After three years in limbo, Haverhill city councilors ratified the firefighters’ contract with the city last night. The city and union reached the new agreement in early February, as WHAV reported. It will bring retroactive cost-of-living raises for each year, a one-time “special wage adjustment” this year and various stipend and shift differential increases. Haverhill […]
Those who read food labels and wonder what words like organic, grass-fed and non-GMO really mean have a chance to learn during a talk sponsored by the Haverhill Council on Aging. AgeSpan’s Leigh Hartwell and Mariely Almonte provide an interactive lecture on deciphering food labels. They’ll discuss how to identify certified food labels, what to […]
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 […]