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The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Haverhill, Groundwork Lawrence and Merrimack Valley YMCA in Lawrence are among 59 organizations sharing in $230,000 in state grants to create and pay for youth jobs this summer. Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell said the summer jobs are focused on mental health, physical well-being and overall wellness. Other […]

(Additional photograph below.) A 42-year-old man was arraigned in Haverhill District Court Wednesday on charges related to the toppling of an electrical transformer at Westgate Center Monday that caused a hazardous waste spill with cleanup costs estimated to be more than $100,000. Salvador A. Castro-Perlera of Somerville pleaded not guilty on charges of malicious destruction […]

Kathy Welch Hudson is the new dean of health professions at Northern Essex Community College. Hudson has served in the job on an interim basis since last August. She joined the college more than two decades ago as director of the Medical Assistant Certificate Program and then, served as professor and department chair of the […]

All Haverhill school students will again this fall be served healthy meals every school day at no cost to them. Haverhill Public Schools reported Wednesday, it is participating in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program due to the Community Eligibility Provision for school year 2023-2024. Students will be able to get […]

Haverhill’s Calvary Baptist Church is offering outreach meals for those in need on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month. Meals are available to residents of Haverhill and surrounding communities on the second and fourth Saturdays, including this Saturday, July 22, from 3-4 p.m., at Calvary Baptist Church, 13 Ashland St., Haverhill. Those with […]

Northampton Fire Chief Jon M. Davine, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran with nearly 25 years of experience as a firefighter, has been selected as Massachusetts’ next state fire marshal. The eight-member Fire Service Commission selected Davine in June to succeed outgoing State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey, who had served since 2016. Davine, who has […]

The cupboards are bare at a local food pantry and a downtown business owner is offering a convenient drop off spot and hours for donors of non-perishable food. Somebody Cares New England’s food pantry operates every Thursday from its Mount Washington headquarters, Haverhill, and hopes the public will help restock the empty shelves to help […]

(Additional photograph below.) Relief is coming for those waiting to take a chartered Merrimack River cruise or just wish to bring their own boat to downtown Haverhill. Mayor James J. Fiorentini’s office said a 14,500-pound tree was hoisted from the river Tuesday and repairs are underway to two, downtown Haverhill public docks and gangways. They […]

Veterans Northeast Outreach Center is Haverhill is ready to return to its home base, recently damaged by a burst water pipe, and will honor its fallen, former leader during a rededication early next month. The Scott Forbes Memorial Intake Center is to be dedicated at the 10 Reed St., Haverhill, building. Veterans Northeast Outreach Center […]

Plaistow, N.H., is seeking public input for, what are termed, traffic “calming improvements” along Main Street. The Federal Highway Administration explains the purpose of traffic calming is to “support the livability and vitality of residential and commercial areas through improvements in non-motorist safety, mobility and comfort.” The first efforts in this regard took place in […]