Haverhill’s annual LGBTQIA+ Pride flag raising ceremony and reception Thursday will be accompanied by word of a new police department initiative. Haverhill City Councilor Thomas J. Sullivan gave a sneak preview during last week’s regular City Council meeting. “There will be a ceremony. It lasts about a half hour.
Haverhill-based MeVa Transit, formerly known as the Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority, was slow to investigate and respond to complaints by disabled riders over a two-year period ending Sept. 30, 2021. State Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s office released its audit of the quasi-public bus operator last month, largely covering a period before Noah S. Berger became administrator.
Editor’s note: Haverhill voters have a week to decide whether to support a debt exclusion as the method of financing construction of a new Dr. Albert B. Consentino School. A special election takes place Tuesday, June 6, at voters’ usual polling locations. Early voting runs from Wednesday, May 31, to Saturday, June 3, at Haverhill City Hall, in the former basement offices of the Registry of Motor Vehicles, 4 Summer St.
The Greater Haverhill Chamber recently recognized Barrio of Haverhill as its April business of the month. Barrio tacos, tequila and whiskey opened during the spring of 2020 on the riverfront side of Harbor Place in downtown Haverhill. The restaurant was developed by Maggie and Dan Osborn of Atkinson, N.H., who began construction in 2019 on the 4,000-square-foot space set-aside for dining space at the 2 Merrimack St.
