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Saturday is DEA National Prescription Take Back Day at Haverhill, Methuen, Plaistow and Atkinson. N.H., and other area police stations. Police stations are accepting expired prescription medications Saturday, Oct. 24, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The service is free and anonymous. Other participating departments in the area are Lawrence, Merrimac, North Andover and West Newbury.
Haverhill High School’s Class of 1996 is having its 30th anniversary reunion, with special emphasis on the class’s theme, “Turn! Turn! Turn!”
“Turn! Turn! Turn!,” taken from the words from the Book of Ecclesiastes, is a song written by Pete Seeger and originally released as “To Everything There Is a Season,” notes class member Megan Arivella, now supervisor of school counseling for Haverhill Public Schools.
Haverhill is planning its second annual “Hill-O-Ween” jack-o-lantern contest. The city invites residents to enter their carved pumpkins, to be displayed in Washington Square, into the contest, taking place Friday, Oct. 30, where volunteers will light and display pumpkins. Winners of the “Spookiest” pumpkin, judged by artist and Creative Haverhill Programs and Operations Manager Josh Salad, receives a gift card to Evens & Oddities; “Most Vintage” pumpkin, judged by Time Machine co-owner Jay Ferrandini, receives a gift card to the store; and “Most Creative” pumpkin, judged by Winged Rabbit owner Patricia Bruno, receives a gift card to that store. Jack-o-lantern drop-off runs from 5-6 p.m., judges arrive at 6 and winners announced at 6:30 There is no cost to participate and everyone who participates will be entered to win a gift card to The Charcoal Pit.
The annual Greater Haverhill Arts Association Holiday Show opens this year in the heart of downtown Haverhill. The exhibition takes place Friday through Sunday, Nov. 13 through 15, in collaboration with Creative Haverhill in the Cogswell Artspace Incubator gallery at Creative Haverhill, 43 Washington St. Greater Haverhill Arts Association members are invited to exhibit up to two framed works and up to 24 additional, smaller and unframed items. Organizers suggest smaller, reasonably priced work, including prints, notecards, ornaments, calendars and magnets. Other criteria, fees and registration are online at haverhillartassociation.org.
Atkinson Congregational Church is set to host various services and events leading up to Christmas Eve and beyond. All activities involving worship, as well as the Christmas concert, will be held both in person and livestreamed from the church’s website. The first of four Sundays in the Advent season is taking place Nov. 29. At the 10:30 a.m. service, a brief Advent observance will take place.
All Saints Parish plans a Christmas Holiday Fair next month with 15 to 20 local craft vendors, holiday music, hourly gift basket raffles and a visit from Santa Claus. Additional items include a wine basket, a Serenity basket, a Dooney & Bourke bag and wallet, and two tickets to a Bruins game with free parking. Children and teens are also able to choose Christmas gifts for their parents and loved ones with prices starting as low as $2. The Christmas Holiday Fair takes place Saturday, Nov. 14, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 120 Bellevue Ave., Haverhill.
The Breakfast Exchange Club of Greater Haverhill this week stepped up with $12,000 to help ensure older residents in need receive help paying for this winter’s heating bills. Breakfast Exchange Club members presented the check Tuesday to Community Action CEO Kerri Sheeran Perry. Community Action of Haverhill is designated to administer the federally and state-funded Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
Club leaders said, “This generous contribution will help provide warmth, comfort and peace of mind to members of our community who are struggling with heating costs.”
The Club said Perry spoke with Exchangites about the growing need for fuel assistance and the challenges many people will face in keeping their homes warm during the colder months.
Haverhill’s Museum of Printing is offering children a chance to “Get Inky! Get Spooky” Oct. 24. It’s offering Lego printing, cookie decorating and skeleton building as part of a collection of Halloween activities Saturday, Oct. 24, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the museum, 15 Thornton Ave., Haverhill
Required tickets are $23.18 with fee, and include admission to the museum, and available at Eventbrite.