A majority of the Haverhill School Committee believe Superintendent Margaret Marotta has met her goals and voted to give her the maximum 4 percent bonus allowed in her contract. The one-year raise came over the objections of School Committee members Scott W. Wood Jr. and Maura L. Ryan-Ciardiello. Wood argued the superintendent, hired last year, has already receive a 2% increase and knew the job’s salary range when she took the post. School Committee member Richard J. Rosa placed the item on the agenda, explaining Marotta accepted the job at the low end of the range—$190,000, even though the top end was $210,000.
“Santa Celebrates Haverhill’s Heroes” Sunday when the 55th Annual VFW Santa Parade moves through Bradford and downtown Haverhill. Veterans, police, firefighters and other emergency responders take center stage Sunday, between 1 and 4 p.m. They include representatives of various veterans’ organizations, Navy, Marines, Haverhill and Plaistow, N.H., police departments and Essex County Sheriff’s Department. The annual parade kicks off with motor power, featuring fire engines from across the Merrimack Valley and southern New Hampshire, Trinity Ambulance and other emergency vehicles, American Red Cross Vehicle and antique and specialty cars.
Santa Claus will be out and about this weekend throughout the Merrimack Valley—likely checking lists of who’s been naughty or nice. St. Nick participates in Methuen’s Santa Parade Saturday, beginning at 1 p.m. The route begins on Pelham Street at the Park and Ride.
Community Action of Haverhill is seeking two candidates to serve on its board of directors as community representatives for low-income persons living in Amesbury and Haverhill’s Mount Washington Neighborhood. Candidates must live in Amesbury or Haverhill’s Mount Washington Neighborhood, but they do not have to be low-income to be a community representative. The board meets in Haverhill on the last Wednesday of each month to discuss policy issues and to participate in the planning for the agency.
