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Groveland Police Chief Jeffrey T. Gillen and his department are advising drivers to make room for others under the state’s new Vulnerable Road Users Law that took effect this past spring. The law requires drivers in Massachusetts to allow at least four feet of safe passing distance when driving by a stopped or vulnerable road […]

Ten students from Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School’s Career Technical Initiative Carpentry Program recently completed a new shed for Veasey Park in Groveland. Superintendent Maureen Lynch said they mimicked the framing of a house to build the shed which will be used for storing various tools and supplies to maintain the park which will […]

Two, three-family residential buildings are planned for a Bradford neighborhood, off Route 125. The Haverhill City Council Tuesday night approved a request to build the triplexes at 66 Riverdale Ave. Attorney Michael J. Migliori, representing builder Shane Wakeen of Topnotch Homes, told the Council that although the property is approved for four duplex units, the […]

As part of a $2.6 million districtwide drawbridge repair contract, Congressman William H. Bates Veterans Memorial Bridge closes during tonight through tomorrow morning. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said it will close the drawbridge between Groveland and Haverhill, from 10 p.m. through 5 a.m. tomorrow to allow crews to safely and efficiently conduct movable span […]

Haverhill’s summer school programs got high marks from more than 2,500 students and staff who took part in them this year. Haverhill Public Schools Title I and Community Outreach Director Dianne Connolly told the School Committee last week, while many nearby communities were unable to offer summer programs this year, Haverhill’s programs continue grow each […]

Team Haverhill’s Clean & Green Haverhill Neighborhoods is seeking volunteers as it turns to the city’s Riverside section this Wednesday. Volunteers meet Wednesday, Aug. 16, from 5:30-7 p.m., behind Dunkin’ Donuts at River’s Edge Plaza, 259 Lincoln Ave., and then disperse to nearby areas, such as Riverside Park. As Haverhill moves to mostly ward-based elections, […]

Northern Essex Community College is ready to provide free courses to eligible students this fall now that the new state budget is in effect. College officials, who stood behind Gov. Maura Healey’s “MassReconnect” plan since it was proposed in the spring, plan to welcome those 25 and up without a college degree when fall classes […]

A man died in an apparent drowning Saturday night in Haverhill. Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker said the man was on a boat at Marianna’s Marina, 72 Coffin Ave., when he suffered an apparent medical emergency and fell into the Merrimack River Saturday night. Haverhill Police arrived on scene at 11:47 p.m. and […]

Firefighters saved a North Parish neighborhood home Sunday after vapors from spilled fuel ignited in a closely adjacent garage and led to a two-alarm blaze. Robert King, a resident of the single-family home at 57 Woodrow Ave., Haverhill, said he had been working on a boat in the large garage when fuel spilled. He said […]

Groveland’s Langley-Adams Library will use a federal grant to expand its “Story and Play Project,” an interactive early childhood program with a free, inclusive, accessible and educational space for the community. Library Director Darcy Lepore said the $15,000 federal Library Services and Technology Act grant was distributed by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. The […]