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At first, Ellen Wetmore thought it must have been a mistake. It wasn’t. Wetmore, a professor of art and design at UMass Lowell, was named a 2023 Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant awardee in recognition of her ongoing work in drawing and painting. “For me, this is one of those ‘you’ve arrived’ awards. It’s international and generous […]

Leaders of area nonprofits are invited to network during a Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce mixer Thursday night. The free for members event is part of the Chamber’s nonprofit series and takes place Thursday, Aug. 24, from 5-7 p.m., at Forage Flower Company, 60 Island St., Suite 83, in Lawrence. Admission for non-members is $10. […]

Lauren Bonnell has joined the ranks of the Haverhill Police Department as patrolman after graduating recently from the Northern Essex Community College Police Academy. Bonnell graduated Aug. 11 with 32 others from the Academy’s 4th Recruit Officer Class. She was also recipient of the award for having the top level of physical fitness in the […]

Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll and other officials are scheduled to visit Northern Essex Community College’s Lawrence campus tomorrow to celebrate a new law that grants in-state tuition rates for those undocumented immigrants who have graduated from high school here. Gov. Maura Healey last week signed the current year budget which allows undocumented students who have […]

The Teddy Bear Cornhole League is holding competitions every Thursday in Haverhill. Anyone is welcome to play. The top three winners will receive payouts based on the number of people competing. Ten percent of admission fees go toward a cornhole players’ scholarship and another 10% will go toward a players’ emergency fund. The rest of […]

Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School will be participating in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program when classes resume. As part of this program, Whittier Tech will offer healthy meals every school day at no cost to students due to the implementation of the Community Eligibility Provision for school year 2023-2024. […]

A driver was injured early Saturday morning when his car left the road and crashed into a Revolutionary War monument at downtown Haverhill’s Grand Army of the Republic Park. Deputy Police Chief Stephen J. Doherty Jr. said the unidentified driver was driving just before 3 a.m., along Winter Street and towards Main Street, when it […]

Fondly remembered by many as “Wonderful William,” William Paul Chase passed peacefully on Aug. 17, at the age of 75. Born on Nov. 16, 1947, to Jeanette (Pineault) and Jesse Chase, he was a lifelong resident of Haverhill. From his early days as a shoeshine boy on the streets of Haverhill, he displayed an entrepreneurial […]

(Additional photograph below.) Haverhill is getting set to remember and honor a 22-year-old pilot who steered his crippled military plane away from homes and children, giving his life in a little-known crash just before the end of World War II crash off Hilldale Avenue. A monument to U.S. Navy Ensign Robert E. McLaughlin was placed […]

School bus and van drivers, mail carriers, customer support staff, Adult Basic Education and General Educational Development instructors, machine operators, among others, are wanted by local employers. MakeIT Haverhill’s August Job Fair features these jobs and others from such companies and organizations as U.S. Postal Service, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Community Action, Vinfen, Joseph’s […]