Community Spotlight

Santa’s Spring 5K and Fun Run Takes Place Saturday; Event Supports 60th VFW Santa Parade

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Santa’s Spring 5K and Fun Run to benefit the Lorraine Post 29’s 60th Annual VFW Santa Parade takes place tomorrow. Runners may register and pick up their bibs, Saturday, April 27, beginning at 9 a.m., at the Northern Essex Community College track, 671 Kenoza St., Haverhill. Entry fee is $35 and online registration is optionally available here. For those who aren’t up to running the 3.1 miles may participate in a fun run, walk around the track or lawn games.  There will also be food, a disc jockey, crafts for kids and a touch a tractor event. Activities run from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Haverhill

Haverhill, Methuen, Other Area Communities Collecting Old, Unused Prescriptions Saturday

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Haverhill, Methuen and other area communities are participating tomorrow in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. National Prescription Drug Take Back Day accepts tablets, capsules, patches and other solid forms of prescription drugs. Collections takes place Saturday, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., at participating police departments. No liquids, needles or other sharps can be accepted. Besides Haverhill and Methuen, other area communities taking part include Groveland, North Andover, Lawrence, and Atkinson and Plaistow, N.H.

For more than a decade, the event has helped Americans rid their homes of unneeded medications—those that are old, unwanted or expired—that, officials say, too often become a gateway to addiction.

Business Bulletin

‘Do You Remember When the Days Were Long?’ Art Exhibition in Downtown Haverhill

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“Do you remember when the days were long?,” a solo exhibition featuring new sculptural work by Joe LoVasco, is on display in through Sunday, June 2, in downtown Haverhill. There are two distinctive series on display Saturdays, from noon-4 p.m., at the SJ Art Consulting gallery at 43 Washington St.—both created within the past year at LoVasco’s home in Haverhill. “Dream Stack and Outlines” was born from observations of his then-infant son, Orlando’s blocks and chunky toys. Early iterations of the work included smooth surfaces and rounded edges, whereas the most recent sculptures contain not only pointed corners, but a greater amount of visual and physical problem solving on the part of the artist. “Watching my son build his own sculptures from my scrap pieces, while also having the opportunity to learn from him, will continue to inspire me,” says the artist.

