food Bank, which serves Greater Haverhill, Lawrence and Lowell pantries with locally grown food, was formally awarded $50,000 Tuesday under the state’s Local Food Purchase Assistance Plus grant. The Merrimack Valley Food Bank will use the grant to purchase and distribute food year-round to its network of 100 food pantries, meal sites, […]

Ruth Loettrle, a landscape architect and board member of Grow Native Massachusetts, will discuss mixing non-native pollinator plants with native plants for a constant summer bloom at a joint forum of the Haverhill and Groveland Garden Clubs. According to the Waltham-based Grow Native Massachusetts, Loettrle first developed “a keen interest in designing landscapes as functional […]

Early voting in advance of the presidential primary election takes place from Saturday, Feb. 24 through Friday, March 1 with day, night and weekend hours available. Haverhill City Clerk Kaitlin M. Wright’s office said all of the city’s early voting takes place in Haverhill City Hall, 4 Summer St., in the basement-level rooms once used […]

The Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce’s planned Business Networking Mixer at The Savings Bank in Andover has been postponed because of the pending snow storm. The event now takes place Tuesday, March 5, from 5-7 p.m., at The Savings Bank, 84 Main St., Route 28, Andover. There will be appetizers and beverages as well as […]

Leaders from Haverhill and Methuen are among those named Monday by Essex County Community Foundation as the next cohort of “Creative County ChangeMakers.” Local members include Noah Greenstein and Hailey Moschella of Haverhill and Loida Dominguez of Methuen. Since 2021, Creative County ChangeMakers program has graduated 33 cross-sector creatives who, the Foundation says, have “inspired […]

Haverhill’s federal legislative delegation says it shares elected leaders “deep concern about the grave consequences” of a local hospital failure and stands with them to find “permanent solutions.” The statement by Sens. Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren and Congresswoman Lori Trahan was dated Friday and given in response to Haverhill city councilors who expressed concern […]

Greater Lawrence Technical School and the Green Jobs Academy are sharing $1.25 million in grants from the Merrimack Valley Renewal Fund to help develop clean energy workforce development programs. Money for the Merrimack Valley Renewal Fund comes from a settlement agreement with Columbia Gas for its role in the 2018 Merrimack Valley gas explosions. Grants […]