Business Bulletin

‘Do You Remember When the Days Were Long?’ Art Exhibition in Downtown Haverhill

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“Do you remember when the days were long?,” a solo exhibition featuring new sculptural work by Joe LoVasco, is on display in through Sunday, June 2, in downtown Haverhill. There are two distinctive series on display Saturdays, from noon-4 p.m., at the SJ Art Consulting gallery at 43 Washington St.—both created within the past year at LoVasco’s home in Haverhill. “Dream Stack and Outlines” was born from observations of his then-infant son, Orlando’s blocks and chunky toys. Early iterations of the work included smooth surfaces and rounded edges, whereas the most recent sculptures contain not only pointed corners, but a greater amount of visual and physical problem solving on the part of the artist. “Watching my son build his own sculptures from my scrap pieces, while also having the opportunity to learn from him, will continue to inspire me,” says the artist.

Education

Haverhill High School Releases Third Term 2024 Honor Roll; Complete List Here

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Haverhill High School has released its third-term honor roll, naming students who have earned Honors with Distinction, High Honors and Honors. A full list appears below. Honors with Distinction
Javon Adebayo, Janine Alcivar, Joseph Alleva, Jvian Andino, Samar Awad Salib, Sarah Awad Salib, William Axford, Joe Badell Nivar, Jacob Bonenfant, Riley Bradish, Marcelina Burrowes, Keira Bushey, Lauryn Calkins, Ella Carroll, Amaya Castro, Makaylia Cederman, Sophie Coelho, Isaac Cortes Polo, Carlos Cruz Velazquez, Sophie Da Silveira, Jaydan Dacey, Connor Damske, Thayslaine DaSilva, Sophia DeFrank, Brendan Doody, Keira Drouin, Aaron Duclos, Christopher Eder, Aya Elkadmiri, Elena Fairbrother, Eve Farrell, Edward Feoli, Isabella Foskett, Avery Fumia, Vasiliki Gioldasis, Callan Goncalves, Tucker Grant, Molly Guthrie, Madeline Halupowski, Katelynn Hannon, Isabella Harb, Orly Hess, Michael Hickey, Mason Holmes, Julie Howes, Yashira Huertas, Shayla Igoe, Sierra Jepson, Kayla Johnston, Chloe Jones, Liam Jordan, Molly Jordan, Yosica Joseph, Nevaeh Joubert, Bethsheba Kayaga, Mariam Khair, Sophie Kwiatkowski, Sophia Lafontaine, Sophia Lee, Emily Lenihan, Caydan Lessard, Andrew Leung, Taylor Lewis, Natalie Libby, Isabella Libucha, Jack Libucha, Isabella Likas, Flynn Lombard, Madonna Maldonado, Jordany Martinez Rosario, Kaelie McCracken, Marjorie McIrvin, Abigail Mejia, Brodie Melvin, Malika Meskine, Makayla Miller, Ariel Minervini, Hannah Minnis, Abby Mistretta, Ava Mueller, Thomas Murphy, Cayla Ngunu, Khoi Nguyen Le, Disha Patel, Diya Patel, Kathryn Pelczar, Emma Pelletier, Abigail Pfeil, Alexander Pinardi, Julianne Piraino, Gabriel Potter, Kenneth Poy, Astrid Ramirez Romero, Saralis Ramirez Rosario, Emmanuela Raymond, Kaitlyn Reynolds, France Rigueur, Elibeth Rodriguez, Maria Jose Rodriguez, Raily Romano Hidalgo, Cecily Russell, Gianna Salvato, Lauren Samaha, Jenna Schultz, Jillian Schultz, Na’Mat Shqair, Alec Simoneau, Colby Smith, Luke Smith, Asher Snay, Charles Sparrow, Miles Stapel, Rowan Staples, Sophia Suarez, Noah Tanguay, Brennan Tarasuk, Tristan Taylor, Landon Terry, Emiliano Tiburcio Munoz, Ryan Trebicka, Chloe Truong, Mikayla Tzortzis, Kiara Ventura, Vasiliki Vourtsas, Nathaniel Wholley, Isabella Wingren, Aidan Wood, Grace Wood, Gracie-laine Woodburn, Sean Wynn, Alexandra Yattaw
High Honors
Boluwatife Adebayo, Daysi Agualema Chimbo, Rayssa Alves Souza de Jesus, Mallory Amirian, Meredith Amirian, Leah Aquino, Ashley Auguste, Isabelle Ayala, Jude Bach, Matthew Baker, Rodolfo Baltodano Reyes, Pablo Banos, Eve Barton, Ryan Bates, Gabriel Batista, Joshua Bedient, Emma Bednarek, Joseph Bednarek, Kadyn Belanger, Safaa Bellebia, Maxim Benanchietti, Jillian Bergeron, Alexander Bissonnette, Hunter Blais, Kai’ri Bohanan, Abigail Brownrigg, Miles Bunyar, Gabriella Burdier, Abigail Burrill, Alexandra Bushey, Christopher Butt, Donald Cannon Watkins, Aydin Castillo, Michael Castillo, Colin Chartier, Connor Chmieleski, Brenna Corcoran, Ella Crowley, Saul Cruz Matias, Maria Eduarda Cruz, Anabella Cuevas, Geovanna Da Rocha, Michelle De La Cruz, Jadehalie DeJesus, Maicol Demerlus, Emily Dicker, Olivia Dicker, Natasha Dion, Kiernan Doody, Lauren Downer, Kylie