Haverhill’s Native American Commemorative Task Force is planning a Friday trip the Hannah Duston statue in Boscawen, N.H., as part of an informational and fact-finding visit. Task Force Chair Dan Speers said members, observers and guests will have an opportunity to meet and have informal discussions with local residents and representatives of the Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook-Abenaki. Members and others are expected to gather first in Haverhill, Friday, July 8, at 1 p.m., for the 60-mile trip. Speers notes in an email the statues in Boscawen and Haverhill were erected in the 1800s and as “an admonition to Native Americans and to promote the idea of westward expansion.
Groveland begins receiving hourly bus service from the Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority for the first time today. Bus Route 18, which begins in Washington Square in Haverhill, now proceeds over the Groveland Bridge, formally known as the Congressman William H. Bates Veterans Memorial Bridge, into Groveland’s Elm Square after leaving Rivers Edge Plaza. The bus travels left on Main Street/Route 113 to River Pines Drive, serving town offices, Council on Aging and Langley-Adams Library, and ends at the Groveland Housing Authority.
West Newbury Police Officer Officer Jessica Eng recently graduated from the Northern Essex Community College Police Academy in Haverhill. She began working with West Newbury Police last August and completed a field training program at that time. She entered the Northern Essex Community College Police Academy in January.
Covanta Haverhill was selected and honored by the Haverhill Exchange Club in June for the company’s flag display and U.S. Flag Retirement Drop Box. The annual “So Proudly We Hail Awards” honors a Haverhill business or organization and a Haverhill resident who “proudly and honorably displays the American Flag on their property.” Last year, Covanta installed the flag pole with the U.S. and POW/MIA flags and flag drop off box for the public and planted red, white and blue perennial flowers at its entrance off the Ward Hill, Route 125 connector. “We thank the Haverhill Exchange Club for the recognition of our recently established flag display and our commitment in honoring our nation’s treasured symbol while collecting old and tattered flags for proper thermo destruction,” said Covanta Area Asset Manager Mark Van Weelden,
Stephen and Sherie Smolak were honored with the “So Proudly We Hail Award” for their residential display on Willow Avenue.