Education

Haverhill High School Releases Third Term 2024 Honor Roll; Complete List Here

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Haverhill High School has released its third-term honor roll, naming students who have earned Honors with Distinction, High Honors and Honors. A full list appears below. Honors with Distinction
Javon Adebayo, Janine Alcivar, Joseph Alleva, Jvian Andino, Samar Awad Salib, Sarah Awad Salib, William Axford, Joe Badell Nivar, Jacob Bonenfant, Riley Bradish, Marcelina Burrowes, Keira Bushey, Lauryn Calkins, Ella Carroll, Amaya Castro, Makaylia Cederman, Sophie Coelho, Isaac Cortes Polo, Carlos Cruz Velazquez, Sophie Da Silveira, Jaydan Dacey, Connor Damske, Thayslaine DaSilva, Sophia DeFrank, Brendan Doody, Keira Drouin, Aaron Duclos, Christopher Eder, Aya Elkadmiri, Elena Fairbrother, Eve Farrell, Edward Feoli, Isabella Foskett, Avery Fumia, Vasiliki Gioldasis, Callan Goncalves, Tucker Grant, Molly Guthrie, Madeline Halupowski, Katelynn Hannon, Isabella Harb, Orly Hess, Michael Hickey, Mason Holmes, Julie Howes, Yashira Huertas, Shayla Igoe, Sierra Jepson, Kayla Johnston, Chloe Jones, Liam Jordan, Molly Jordan, Yosica Joseph, Nevaeh Joubert, Bethsheba Kayaga, Mariam Khair, Sophie Kwiatkowski, Sophia Lafontaine, Sophia Lee, Emily Lenihan, Caydan Lessard, Andrew Leung, Taylor Lewis, Natalie Libby, Isabella Libucha, Jack Libucha, Isabella Likas, Flynn Lombard, Madonna Maldonado, Jordany Martinez Rosario, Kaelie McCracken, Marjorie McIrvin, Abigail Mejia, Brodie Melvin, Malika Meskine, Makayla Miller, Ariel Minervini, Hannah Minnis, Abby Mistretta, Ava Mueller, Thomas Murphy, Cayla Ngunu, Khoi Nguyen Le, Disha Patel, Diya Patel, Kathryn Pelczar, Emma Pelletier, Abigail Pfeil, Alexander Pinardi, Julianne Piraino, Gabriel Potter, Kenneth Poy, Astrid Ramirez Romero, Saralis Ramirez Rosario, Emmanuela Raymond, Kaitlyn Reynolds, France Rigueur, Elibeth Rodriguez, Maria Jose Rodriguez, Raily Romano Hidalgo, Cecily Russell, Gianna Salvato, Lauren Samaha, Jenna Schultz, Jillian Schultz, Na’Mat Shqair, Alec Simoneau, Colby Smith, Luke Smith, Asher Snay, Charles Sparrow, Miles Stapel, Rowan Staples, Sophia Suarez, Noah Tanguay, Brennan Tarasuk, Tristan Taylor, Landon Terry, Emiliano Tiburcio Munoz, Ryan Trebicka, Chloe Truong, Mikayla Tzortzis, Kiara Ventura, Vasiliki Vourtsas, Nathaniel Wholley, Isabella Wingren, Aidan Wood, Grace Wood, Gracie-laine Woodburn, Sean Wynn, Alexandra Yattaw
High Honors
Boluwatife Adebayo, Daysi Agualema Chimbo, Rayssa Alves Souza de Jesus, Mallory Amirian, Meredith Amirian, Leah Aquino, Ashley Auguste, Isabelle Ayala, Jude Bach, Matthew Baker, Rodolfo Baltodano Reyes, Pablo Banos, Eve Barton, Ryan Bates, Gabriel Batista, Joshua Bedient, Emma Bednarek, Joseph Bednarek, Kadyn Belanger, Safaa Bellebia, Maxim Benanchietti, Jillian Bergeron, Alexander Bissonnette, Hunter Blais, Kai’ri Bohanan, Abigail Brownrigg, Miles Bunyar, Gabriella Burdier, Abigail Burrill, Alexandra Bushey, Christopher Butt, Donald Cannon Watkins, Aydin Castillo, Michael Castillo, Colin Chartier, Connor Chmieleski, Brenna Corcoran, Ella Crowley, Saul Cruz Matias, Maria Eduarda Cruz, Anabella Cuevas, Geovanna Da Rocha, Michelle De La Cruz, Jadehalie DeJesus, Maicol Demerlus, Emily Dicker, Olivia Dicker, Natasha Dion, Kiernan Doody, Lauren Downer, Kylie Etling, Amarachukwu Ezeoke, Elijah Fabian, Reece Favalora, Jay Faxon, Olivia Feil, Benjamin Fitts, Alyssa Flynn, Brooke Gagne, Shannon Gallagher, Isaac Garcia, Mya Garcia, Valentina Geotis, Cecilia Geyer, Angel Gomez-Adorno, Madeline Goncalves, Olivia Gonzalez, Halina Grabski, Max Graham, Amelia Grauwiler, Cailin Grenier, Sebastien Guillaume, Nathan Harrington, Asa Harvey, Anthony Hoffman, Hunter Hollingworth, Emma Janes, Amanda Jones, Beel Joseph, Jayla Joseph, Tyler Joslin, Laureen Keenan, Jack Kelleher, Christina