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Leaders from Haverhill and Methuen are among those named Monday by Essex County Community Foundation as the next cohort of “Creative County ChangeMakers.” Local members include Noah Greenstein and Hailey Moschella of Haverhill and Loida Dominguez of Methuen. Since 2021, Creative County ChangeMakers program has graduated 33 cross-sector creatives who, the Foundation says, have “inspired […]
Haverhill’s federal legislative delegation says it shares elected leaders “deep concern about the grave consequences” of a local hospital failure and stands with them to find “permanent solutions.” The statement by Sens. Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren and Congresswoman Lori Trahan was dated Friday and given in response to Haverhill city councilors who expressed concern […]
Greater Lawrence Technical School and the Green Jobs Academy are sharing $1.25 million in grants from the Merrimack Valley Renewal Fund to help develop clean energy workforce development programs. Money for the Merrimack Valley Renewal Fund comes from a settlement agreement with Columbia Gas for its role in the 2018 Merrimack Valley gas explosions. Grants […]
More than a dozen bills championed by state Sen. Barry R. Finegold—ranging from studying the effectiveness of the Massachusetts School Building Authority to student and educator data privacy—will advance to debate in the state legislature. Finegold said the proposals survived a legislative procedure, known on Beacon Hill as “Joint Rule 10 Day,” a deadline for […]
Angered over the serious financial challenges at Steward Health Care that could jeopardize the future of safety net hospitals in eastern Massachusetts, top House Democrats insisted Thursday they will not bail out the company, while acknowledging the hospitals received $54 million in taxpayer money already Steward, which owns Holy Family Hospital campuses in Haverhill and […]