By WHAV Staff |
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Atkinson Congregational Church is offering online options for parishioners during June and in-person services Sundays, June 6 and 13, 10 a.m., in the church’s outdoor sanctuary, weather permitting.
Communion will be offered June 6, with in-person attendees receiving individual, pre-packaged, juice and bread. The June 13 service features two baptisms. When attending services in the church’s outdoor sanctuary, congregants are asked to bring their own lawn chairs. Masks and social distancing will continue to be required when attending in person.
Several steel beams appear near to completing a new crossing of the Merrimack River and the state plans lane and ramp closings this week to continue progress on the new Interstate 495 southbound bridge being constructed in Haverhill. Possibly confusing the state’s explanation of what’s closing is the ongoing renumbering of exits across the state […]
Haverhill graduated 484 seniors Friday night in as large a public gathering as the city has allowed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. The stark change hit home as the Class of 2021 honored one of the school’s own, 19-year-old Logan Todd, who became Haverhill’s youngest victim of the disease when he […]
By John Lee Grant |
Haverhill School Superintendent Margaret Marotta. (WHAV News file photograph.)
The Haverhill City Council gave its approval last night to the school department’s spending plan for the upcoming school year.
School Superintendent Margaret Marotta presented the $106 million budget at a special City Council meeting. It represents an increase of $8 million over the current year, but also includes a one-time payment of $7.6 million from the federal government. Marotta told councilors that despite the pandemic, or because of it, schools made many technological improvements using computers last year. Now, she added, it is time to focus on the students themselves.
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 […]