Khalil, Eleanor Kutschke, Christian LeColst, Avery Lescord, Ty Lescord, Ryan Lessard, Richard Littlefield, Trey Lynch, Noelia Macario, Caroline Madden, Emma Manning, Megan Manning, Kaelyn Mazzaglia, Ryleigh McGinley, Patrick McGowan, Sofia Medina Berrios, Olivia Melo, Aidan Menzie, Gabriella Miller, Jackson Morin, Adreana Ndaira, Bella Nieves, Samantha Noonan, Cassidy O’Keefe, Rachel Oliveira Bandeira, Jude Oosting, Natalia Ordaz Monzon, Patrick Osgood, Joel Otero Burgos, Ezequiel Ovalle Blanco, Ana Oviedo, April Paez, Cole Pagliuca, John Papageorgiou, Georgios Papanikolaou, Theodora Parkiotis, Jamieson Pearl, Grace Pelletier, Aaron Pernilla-Roche, Alexis Pernilla-Roche, Kylie Petersen, Colten Pinto, Brandon Piraino, Claire Plourde, Hailee Powe, Kleisa Prifti, Emmalynn Proia, Jesus Quinones, Phoenix Quinones, Kaylee Quirk, Logan Ralph, Sophia Riley, Johan Rivera-Perez, Timothy Robertson, Rogellyn Rodriguez, Alexavier Rosado, Spencer Roux, Pierce Rowe, Ryan Roy, John Rubera, Hannah Russo, Lilly Russo, Brennah Ryan, Leandro Say Castellanos, Violet Schiller, Rebecca Seneca, Kayley Shapiro, Nolan Sheehan, Qamar Shqair, Joseph Simoneau, Brady Smith, Mia Smith, Brendan Snyder, Henrique Souza Ramalho, Lily Souza, Sydney Spencer, Samuel Stanley, Chelsea Taabi, Meredith Tabb, Molly Tabb, Irving Taveras, Manuel Troncoso De La Cruz, Dimitri Tzortzis, Nick Tzortzis, Ava Vasquez, Mariah Vega, Angelica Villaronga Lopez, Juan Villasenor Monrreal, Cassandra White, Cameron Whitten, Hannon Wipff, Cale Wood, Sean Ziminski, James Zito, Anna Zuccarello
Honors
Boston Alvino, Justin Anil, Lucia Antonelli, Kailyn Aquino, Kamila Avila Charles, Gabriella Bailey, Jack Baker, Jack Baker, Reem Balbesi, Audrey Barchard, Jameson Barker, Joy Barman, Rachael Barman, Michael Bayko, Chase Benedict, Avery Borden, Lia Briana, Jacob Brindis, Courtney Brousseau, Kaitlin Brownrigg, Donovan Carroll, Verodis Castillo Reyes, Emmerson Cerasuolo, Chiarra Charles, Neickensya Colas, Dehkontee Cooper, Sienna Cooper, Sebastian Cruz, Juan Cubilete, Jayden Cuevas, Beatriz De Lima Zocchio, Emilia DeAza, Mikayla DeFrank, Logan DeLeon, Nancy Devlin, Ricardo Dilone Mejia, Samantha Dion, Shadi Doucee, Benjamin Ellis, Delia Evans, Nallomy Fajardo Garcia, Steven Fermin Suarez, Gabriella Ferrarini, Joshua Ferreira, Jezrael Fonseca Morel, Luca Franceschino, Emily Fusco, Ivana George, Cindy Ghorra, Alyssa Giarrusso, Declan Gillogly, Isabella Giordano, Lyra Graham, Cadia Griffin, Brody Guice, Jeffrey Guimaraes, Isabella Guzman, Samuel Harrison, Gabriel Hassan, Joshua Havens, Gweneth Hennington, Izabella Hernandez, Rowan Hess, Liam Holloran, Savannah Holloran, Kendall Holmes Lavallee, Madison Howard, Joseph Howes, Martha Itugi, Ethan Jalbert, William Jimenez, Madeline Julien, Luke Klauka, Michael Kmenta, Madison Kulpa, Chloe Lawson, Emely Lebron Arias, Isabelle Leger, Henry Loja Cela, Matthew Lopes, Meredith MacIver, Kelsey Madden, Absalom Mateo Marizan, Madalyn McDonald, Jade McWhorter, Cameron Morse, Aaron Muiruri, William Murphy, Brewer Murray, Aidan O’Connor, Shyla O’Donnell, Lucien O’Neil, Favour Obi, Thomas Osorio Lopez, Ava Jane Paquette, Brady Paris, Jenny Patel, Juan Paucar Guaman, Lucas Perez, Myan Pham, Lucien Pothier, Daniel Rastauskas, Dean Reinoso, Jayanalys Rivera, Sariah Rivera, Hayden Roberts, Myles Robertson, Marianna Robinson, Christopher Rodriguez, Eli Rogers, Anyelo Rojas Montealegre, Neishaly Rosa, Sydney Roux, Jayden Ruiz, Gianni Salcedo, Jenna Santo, Gemma Schoenfeld, Nicholas Schraffa, Benjamin Seneca, Grey Smolar, Kenneth Snay, Colin Snyder, Gianna Spero, Max St. Hilaire, Brian Story, Valerie Tarabay, Grace Taylor, Charlene Tchouanmou, Eljana Toska, Nico Vaillancourt, Maia Valentin, Rayne Vera, Marielys Vicioso Perez, Reina Vicioso Perez, Kate Vivia Romero, Riley Whelan, Isabel Whittaker, Anushey Zahid, Brianna Zaia.

