Longtime Haverhill businessman and community servant Peter Carbone will be given the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce’s Lifetime Achievement Award when it convenes its Annual Business Awards Breakfast next month. Carbone and schoolhood buddy David Gaiero bought EZ-Way Cleaners from Carbone’s father, Atillio A. Carbone, and operated the business until last fall when they retired. Peter Carbone also serves as chairman of the Haverhill Board of Health, member of the Haverhill Historical Commission, member of the Haverhill Citizens Hall of Fame Committee and Pentucket Kiwanis, among other leadership roles in various groups and activities
Salem Five bank was also named by the Chamber as Business of the Year. Other annual award categories and winners are Arts and Culture, Dustin-Duston Garrison House;
Education, HP3; Family-Owned Business, Broco Energy; Health, Sarah’s Place; Manufacturing: IMI; Pioneer, Northern Essex Community College Culinary Program; Restaurant, Casa Blanca; Retail/Wholesale, Museum of Printing Gift Shop; Rising Star, Wellness Hot Yoga; Rookie of the Year, G’s Southern Texas Flare; Service for Non-Profit, Endicott College; Service for Profit, Peddler’s Daughter; Technology, Embryotech; Volunteer, Maria Cunha; Women in Business, Jennifer Matthews; and John E. Ratka Award, former Rep. Linda Dean Campbell. In addition.