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By WHAV Staff | March 3, 2021 Greater Haverhill Chamber President and CEO Irene Haley, far right, presents a citation to staff of WBC Extrusion Products including, from left, Gregg Smith, Heidi Breault, Joe Stancato, Diane DiLeo, Jorge Hurtado and Traci Zacharias. (Courtesy photograph.) WBC Extrusion Products was named as business of the month for February by the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce for its outstanding commitment to the community during this past holiday season. “I am so gr...

By John Lee Grant | The recently expanded Rep. Brian S. Dempsey Boardwalk in downtown Haverhill. (WHAV News photograph.) While there was much they couldn’t tackle during the pandemic, a group of volunteers found they could work to make downtown Haverhill a more inviting place to visit and live. Team Haverhill held a series of events called the Clean and Green Initiative, which involved cleaning up trash and debris, planting flowerbeds and undertaking other acts of beautifying the city. Team ...

The 1762 Baskerville Bible. (Photograph courtesy of the Museum of Printing, Haverhill.) As a public service, 97.9 WHAV presents Community Spotlight at no charge for the benefit of Greater Haverhill nonprofit organizations. To submit news of events, fundraising appeals and other community calendar announcements, Click image. Haverhill’s Museum of Printing is displaying many rare Bibles from its collection through April 30. The Museum has one leaf from every Bible printed in Colonial America, i...

By John Lee Grant | File photograph. (Image licensed by Ingram Image.) Haverhill High School students not only welcome diversity, but introduced a framework last Thursday night for multicultural changes to learning materials. The Haverhill School Committee heard from high school student leaders who presented ideas for creating greater diversity in the school’s curriculum Haverhill High School Student Council Vice President Rebecca Hamel said students began working last summer on a plan to b...

By WHAV Staff | Haverhill City Hall. (WHAV News file photograph.) The public has opportunities to shape policy this week as various Haverhill boards meet. In the interest of transparency in government, WHAV provides this list of upcoming meetings every week. Haverhill nonprofits serving the needy that may be eligible to share in the city’s allocation of federal Community Development Block Grant money have an opportunity today to receive assistance preparing applications. Community Developmen...

Two right lanes on I-495 south and the River Street on-ramp southbound are expected to close overnight Wednesday for installation of steel for the replacement southbound bridge over the Merrimack River in Haverhill. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said double right lanes on I-495 south, between exits 49 and 48, close Wednesday, March 3, from […]

(File photograph.) Haverhill Rep. Andy X. Vargas participates in a legislative briefing Wednesday morning on a bill mandating schools “make breakfast and lunch available at no charge to each attending student.” Besides lead House sponsor Vargas, the online briefing is organized by The Feed Kids Coalition, led by Project Bread, and Senate sponsor Sal DiDomenico. Speakers also include Project Bread CEO Erin McAleer, Athol-Royalston Regional School District Superintendent Darcy Fernandes Rebec...

Pentucket regional School District Superintendent Justin Bartholomew. (Courtesy photograph.) Groveland, Merrimac and West Newbury’s working group to determine how Pentucket Regional School District will return to five-day, in-person instruction this spring, met for the first time yesterday. Members of what’s being called the “100% Pentucket” initiative noted social distancing is the “single greatest barrier that must be addressed in order for Pentucket schools to return to fully in-pe...

VA Bedford Healthcare System and the Haverhill Department of Veterans’ Services plan a local Veteran COVID-19 vaccination clinic later this month. VA will administer the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by appointment to local veterans Sunday, March 21, at 9 a.m., at the Dr. Albert B. Consentino School, 685 Washington St., Haverhill. The vaccines are provided […]

Sen. Diana DiZoglio. (Photograph by Bruce DiLoreto/Massachusetts Statehouse.) Four area lawmakers are flagging what they call a “dire situation” with rapid erosion at Salisbury Beach. Sens. Diana DiZoglio and Bruce Tarr and Reps. Lenny Mirra and James Kelcourse wrote to Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen Theoharides last week, seeking a severe weather emergency declaration. “This must be addressed as soon as possible,” the letter said. “We can use the example of what ...