Crime

Man, 36, Takes Own Life After Barricading Himself, Shooting at Police at North Andover Home

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An armed gunman, described as having “a mental health episode,” took his own life last night after barricading himself at a North Andover home. North Andover Police said in a press release this morning the 36-year-old man, whose identity was not officially released, fired at a police cruiser, injuring an officer who was struck in the head with metal shards. The officer, also unnamed, was taken to Lawrence General Hospital where he was treated and released. Police said they first received an emergency 9-1-1 call just before 10 p.m. from the Waverley Road home from a family member, reporting the situation and notifying officials the man was armed. Nearby residents were advised to shelter in place.

Business Bulletin

May 9 Expo at iHub Haverhill to Connect Businesses with Free Programs and Resources

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Businesses wondering if they qualify for tax incentives; in need of good employees; trying to access resources available to women, minority or veteran-owned business; or that need capital may find answers during a May business expo in Haverhill. State Undersecretary of Economic Foundations Ashley Stolba will provide a keynote address, while Haverhill Mayor Melinda E. Barrett, a longtime downtown business owner, will also speak. UMass Lowell Innovation Hub in Haverhill is partnering with the Massachusetts Office of Business Development, City of Haverhill, Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce and Merrimack Valley Planning Commission for the regional business resource fair Thursday, May 9, 8:30-11:30 a.m., at UMass Lowell iHub, 2 Merrimack St., Haverhill. “It’s not always easy to find and access resources as entrepreneurs or small business owners,” said Stephanie Guyotte, associate director of the Innovation Hub. “Bringing these organizations together in one place, businesses and entrepreneurs and can come and get all of their questions answered, learn new things, and take advantage of all the resources that the state and others have to offer.”

Jerrard Whitten, executive director of the Merrimack Valley Economic Development Corporation and the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, added “This expo allows businesses to connect with state resources and partners to fuel sustained development, driving progress and prosperity throughout the valley.

Region

Plaistow, N.H., Team Effort Proves Successful in Rescuing Duckling From Sewer

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A joint effort of Plaistow, N.H., first responders rescued several ducklings this past Monday that took a wrong turn and became trapped in a Plaistow Road sewer. Plaistow Fire Chief Chris Knutsen told WHAV his department was able to provide Animal Control Officer Maura Wentworth with seven personnel and equipment to help recover the wayward flock from a storm drain system on Route 125. “In all, three different storm drains were accessed. We were able to recover all but two ducklings. Unfortunately, they ran into small drainage pipes that would not allow us the ability to access them.

Crime

Police Arrest Six, Including 22-Year-Old Methuen Man, For Alleged Theft of $50,000 in Lottery Tickets

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Six people, including a 22-year-old Methuen man, were arrested Wednesday after 121 indictments were handed down related to alleged break-ins at various convenience stores where about $50,000 lottery tickets were stolen. Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker said indictments charged “known” gang members and associates with breaking and entering in the night for felony, larceny in excess of $1,200, larceny from a building, wanton destruction of property over $1,200, receiving stolen property less than $1,200, common and notorious thief, money laundering and improper use of credit card less than $1,200. “These indictments and arrests are a reflection of the tremendous partnerships between state and local agencies and represent how law enforcement and prosecutors from my office work tirelessly and side-by-side to solve and prosecute crimes perpetrated by criminal networks,” Tucker said in a statement. Tucker’s office said it was involved in a three-month, multi-agency effort they called “Operation Smash & Cash” where at least 12 convenience stores throughout Essex and Middlesex counties in Massachusetts and four New Hampshire communities were struck February, March, and April of this year. Search warrants were used in Methuen, Lawrence, Revere, Swampscott and Lynn.