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The Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce is having a Business Networking Mixer next week at The Savings Bank in Andover. There will be appetizers and beverages as well as a business card drawing for door prizes. It takes place Tuesday, Feb. 13, from 5-7 p.m., at The Savings Bank, 84 Main St., Route 28, Andover. […]

Haverhill and surrounding communities were awarded their allocations of state Firefighter Safety Equipment grants Tuesday. Haverhill was granted nearly $26,000, while Groveland was given $15,500; Lawrence, $35,000; Methuen, $35,000; North Andover, $25,000; and West Newbury, about $8,000. Altogether, the state gave $5 million to 321 Massachusetts fire departments. “Every single day, firefighters across Massachusetts put […]

Haverhill city councilors voted unanimously to send the city’s new data-driven plan for policymaking to its Planning and Development subcommittee last night. Despite having already been initiated by the city, Council Vice President Timothy J. Jordan and Councilor John A. Michitson said they brought it before the Council to make the body a “proactive and […]

The Haverhill Public Library is collecting new pairs of pajamas for babies, children and teens. It’s part of part of its partnership with the 17th annual Boston Bruins PJ Drive to benefit Department of Children and Families’ Wonderfund and Cradles to Crayons. The Boston Bruins PJ Drive runs through Friday, March 15. Donations may be […]

New business startups or entrepreneurs with ideas for a new venture are welcome to receive feedback and compete for cash prizes when EforAll conducts its next free pitch contest next month. There will be English- and Spanish-language competitions with a total of four prizes—first place, $1,000; second, $750; third $500; and a $500 Fan Favorite […]

It is unlikely another election will take place anytime soon on the future of Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School, but leaders agree there will be better communication. The Haverhill, Newburyport and Amesbury mayors, most area town managers or administrators and school officials met Tuesday afternoon to reflect on the recent ballot box defeat of […]

A 34-year-old Philadelphia woman, who sought to deliver two kilograms of heroin to Methuen, was sentenced last week to eight days in prison for conspiring to distribute kilos of fentanyl and heroin. Elba Pena was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs to eight days’ time served and three years of supervised release […]

A 48-year-old Haverhill man was identified Wednesday morning as the man killed as a result of last Thursday’s automobile accident in Salem, N.H. New Hampshire State Police said Jermaine Adams was killed Feb. 1, around 4:25 in the afternoon, when his Chevrolet Trax was struck while in heavy traffic on Interstate 93 southbound near the […]

Essex County Community Foundation wants to hear from those who have worked with or benefitted from the nonprofit over the last 25 years. The Foundation is launching its 25th anniversary of service to Essex County which will culminate with an event at Danversport in November. In 1999, founders David Tory and Lorraine Astle laid the […]

Northern Essex Community College last week joined 168 colleges and universities nationwide by asking a federal court to reinstate Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA for short, to benefit those known as “Dreamers.” The action continues college efforts, first reported by WHAV in 2017, to oppose then-President Donald Trump’s end of a program helping children […]