Etling, Amarachukwu Ezeoke, Elijah Fabian, Reece Favalora, Jay Faxon, Olivia Feil, Benjamin Fitts, Alyssa Flynn, Brooke Gagne, Shannon Gallagher, Isaac Garcia, Mya Garcia, Valentina Geotis, Cecilia Geyer, Angel Gomez-Adorno, Madeline Goncalves, Olivia Gonzalez, Halina Grabski, Max Graham, Amelia Grauwiler, Cailin Grenier, Sebastien Guillaume, Nathan Harrington, Asa Harvey, Anthony Hoffman, Hunter Hollingworth, Emma Janes, Amanda Jones, Beel Joseph, Jayla Joseph, Tyler Joslin, Laureen Keenan, Jack Kelleher, Christina Khalil, Eleanor Kutschke, Christian LeColst, Avery Lescord, Ty Lescord, Ryan Lessard, Richard Littlefield, Trey Lynch, Noelia Macario, Caroline Madden, Emma Manning, Megan Manning, Kaelyn Mazzaglia, Ryleigh McGinley, Patrick McGowan, Sofia Medina Berrios, Olivia Melo, Aidan Menzie, Gabriella Miller, Jackson Morin, Adreana Ndaira, Bella Nieves, Samantha Noonan, Cassidy O’Keefe, Rachel Oliveira Bandeira, Jude Oosting, Natalia Ordaz Monzon, Patrick Osgood, Joel Otero Burgos, Ezequiel Ovalle Blanco, Ana Oviedo, April Paez, Cole Pagliuca, John Papageorgiou, Georgios Papanikolaou, Theodora Parkiotis, Jamieson Pearl, Grace Pelletier, Aaron Pernilla-Roche, Alexis Pernilla-Roche, Kylie Petersen, Colten Pinto, Brandon Piraino, Claire Plourde, Hailee Powe, Kleisa Prifti, Emmalynn Proia, Jesus Quinones, Phoenix Quinones, Kaylee Quirk, Logan Ralph, Sophia Riley, Johan Rivera-Perez, Timothy Robertson, Rogellyn Rodriguez, Alexavier Rosado, Spencer Roux, Pierce Rowe, Ryan Roy, John Rubera, Hannah Russo, Lilly Russo, Brennah Ryan, Leandro Say Castellanos, Violet Schiller, Rebecca Seneca, Kayley Shapiro, Nolan Sheehan, Qamar Shqair, Joseph Simoneau, Brady Smith, Mia Smith, Brendan Snyder, Henrique Souza Ramalho, Lily Souza, Sydney Spencer, Samuel Stanley, Chelsea Taabi, Meredith Tabb, Molly Tabb, Irving Taveras, Manuel Troncoso De La Cruz, Dimitri Tzortzis, Nick Tzortzis, Ava Vasquez, Mariah Vega, Angelica Villaronga Lopez, Juan Villasenor Monrreal, Cassandra White, Cameron Whitten, Hannon Wipff, Cale Wood, Sean Ziminski, James Zito, Anna Zuccarello
Honors
Boston Alvino, Justin Anil, Lucia Antonelli, Kailyn Aquino, Kamila Avila Charles, Gabriella Bailey, Jack Baker, Jack Baker, Reem Balbesi, Audrey Barchard, Jameson Barker, Joy Barman, Rachael Barman, Michael Bayko, Chase Benedict, Avery Borden, Lia Briana, Jacob Brindis, Courtney Brousseau, Kaitlin Brownrigg, Donovan Carroll, Verodis Castillo Reyes, Emmerson Cerasuolo, Chiarra Charles, Neickensya Colas, Dehkontee Cooper, Sienna Cooper, Sebastian Cruz, Juan Cubilete, Jayden Cuevas, Beatriz De Lima Zocchio, Emilia DeAza, Mikayla DeFrank, Logan DeLeon, Nancy Devlin, Ricardo Dilone Mejia, Samantha Dion, Shadi Doucee, Benjamin Ellis, Delia Evans, Nallomy Fajardo Garcia, Steven Fermin Suarez, Gabriella Ferrarini, Joshua Ferreira, Jezrael Fonseca Morel, Luca Franceschino, Emily Fusco, Ivana George, Cindy Ghorra, Alyssa Giarrusso, Declan Gillogly, Isabella Giordano, Lyra Graham, Cadia Griffin, Brody Guice, Jeffrey Guimaraes, Isabella Guzman, Samuel Harrison, Gabriel Hassan, Joshua Havens, Gweneth Hennington, Izabella Hernandez, Rowan Hess, Liam Holloran, Savannah Holloran, Kendall Holmes Lavallee, Madison Howard, Joseph Howes, Martha Itugi, Ethan Jalbert, William Jimenez, Madeline Julien, Luke Klauka, Michael Kmenta, Madison Kulpa, Chloe Lawson, Emely Lebron Arias, Isabelle Leger, Henry Loja Cela, Matthew Lopes, Meredith MacIver, Kelsey Madden, Absalom Mateo Marizan, Madalyn McDonald, Jade McWhorter, Cameron Morse, Aaron Muiruri, William Murphy, Brewer Murray, Aidan O’Connor, Shyla O’Donnell, Lucien O’Neil, Favour Obi, Thomas Osorio Lopez, Ava Jane Paquette, Brady Paris, Jenny Patel, Juan Paucar Guaman, Lucas Perez, Myan Pham, Lucien Pothier, Daniel Rastauskas, Dean Reinoso, Jayanalys Rivera, Sariah Rivera, Hayden Roberts, Myles Robertson, Marianna Robinson, Christopher Rodriguez, Eli Rogers, Anyelo Rojas Montealegre, Neishaly Rosa, Sydney Roux, Jayden Ruiz, Gianni Salcedo, Jenna Santo, Gemma Schoenfeld, Nicholas Schraffa, Benjamin Seneca, Grey Smolar, Kenneth Snay, Colin Snyder, Gianna Spero, Max St. Hilaire, Brian Story, Valerie Tarabay, Grace Taylor, Charlene Tchouanmou, Eljana Toska, Nico Vaillancourt, Maia Valentin, Rayne Vera, Marielys Vicioso Perez, Reina Vicioso Perez, Kate Vivia Romero, Riley Whelan, Isabel Whittaker, Anushey Zahid, Brianna Zaia.

