Business Bulletin

Bridgestone Donates 15-Passenger Van to Boys and Girls Club of Greater Haverhill

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Members of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Haverhill were surprised Wednesday to witness the arrival of a new passenger van to ensure their participation at various future events. Executive Director Javier Bristol called the children into the gymnasium to announce the arrival of a 2024 GMC 15-passenger Savana van. Valued at $60,000, it was a gift of the retailer Bridgestone, purchased at DeLuca GMC of Haverhill and delivered under Haverhill Police escort. “What does that mean for you guys? It means that we will now have two vans that we can utilize and have the flexibility to travel for different events—whether it be sports teams like our basketball AAU boys get to different events and different tournaments, whether it be for our workforce development program whereby director Allison to do some career exploration skill sets, to visit some small businesses, to get to some job training, give you guys the opportunities to get access to different things, that we wouldn’t otherwise have, with access to this new van,” Bristol explained.

Haverhill

Haverhill Rotary Club Honors Carroll, Turner, Triplett and Healy at Veterans Breakfast

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One of the state’s top veterans leaders called on continued support for military veterans beyond Veterans Day during the Rotary Club of Haverhill’s Ninth Annual Veterans Breakfast last Thursday. Veterans honored were Haverhill Firefighter Timothy Carroll, Carl Turner and David Triplett. In addition, Maureen Healy was presented with Rotary’s Service Award. Massachusetts Deputy Director of the Executive Office of Veterans Services, Brigadier General (Ret) Andrea Gayle-Bennett challenged those in attendance to “Remember our Veterans after Veterans Day, by continually looking for ways to support them and their families.”

“Veterans don’t serve alone, their families serve with them,” she added. Gayle-Bennett served in the Massachusetts Army National Guard for more than 35 years.

Education

Podcast: Haverhill Schools Cheer Whittier Modular Classrooms, Rising Steel at Consentino

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Major milestones are taking place for Haverhill Public School students with integration of modular classrooms at John Greenleaf Whittier School and steel reaching its peak at the new Dr. Albert B. Consentino School. During an appearance this week on WHAV’s “Win for Breakfast” program, Superintendent Margaret Marotta paid special attention to the $160 million replacement Consentino project and $3 million temporary Whittier additions. “If people take a ride by the Consentino, the steel is up. It’s looking like a building. It’s pretty exciting, and the modulars are up over at Whittier, so we have a lot going on,” she explained.

Education

Podcast: Hunking Student Becomes National Champion in MLB’s Pitch, Hit and Run Contest

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Updated: On Sunday, Oct. 27, Mollie MacIntosh became the National Champion in Major League Baseball’s Pitch, Hit & Run competition when she defeated the other regional winners in the 7- to 8-year-old age bracket. The National Championship was held in Los Angeles, the day after Game 2 of the World Series between the Dodgers and Yankees. Haverhill has been home to a few major league baseball players, most recently Carlos Pena, and the late Mike Ryan, and there is another talented ball player in the wings. It’s 8-year-old Mollie MacIntosh, a third grader at the Caleb Dustin Hunking School.

Community Spotlight

Haverhill Rotary to Honor Carroll, Triplett, Turner and Healy at Veterans Awards Breakfast

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The Rotary Club of Haverhill honors three veterans who continue to serve their communities through volunteerism and the Club’s Service Award recipient early in November. The Ninth Annual Veterans Awards Breakfast honors Haverhill Firefighter Tim Carroll, David Triplett and Carl Turner. Rotary Club member and program chair Kathy Fitts discussed the upcoming event recently on WHAV’s “Win for Breakfast” program. She explained the breakfast honors those who served in the military, but also continue serve the community, living the Rotary motto “Service Above Self.”

Carroll, for example, volunteers with the Junior Haverhill Hillies football program, while Triplett gives his time as commandant of the Haverhill Marine Corps League, a nonprofit that supports veterans, and the Haverhill High School Junior ROTC program and Turner volunteers with Team Haverhill’s Clean & Green Neighborhoods, Ruth’s House and Whittier Birthplace, where he is helping develop walking trails. Rotary’s Service Award goes to Maureen Healy, who has collected more than 1,000 pairs of socks for veterans, organized a lunch for female veterans and makes and sells Christmas stockings for veterans in need.

Election Central

Podcast: Early Voting Continues Today; Haverhill Clerk Wright Explains Extended Election Season

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The election season is in full swing at the Haverhill City Clerk’s office even though final election day is two weeks away. Haverhill City Clerk Kaitlin M. Wright, a recent guest on WHAV’s “Win for Breakfast” program, explained why the window for early voting seems longer than usual. In-person early voting started this past weekend. “In regular elections, like the September primary or maybe a municipal election, you would see one week of early voting, but the Vote Act that was passed by the legislature requires that for the November election you have two weeks of early voting.”

For citizens requesting a mail-in ballot, Wright noted an important step voters must take. “When you’re requesting a vote by mail ballot and filling it out, it’s really important that you sign that manila ballot envelope.

Region

Podcast: Mann Orchards’ Fitzgerald Previews Topsfield Fair and Looks Back 50 Years

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If there was any reason to doubt it, the upcoming Topsfield Fair is a sure sign of fall. America’s oldest county fair, having started in 1818, opens Friday, Oct. 4, and runs through Columbus Day, Monday, Oct. 14. Although he hasn’t been around since the beginning, Bill Fitzgerald of Methuen’s Mann Orchards is as knowledgeable as anyone about the longtime tradition.

Business Bulletin

New Senior Apartments in Downtown Haverhill Formally Open During Ceremony

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Merrimack Corner, the latest addition to Bethany Communities’ affordable senior apartments, formally opened Thursday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. City officials, business leaders and others gathered for the official grand opening at 100 Water St. Bethany Communities President and CEO Jered Stewart talked about the 48 units in the new building, the first large-scale housing development on downtown’s Haverhill Water Street in more than 50 years. “Creating these 48 new homes here at Merrimack Corner is maybe not a huge number, but it certainly helps to meet the critical housing need and shortage we see across Haverhill, our region and the state. We know that this housing crisis is real, we see it every day so 48 news homes, maybe it’s a dent, but at least it’s an impact,” he said.