By WHAV Staff |
The Locke Street parking lot COVID-19 test location. (WHAV News photograph.)
Haverhill Public Health Nurse Mary Connolly, who will lead the city’s future Public Health Department, was celebrated Thursday as a “Commonwealth Heroine” by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women.
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, she managed calls to residents in quarantine, seniors in need of groceries and families seeking support. Once vaccines became available, she helped clinics vaccinate all of Haverhill’s public safety personnel. Further, she demonstrated her dedication to health equity when she opened a Saturday vaccine clinic in Haverhill’s Mount Washington neighborhood. Connolly was nominated for the designation by state Rep. Andy X. Vargas.
State Rep. Andy X. Vargas was recently appointed to participate in both the Council of State Governments’ Healthy States National Task Force and the National Conference of State Legislatures’ Early Childhood Fellows Program. In a statement, Vargas called the two organizations “prestigious” and said both are “timely programs focused on early childhood education and the […]
Seventy “Leaders Engaged and Activated to Drive System-wide change,” otherwise known as LEADS fellows, celebrated graduation at Northern Essex Community College. Fellows from Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill LEADS participated in the executive leadership program in partnership with Harvard Business School faculty. State Rep. Andy X. Vargas, one of three class speakers, gave concluding remarks before […]
Haverhill’s largest-ever LGBTQA+ Pride Flag-raising Thursday afternoon kicked off Pride Month during a ceremony outside Haverhill City Hall. Haverhill City Councilor Thomas J. Sullivan served as master of ceremonies, thanking residents for joining in the celebration. “Today, I am especially proud of my city for recognizing and celebrating the importance and value of all our […]
A day after the City of Haverhill said it recovered $462,000 in property tax breaks it gave a manufacturer of Brooks Brothers suits, Rep. Andy X. Vargas said Thursday the state also clawed back its incentives. Altogether, Vargas said, nearly $1.75 million dollars in tax breaks previously awarded to the former Southwick Clothing factory has […]