With WHAV Meteorologist James Covington calling for temperatures to drop into the single digits today and as low as minus 10 tomorrow, residents in Haverhill and the Merrimack Valley are bundling up and creating contingency plans. Haverhill school Superintendent Margaret Marotta says schools remain open today, but Saturday classes are cancelled. In an email, she urges families to ensure their children are dressed in winter weather clothing or to contact the parent liaison at school if children need coats, hats or mittens. Saturday School, which provides students with extra time and assistance completing assignments in a small-group setting, resumes next Saturday, Feb.
Whiskey Rain, performing a mix of Classic and Southern Rock with a touch of New Country, remains scheduled tonight at Haverhill’s Crescent Yacht Club. The band opens at 8 p.m., at the Club, 30 Ferry St., on the Bradford side of the river. Band performances continue Friday.
Natural gas bills for most residents will drop 4 or 5% next month after the Department of Public Utilities—amid an agency shakeup—approved a mid-season reduction in gas supply charges as natural gas prices drop. Gas companies are required to buy natural gas at the market rate and pass costs on to their customers without making a profit. Rates are typically adjusted Nov.
A 42-year-old man, formerly of Plaistow, N.H., pleaded guilty this week in federal court to charges of possession with intent to distribute cocaine
New Hampshire U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young said Thursday Corey Buckley is scheduled to be sentenced on May 18 in U.S. District Court in Concord, N.H.
According to court documents and statements made in court, police investigated leads into the defendant’s alleged drug trafficking and ultimately obtained a federal search warrant for his Plaistow residence. During the May 2022 search, investigators found approximately 1.1 kilograms of a substance, later confirmed to be cocaine, in his kitchen. Other evidence of drug trafficking, including a ledger, a scale, approximately $50,000 and two firearms, were also found.
