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Haverhill Fire Chief Robert M. O’Brien takes questions and addresses members of the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce next Wednesday morning. O’Brien is the July speaker at the Greater Haverhill Chamber’s monthly Eggs & Issues Legislative Breakfast, Wednesday, July 16, from 7:30-8:30 a.m., at Hampton Inn, 106 Bank Road, Haverhill. The cost is $15 each for Chamber members and $25 each for non-members and may be reserved online at HaverhillChamber.com.
The Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce is calling all golfers to show off their skills and compete for prizes during its 33rd Annual Golf Tournament in September. The Chamber is giving plenty of notice so golfers can practice and play as good as their bragging, while taking advantage of early bird pricing which ends Friday, July 11. The tournament takes place Monday, Sept. 8, with 9 a.m. registration and 10 a.m. shotgun start, at Bradford Country Club, 201 Chadwick Road, Haverhill. It’s $150 per person or $585 for a foursome.
As the state’s new $61 billion spending plan takes effect, members of the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce receive an inside peek later this month from state Rep. Aaron Michlewitz, chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, and area state representatives. The Chamber’s annual State Representatives Luncheon takes place Tuesday, July 22, from noon-1:30 p.m., at Northern Essex Community College’s El Hefni Building, 414 Common St., Lawrence. Area representatives expected to attend include Andy X. Vargas, Ryan M. Hamilton, Dawne Shand, Estela Reyes, Adrianne Ramos, Francisco Paulino, Tram Nguyen and Frank Moran. Admission is $35 each for Merrimack Valley Chamber members and $45 each for nonmembers. They may be reserved online at MerrimackValleyChamber.com or by calling 978-686-0900.
Christina St. Onge, a 1991 graduate of Northern Essex Community College, is the newest board member of the NECC Foundation, which raises supports for the college and its students. St. Onge, of Methuen, is senior branch relationship manager and vice president at Enterprise Bank. She graduated from Northern Essex with an associate degree in Paralegal Studies and has had a successful career in banking, with roles at Santander Bank, People’s United Bank and Lowell Five Bank before joining Enterprise Bank in 2020.
BrightBridge Credit Union earlier this month awarded $27,500 in scholarships to 19 graduating seniors from schools throughout Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire during a ceremony and dinner at the credit union’s Lawrence corporate office. Winners were selected from a pool of more than 700 applicants who were tasked with answering the essay question, “Tell us what leadership means to you. Describe a time when you demonstrated leadership and what lessons you learned from that experience.”
BrightBridge Marketing Specialist and Scholarship Coordinator Olivia Pink said, “We couldn’t believe how many students applied for the scholarship this year and how incredibly smart, hardworking and dedicated to their community each applicant was. It made narrowing down the winners incredibly difficult!”
Two of the scholarship awards honor members of the BrightBridge and former RTN Federal Credit Union communities. Brady Lynde, a graduate of Lowell Catholic High School and will be attending Northeastern University, was awarded the Lisa Lewis Goodman Community Spirit Award of $2,500.
The Beck, a new 290-unit apartment complex opposite the Bradford commuter railroad station, was christened Wednesday as officials from its development company, its architects and its contractor officiated at a ribbon cutting. Taking the scissors to the red ribbon were Leah Maguire and Petros Filiogianni, The Beck’s first tenants. Michael Procopio, CEO for the Procopio Companies, said he was thrilled the complex is complete and welcoming new tenants. He said his company appreciated the opportunity to build in Haverhill and that the city officials had helped smooth the project’s construction. Procopio started leasing units in April with the first tenants moving in in mid-May.
The state this week approved tax incentives to help Eagle Management Co. to combine its manufacturing plants in Lawrence and Middleton into an expanded 37,700-square-foot manufacturing center in Methuen. The Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council approved $375,000 in Economic Development Incentive Program tax credits. Eagle Management, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, manufactures wooden doors and drawers. It plans to purchase Methuen property for $6.15 million and invest $1.5 million to equip, outfit and complete the relocation.
Hisham Fayed has been named chief communications officer at Haverhill-based Broco Energy, a full-service fuel, energy and service company. Fayed is a marketing and promotions leader with 17 years in the radio and media industry. He was born in Cairo, Egypt, and moved to Palmer, Mass., in 1997 at age 10. He graduated from Quabbin Regional High School in Barre, and later earned his bachelor’s in Marketing from Franklin University. He earned his U.S. Citizenship in 2015 and said he is “grateful for the opportunities it has afforded him.”
“My journey from Cairo to becoming a U.S. citizen has profoundly shaped my perspective and I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunities it has provided,” he explained.
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Pentucket Bank is the new sponsor of the Adopt-A-Site pocket park at the entrance to Winnekenni Park. For the last 15 years Marilyn Jenkins and her late husband Ralph maintained the park as part of Haverhill Brightside’s Adopt-A-Site program. However, following her husband’s death at 91 last year, Jenkins contacted Haverhill City Council President Thomas J. Sullivan about finding a new caretaker. Sullivan in turn appealed to the bank because the Sole of Haverhill shoe statute that once had been on display at the bank’s Merrimack Street branch was moved to the Winnekenni site. The shoe, commissioned by the bank in 2009, had been in storage since the bank’s headquarters was demolished to make way for new construction.
