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Techcycle Solutions Partners with Haverhill Farmers Market for E-Waste Recycling

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Techcycle Solutions will be on hand for this Saturday’s Haverhill Farmers Market to help residents responsibly recycle old electronic devices, including laptops, phones, desktops, monitors, servers, hard drives, networking equipment, cords, cables and motherboards. The E-waste recycling event takes place Saturday, Oct. 5, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Bradford Common, 10 Church St., Bradford. A $25 fee applies for each TV, and there is a $4 charge for hard drive shredding. Items containing freon are not accepted.

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Atkinson Women’s Civic Club’s 2024 Indoor/Outdoor Artisan Market Saturday

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The Atkinson Women’s Civic Club is having its 2024 Indoor/Outdoor Artisan Market, offering the community a day of shopping and family fun. Attendees will have the opportunity to find unique gifts and crafts from among the work of 75 local artisan vendors. There will also be raffle baskets, 50/50 raffles, music and various food vendors. Proceeds benefit the Atkinson community. The market will take place, rain or shine, Saturday, Oct.

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Postponed to Oct. 5: Telescopes Available for Stargazing Friday Night at Tattersall Farm

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Due to cloud cover, Tattersall Farm is delaying an up-close view of the sky until Saturday, Oct. 5. Local amateur astronomers will have telescopes set up to share views of Saturn, star clusters, binary stars and, possibly, fainter galaxies and nebulae as it gets darker. Stargazing takes place Saturday, Oct. 5, starting at 8 p.m., at Tattersall Farm, 542 N. Broadway, Haverhill.

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HOPE Task Force, Drug Story Theater Present ‘Back to Life’ Oct. 23 at HHS

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The mayor’s Haverhill Overdose Prevention and Education—HOPE—Task Force is joining with Drug Story Theater to present “Back to Life,” a drama in observance of Youth Substance Use Prevention Month. The presentation, introduced by Mayor Melinda E. Barrett and City Councilor Colin F. LePage, will be followed by a talkback and question and answer session with Dr. Joseph Shrand, founder of Drug Story Theater and nationally recognized expert in adolescent addiction, and the cast of the Drug Story Theater. “Back to Life,” based on a true story, tells the story of a casual night of partying that takes a tragic turn. The performance is designed to engage parents and community members in a candid conversation about the dangers lurking in recreational drug use today, particularly the deadly presence of fentanyl and xylazine. The night sheds light on the often-underestimated risks of experimenting with drugs, critical importance of destigmatizing Narcan and real possibility of saving lives by making the life-saving drug readily available.

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Eammon’s Heart Narcan Training to Take Place at Northern Essex Community College

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Eammon’s Heart will present Narcan training at Northern Essex Community College, offering harm reduction and addiction awareness education during October and November. Rebecca Pichardo, a trainer specializing in Narcan and substance use disorder, will lead the trainings, which include overdose education, basic overdose response, and naloxone administration, aims to empower individuals with life-saving knowledge. Topics covered include the risks for opioid overdose, recognizing the signs of an overdose, steps of overdose response, how to administer naloxone and perform rescue breathing and an overview of local Good Samaritan laws. Attendees will receive a take-home naloxone kit. There are two sessions, Thursday, Oct.

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Atkinson Garden Club Hosts Open Meeting Featuring Designer Maureen Christmas

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The Atkinson Garden Club is set to host an open meeting featuring internationally renowned floral designer Maureen Christmas,

Christmas is a National Garden Club master flower show judge and a graduate of the European Master Certification Program. She has been inducted into the American Institute of Floral Designers and is a multiple award winner at various design shows. Her work has appeared on the cover of the National Garden Club’s Vision of Beauty Calendar and she has designed for the Dalai Lama at Boston’s Wang Center. As an eco-friendly, studio-based florist and proprietor of Floral Notes in Acton, she is also an avid home gardener. The meeting takes place on Tuesday, Oct.1, at 1 p.m., at the Atkinson Community Center, 4 Main St., Atkinson, N.H.  Admission is $10, and light refreshments will be served.

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Haverhill Woman Drives 4th Annual Pink Party Saturday, Supporting Cancer Research and Treatment

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The Fourth Annual Pink Party art show and auction to benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund takes place this Saturday

The fundraiser was first organized by Muriel Lee Boles of Haverhill in 2021 after she learned first hand the need for ongoing study and new approaches. “When I was first diagnosed with metastatic (Stage 4) breast cancer during the month of May, a surgeon told my family I wouldn’t be around by Christmas of that year. Well, that was in 2013! So, I know too well the importance of research into new treatments,” Boles tells WHAV. She goes on to say sharing her story and raising money for research provides not only hope, but better outcomes.