Haverhill is offering free walkup or drive-up COVID-19 testing, beginning this Saturday.
The “Stop the Spread” site, provided by the state Department of Public Health, begins Saturday, April 10, and will run every Saturday, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Locke Street parking lot off Winter Street. It is next to Common Ground Café food pantry and in back of Butch’s Uptown restaurant.
The site is for Massachusetts residents only and there is no cost and no insurance is required.
By WHAV Staff |
Staff of the law firm Kazarosian Costello. (Courtesy photograph.)
The Massachusetts Bar Association is applauding the appointment of Haverhill attorney Marsha V. Kazarosian to the state’s new Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission., saying she brings “much-needed perspective.”
As WHAV reported first Friday, Kazarosian is one of several appointments required of Attorney General Maura Healey to the Commission. The board will create a police officer certification system and processes for decertification, suspension of certification or reprimand in the event of certain misconduct. The law came in response to reform demands in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death while in police custody in Minneapolis.
Shortage of public libraries in Saddar and Lyari undermining youth’s yearning for learning
Karachi
April 5, 2021
Until a few years ago, Karachi’s Lyari Town was known largely for violent gangs openly operating on the roads and in the streets. But now the local and non-local youth are pursuing good education there to transform the town into a hub of knowledge.
Colleges and universities teaching medical, art and science courses have been offering admissions in large-scale educational programmes, motivating the youth to gain knowledge for a bright future. But there’s an acute shortage of public libraries in Lyari, barring the students’ access to expensive courses and textbooks.
Anchorage police will stop using Nixle text messages for public alerts starting next week
Print article The Anchorage Police Department will no longer send out public safety and crime alerts via text message starting next week. The department is switching to notifications through email or the Everbridge Mobile app starting Monday, April 12, police said in a statement. Everbridge is the company behind Nixle alerts, which Anchorage police began using in 2014 as a way to get information to the public. Anchorage residents must subscribe to the free service to receive the alerts, which were previously sent out by text and email.
By WHAV Staff |
Meals and groceries are packaged for delivery. (Courtesy photograph.)
More than 250 Easter meals were delivered to veterans and their families this weekend by a coalition led by Haverhill’s Veterans of Foreign Wars, Lorraine Post 29.
Free meals of baked ham, mac and cheese and green beans were packaged in microwavable containers and delivered Saturday in time to be reheated for Easter Sunday, according to the VFW. The dinners were delivered to veterans and their families who registered in advance.
Besides the VFW, assistance was provided by members of the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 20, AMVETS Post 147, Marine Corps League, American Legion Post 4 and the Korean War Veterans Association Chapter 294. Easter cards were donated by students of Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School and local businesses such as Peddler’s Daughter, whose employees assisted with deliveries.