The Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad Monday afternoon conducted the safe detonation of fireworks previously confiscated by Haverhill Police. Deputy Police Chief Stephen J. Doherty Jr. told WHAV his department routinely collects old or confiscated fireworks and keeps them in a secure shipping container behind the police station at 40 Bailey Boulevard. As was the […]
State Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell says statewide housing, health care, consumer protection and safety issues affecting Greater Haverhill are among those she’s tackling statewide. In an interview with WHAV Tuesday, Campbell said she received praise from Haverhill state Rep. Andy X. Vargas on her decision to file suit yesterday against the Town of Milton […]
(Additional photographs below.) Haverhill High School students and educators saw a live, virtual tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp from Harbor Place yesterday, the first of its kind in the United States. As if the viewer is walking beside her, the projectors in the conference room showed video from the guide’s perspective as she crossed […]
The Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce is urging residents to use Thursday’s Leap Day to take a “Leap of Kindness” by donating time or resources to a charity, senior or first responder. Leap Year adds a 29th day to February and Leap of Kindness Day was invented by the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce, Saratoga […]
Haverhill city councilors tonight will consider approving plans to construct eight, one-bedroom apartments above two storefronts in a building within the Washington Street Historic District. The property, in the Adams Building at 38-42 Washington St. in downtown Haverhill, was for many years the home of the Rosen family’s Modern Paint and Hardware store. The three-story, […]