The state’s top educator gave a big thumb’s up to the new Community School initiative at Dr. Paul C. Nettle School during a two-hour visit Wednesday. State Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler toured the building, heard a presentation by eighth grade students and listened to parents, teachers and elected officials alike praise the school’s transformation. The Community School’s moniker is being used nationally to describe a school which makes an intentional effort to bring parents and businesses into the building to expand community engagement and meet student and family needs beyond academics. “I am blown away by this experience and I don’t want to leave,” he said.
Haverhill City Councilors on Tuesday highlighted several key events that take place over the next week. National Vietnam War Veterans Day
The annual Vietnam War Veterans ceremony takes place, rain or shine, Friday, March 28, beginning at 10 a.m., at Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Mill Brook Park, near the entrance to Plug Pond, off Mill Street in Haverhill. Councilor Ralph T. Basiliere, named for his uncle, the city’s first Vietnam war casualty, said organizers will have a tent, floral arrangements, coffee and doughnuts, and a trumpeter.
G. Mello Disposal Corp. was recently named as Business of the Month by the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce. Haverhill Chamber President and CEO Katie Cook and Chamber Membership Committee member Kathy Bennett presented the February business of the month certificate at the company’s new Georgetown transfer station construction site.
Methuen’s Top Dog is a five-year-old Border Collie mix named Cammi. Cammi is the winner of the second annual Methuen Top Dog Contest. City Clerk Anne Drouin last week released the winners, given to residents who license or relicense their dogs for a chance to be Methuen’s 2025 Top Dog and get a free 2025 dog license.
