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Northern Essex Community College is celebrating its Fifth Annual Giving Day with a 24-hour push to replenish its NECC Fund. It is also getti...

Kara Kosmes, who retires in August as business manager at Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School, has witnessed a sea change in...

Haverhill’s new Acting Police Chief Wayne Tracy says his first few months at the helm have seen a focus on officer training and the introduc...

What’s better than a new playground at an elementary school? How about a new playground open to the entire community regardless of mobility...

DiZoglio, a Methuen Democrat, has been locked in a three-year battle with legislative leaders and state Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell...

After holding traditional classes for more than three decades, Urban College of Boston has moved entirely online, bringing its two-year degr...

The Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce moves next month from Harbor Place on Merrimack Street to a storied Washington Street storefront....

Television personality Tom Bergeron returned to his roots Tuesday, sitting down at WHAV with photographer Kelly Giordano to tell audiences a...

Santa Claus is getting ready to return to Haverhill later this month and bringing along some friends from the “Island of Misfit Toys,” the t...

In one of only three contested ward city council tests this year in Haverhill, Oliver Aguilo, a city engineer with Lawrence and 20-year resi...

Daniel R. Diodati, a fourth generation Hillie, is competing with Veronica A. Rodriguez, also a Haverhill native, to represent Ward 2 on the...

Guy E. Cooper, a retired Haverhill police officer, is challenging incumbent Melissa J. Lewandowski for the Ward 4 seat on Haverhill’s City C...

Political newcomer Brandon F. Burns is challenging incumbent Melinda E. Barrett for mayor of Haverhill in the city’s general election Tuesda...

Sheriffs in other counties are drawing scrutiny for their spending and other practices, but Sheriff Kevin F. Coppinger appeared live on WHAV...

When signing up for a website or cell phone app Massachusetts consumers in the future would be able to decide how much of their personal inf...

The newly renamed Merrimack Health Haverhill Hospital could soon be home to the healthcare system’s expanded state-of-the art sleep study ce...

Area nonprofits are looking for helping hands and the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce is acting as matchmaker Tuesday. The 2025 Volunt...

Three candidates are facing off in Ward 4 for two spots on the ballot in the general election Nov. 4. Incumbent Melissa J. Lewandowski is be...

Voters in two Haverhill wards cast ballots Tuesday to narrow the field of City Council candidates in those neighborhoods. Three candidates a...

If you suspect a local or state official is on the take or see another example of potential fraud or abuse in state or local government, Jef...

Registered voters in Haverhill’s Wards 4 and 6 will go to the polls Tuesday, Sept. 9, to whittle down the number of candidates in each ward...

Upwards of 200 bicyclists will hit the road in September to help raise money to help prevent homelessness in Haverhill. Al Hanscom, presiden...

To help promote the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce and Haverhill itself, the organization is making sure business owners and their em...

Haverhill community activist Kalister Green-Byrd was a reluctant writer prodded to pen a memoir by friends. The 91-year-old’s book, “Overcom...

Shaq is back with help from Haverhill’s BC Media Productions in a new Netflix docu-series, “Power Moves With Shaquille O’Neal.” The series,...

The chief of emergency medicine at Lawrence General Hospital appeared on WHAV last week to allay public concerns over plans to reduce servic...

The Verge Youth Center at Somebody Cares New England is offering a basketball program this summer as part of expanded programing. Marlene J....

Lifeguards are back at Plug Pond this summer. The Haverhill Recreation Department revived its guard program after it was abandoned for lack...

The newly formed Haverhill Performing Arts Workshop is looking for young actors and a place to perform. Bobby Gariepy and Maddie Hanson laun...

Haverhill’s first Pride Parade kicks off the Fifth Annual June Art Walk this Saturday. Art Walk runs in downtown Haverhill on Washington and...

Beginning in July the frequency of bus service between Haverhill, Lawrence, Methuen and Lowell will increase during the week. Merrimack Vall...

If state Rep. Ryan M. Hamilton has his way four local groups will receive $375,000 in earmarked grants in the next state budget. Hamilton, w...

Haverhill Public Schools would receive an additional $6 million in state aid if a House of Representative proposal to increase state support...

Essex County Habitat for Humanity, currently in the midst of one Haverhill homebuilding project, is moving on to another in the city’s Mount...

The new 69-acre Sweet Paws Rescue pet sanctuary scheduled to open later this summer plans to offer space for abandoned dogs and cats to roam...

To help local high school students imagine the wider world of opportunities after graduation, the Haverhill High School guidance department...

Two weeks after celebrating her successful finish of the 2018 Boston Marathon Kim Dahn was stricken with debilitating stomach pain, ongoing...

Parents traveling with children in strollers will be allowed to drive their children onto buses operated by MeVa Transit beginning Sunday, A...

A planned freeze of payments toward previously approved federal programs was rescinded Wednesday by the White House Office of Management and...

In concert with Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, the oldest black church in the Merrimack Valley this Saturday offers its third annual cel...

It may be just the start of the new year, but for the thousands of people planning to run in the 2025 Boston Marathon in April, the season i...

Those looking for a different way to dispose of a Christmas tree, have some fun with goats and help the homeless at the same time, Goats to...

State Sen. Bruce E. Tarr says there are many positives in the recently approved $4 billion economic development bill, but there’s more ahead...

The Haverhill Fire Department hockey team is preparing for this Saturday’s charity game in support of veterans. Haverhill Deputy Fire Chief...

Major milestones are taking place for Haverhill Public School students with integration of modular classrooms at John Greenleaf Whittier Sch...

Haverhill has been home to a few major league baseball players, most recently Carlos Pena, and the late Mike Ryan, and there is another tale...

The election season is in full swing at the Haverhill City Clerk’s office even though final election day is two weeks away. Haverhill City C...

If there was any reason to doubt it, the upcoming Topsfield Fair is a sure sign of fall. America’s oldest county fair, having started in 181...

The banking business in Greater Haverhill has seen a many changes over the years and, similar to the person hawking programs at a sporting e...

Those who expect Haverhill’s annual Restaurant Week this time of year are in for a treat if their taste buds can hold out. Up until now, Hav...