Cannabis

Haverhill Workshops Policy Helping Those Most Impacted By ‘War on Drugs’ Get Cannabis Shop Permits

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As the state enacts legislation aimed at giving cannabis shop permits to those most negatively impacted by the, so-called, “War on Drugs,” Haverhill officials are facing a state deadline to decide how the city will support such applicants. According to a draft of Haverhill’s social equity policy, conditions to qualify include that a majority of a business’s owners have previous cannabis-related convictions, live in an “area of disproportionate impact,” meet certain income requirements, or have descendants from particular minority groups. These were specified as “Black, African American, Hispanic, Latino or Native American or indigenous.”

In an email to the City Council’s Administration and Finance Committee workshopping the policy, Councilor Melissa J. Lewandowski said the document should make clear belonging to the group prioritized by the state does not “guarantee” an applicant a license. With the state’s Cannabis Control Commission—or CCC—having set a May 1 deadline, councilors and City Solicitor Lisa L. Mead discussed at a Monday meeting whether to include sections on cannabis delivery businesses and community impact fees. Lewandowski raised concerns about whether to give applicants “exclusive access” to delivery licenses for three years because the city has yet to make specific legislation about the service.

Haverhill

Haverhill Public Works Adds Streets to Repaving List

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Haverhill’s Public Works Department is adding a few streets to this week’s paving and repair list. Work is set for Carleton Street, from Broadway to Lowell Avenue; Berkeley Avenue, from Mill to Windsor Street; Travers Street, from Kenoza Avenue to Ashland Street; and Sherman Avenue, from Brook to Willie Street. The additional streets and sidewalks join a list WHAV reported earlier this week. The condition of Carleton Street after utility work took place was the subject of a City Council complaint nearly two years ago. Then-City Councilor Joseph J. Bevilacqua presented photographs depicting the harsh conditions facing drivers on some of the roads undergoing repaving and other improvements.

