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(Additional photograph below.) Students at Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School recently had a chance to meet with leaders and preregister to vote during a Meet Your Rep Fair. Among those attending the Friday, Feb. 9, event were state Sens. Barry R. Finegold and Pavel M. Payano, state Rep. Kristin E. Kassner and Haverhill City […]

(Additional photographs below.) In advance of the March 5 presidential primary, students from Haverhill High School put together a voter awareness campaign—recording videos with HC Media, helping their peers register, and distributing information through the school’s website and social media. The goal was to not only increase turnout for the national primary, but encourage voting […]

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 […]

Haverhill has mailed its annual census forms to all households and asks residents to complete and return the form to, among other reasons, stay on the voter rolls and help the city estimate future school enrollment. City Clerk Kaitlin M. Wright said this week residents should review the 2024 Annual Street Listing, make any necessary […]

Haverhill’s third annual “Top Dog” contest, designed to remind residents to keep their canines licensed, is kicking off. City Clerk Kaitlin M. Wright said Monday residents who license or relicense their dogs may participate for a chance to have their loyal companion named Haverhill’s “2024 Top Dog.” The first-place winner receives 2024 dog license no. […]

Haverhill School Committee members last week expressed disappointment at their lack of involvement in the proposal to replace Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School, while generally leaning against renovation. Mikaela D. Lalumiere, a newly elected Committee member who introduced the topic, said she asked Superintendent Maureen Lynch to come to that day’s meeting, but was […]

All of Haverhill’s usual polling places will be open next month when voters go to the polls to decide whether there should be a new Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School. Haverhill City Clerk Kaitlin M. Wright says that while there was an option to have fewer voting locations for the Tuesday, Jan. 23, special […]

Haverhill City Clerk Kaitlin M. Wright is encouraging residents who haven’t already voted to take part in today’s general election—which will bring in a new mayor in January and the city’s first ward councilors and school committee members. Wright says about 2,800 Haverhill residents took part in early voting and vote-by-mail as of Monday. She […]

As part of a whirlwind meeting on Tuesday, the Haverhill City Council took the routine steps of approving a warrant for the upcoming general election and reminding residents of advance and convenient opportunities for voting. The consequential election Tuesday, Nov. 7, implements the city’s first mostly ward-based system and decides what new face appears in […]

Alex Veras, who advocated for decades for neighborhood representation, will have to sit out his own run for Haverhill ward councilor because of illness. While his name remains on the ballot for Ward 1, Veras notified Haverhill City Clerk Kaitlin M. Wright last week that he is suspending his campaign. He tells WHAV he recently […]