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The One Haverhill Fund has been a lifesaver for people suffering from a loss of income due to the coronavirus pandemic.
United Way Vice President Sarah Link told the Haverhill City Council on Tuesday the nonprofit program, developed by community leaders, the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce, United Way of Massachusetts and others has been instrumental over the past year in helping individuals and other charitable organizations.
“We have this vibrant nonprofit network that we’ve built to really make sure that folks are having their needs met and are finding resources and also to support our food pantries,” she said.
By WHAV Staff |
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The Haverhill Girls Softball League is now registering girls from ages 5 to 14 for its spring season.
Divisions include Little Ladies U6 for ages 5 and 6, Little Ladies U8 for ages 7 and 8, 10U Division for ages 8-10, 12U Division for ages 11 and 12 and 14U Division for ages 13 and 14. The softball season runs from late April through mid-June.
Those interested may register online at HaverhillGirlsSoftball.org. Deadline is next Sunday, March 14. Questions may be emailed to [email protected].
A driver was killed and passenger injured in an early morning crash Saturday on Interstate 495 in Haverhill. Massachusetts State Police from the Newbury barracks were dispatched to the single-automobile crash at 12:25 a.m. on the northbound side of the highway near exit 52, Route 110. Police have not yet released the identity of the […]
One woman received what were described as “life-threatening” injuries and a 23-year-old Haverhill man is under arrest after the apparent “attack” last yesterday afternoon. Twenty-three-year-old Jake Kavanaugh, of 15 Fairview Farm Road, Haverhill was arrested, according to Essex County District Attorney Jonathan W. Blodgett’s spokeswoman Carrie Kimball. An arrest log provided by Haverhill Police this […]
By WHAV Staff |
Fairview Farm Road, Haverhill. (Mike Jarvis photograph for WHAV News.)
The 23-year-old man charged in Wednesday’s attack on his neighbors allegedly ran down a mother and pregnant daughter ages 54 and 26 with his car, got out to stab the older woman in the neck and tried to stab out her eyes.
Jake T. Kavanaugh, of 15 Fairview Farm Road, Haverhill, was ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing at his arraignment Thursday in Haverhill District Court. First Justice Cesar A. Archilla also ordered a mental health evaluation at Bridgewater State Hospital and called for Kavanaugh to return to court Tuesday, March 23. Kavanaugh pleaded not guilty to armed assault to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, mayhem and negligent operation of a motor vehicle.