Business Bulletin

May 9 Expo at iHub Haverhill to Connect Businesses with Free Programs and Resources

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Businesses wondering if they qualify for tax incentives; in need of good employees; trying to access resources available to women, minority or veteran-owned business; or that need capital may find answers during a May business expo in Haverhill. State Undersecretary of Economic Foundations Ashley Stolba will provide a keynote address, while Haverhill Mayor Melinda E. Barrett, a longtime downtown business owner, will also speak. UMass Lowell Innovation Hub in Haverhill is partnering with the Massachusetts Office of Business Development, City of Haverhill, Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce and Merrimack Valley Planning Commission for the regional business resource fair Thursday, May 9, 8:30-11:30 a.m., at UMass Lowell iHub, 2 Merrimack St., Haverhill. “It’s not always easy to find and access resources as entrepreneurs or small business owners,” said Stephanie Guyotte, associate director of the Innovation Hub. “Bringing these organizations together in one place, businesses and entrepreneurs and can come and get all of their questions answered, learn new things, and take advantage of all the resources that the state and others have to offer.”

Jerrard Whitten, executive director of the Merrimack Valley Economic Development Corporation and the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, added “This expo allows businesses to connect with state resources and partners to fuel sustained development, driving progress and prosperity throughout the valley.

Haverhill

Haverhill Councilors Call For Revival of Forest Stewardship Program; Mayor Agrees

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As Haverhill completes its Open Space and Recreation Plan, City Councilors Devan M. Ferreira and Melissa J. Lewandowski advocated at last night’s meeting for a revival of the forest stewardship program, which was created in 2009 but has since become inactive. Ferreira said of Haverhill’s residents, “As much as they like the heart of the city, they like the country, they like the woods, they like everything that offers us. It’s an important step for addressing some urgent climate issues that we have, as well as biodiversity in our community.”

Mayor Melinda E. Barrett said she supports bringing back the forestry program, “which we had for many, many years with some real high-quality people on it who knew and cared about keeping our forests healthy, keeping invasives out of our forests and keeping our natural trees.”

Barrett continued that an already-established committee focused on urban trees could add forest stewardship to its responsibilities. Though forest fires may seem a remote possibility in Massachusetts, city American Rescue Plan Act Project Manager Kathleen Lambert, who heads the group, said proper forest management is necessary in the face of climate change. Funded by grant and state money, Lambert told councilors she is seeking five to seven commissioners to guide the city’s approach.

Education

Haverhill Candidates Vie For Whittier Tech Seat; Appointment Policy May Change Following Monday Vote

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Amid a rocky selection process, the Haverhill School Committee will again hear candidates for one of the city’s two seats on the Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School Board, as well as vote Thursday on a proposed change to the policy governing how it fills those positions. It appears the body will choose between member Gail M. Sullivan and incumbent Richard P. Early Jr., though the agenda did not specify which candidates will be heard at the meeting. If the committee adopts a change to the Whittier Tech appointment policy, it may be required to provide notice and a hearing before removing one of its members from the vocational school’s board for policy violations or an unspecified “other cause.”

“Basically, the city solicitor said that she believed that there needed to be cause and notice and hearings,” member Richard J. Rosa told WHAV. He said this was the only proposed change to the policy at a subcommittee meeting Monday

The amendment follows the body’s abortive attempt to remove former School Committee member Scott W. Wood Jr. from the Whittier Tech board. After initially announcing candidates could run for two seats, the Haverhill committee later declared only Early’s open, causing four people to drop out of the race.

Haverhill

Haverhill Republicans Urge Support for Israel After Iranian Drone and Missile Strike

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The Haverhill Republican City Committee says it is standing firm in support of Israel following the recent Iranian-launched drone strike on the country. In a statement released by Jeri Levasseur, Haverhill Republican City Committee chair and State Committeewoman for Second Essex and Middlesex Senatorial District, the group cited Iranian aggression in the form of a barrage of 300 drones and missiles fired at Israel. “At the same time, the terrorist group Hamas rejects any peace talks or negotiations while they continue to hold Israeli and U.S. citizens hostage. We stand in solidarity with our Israeli allies and Jewish citizens in our city and across the region, and support their inherent right to self-defense under all circumstances,” the statement reads