Haverhill

With Grant and Corbett Gift, Land Trust Still Needs Over 200K For Haverhill Conservation Project

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Hoping to protect 90 acres of woodlands and streams on Parsonage Hill in Haverhill, a land trust needs to raise $218,213 by June 30. With the total cost at $690,000, Essex County Greenbelt has already received $217,600 in state money and $254,187 from former Haverhill mayoral candidate Maureen Corbett, who passed away in 2017. As WHAV reported, state officials awarded Haverhill the conservation grant last December. The money is part of $13 million from the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs for park improvements and open space purchases across Massachusetts. Greenbelt Vice President of Conservation Operations Christopher B. LaPointe told WHAV his organization is partnering with the city.

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Haverhill Bank Directors Murphy and Papaefthemiou Receive Separate Community Honors in April

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Haverhill Bank is recognizing two of its board members for community contributions that brought public honors in April. Director Kristin M. Murphy’s, along with her husband Kevin’s, contributions won their induction into the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Haverhill’s coveted 1906 Club, while Director Christos S. Papaefthemiou was presented with one of the two Man of the Year Awards presented by the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association Acropolis Chapter 39. Kristin Murphy, co-owner of Bradford Country Club, joined the board of directors of Haverhill Bank in 2018, while Papaefthemiou became a member following the merger of the bank and Northeast Community Credit Union and the end of 2008. “One of the many advantages of being a 100% locally owned bank is that board members and staff alike not only are looking out for the best interests of depositors, but also taking active roles in supporting the community in varied other ways,” said Haverhill Bank President Thomas L. Mortimer. On April 13, AHEPA, where Papaefthemiou also serves as vice president, presented its awards during the organization’s centennial celebration.

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Boys & Girls Club of Greater Haverhill Presents 2024 ‘Champion for Youth Philanthropy Awards’

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Rep. Andy X. Vargas, Bradford Country Club’s Kristin and Kevin Murphy, Shoe City Hardware’s Edward Chernesky and the Edmund and Betsy Cabot Charitable Foundation recently walked away with the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Haverhill’s ‘Champion for Youth Philanthropy Awards.”

Awarded during its third annual 1906 Club donor appreciation event, Vargas received the “Community Advocacy” award for his outstanding advocacy work in service of Haverhill’s youth; the Murphys were awarded the “Philanthropy in Action” award, recognizing their commitment to taking action to support young people in our community; Shoe City Hardware was presented with the “Business Champion for Youth” award in honor of its longstanding club partnership; and the Edmund and Besty Cabot Charitable Foundation won the “Gold Standard” award for its extraordinary, generous support of all aspects of the Club.

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Owner of Holy Family Hospitals Declares Bankruptcy, Haverhill and Methuen to Remain Open

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Update: Gov. Maura T. Healey plans to discuss the Steward Health Care situation and what her administration has done to prepare in advance for the bankruptcy filing. Healey is expected to be joined for the 9:45 a.m. press conference at the Massachusetts State House by Health and Human Services Secretary Kate Walsh; Department of Public Health Commissioner Robert Goldstein; Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell; Julie Pinkham, Massachusetts Nurses Association; and Tim Foley, SEIU 1199. The owner of Holy Family Hospitals in Haverhill and Methuen this morning filed for bankruptcy protection, but says it plans to continue to operate all of its hospitals by borrowing from its landlord. Dallas-based Steward Health Care filed under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. The filing was not unexpected as the for-profit hospital owner, as WHAV has reported for at least a year, was unable to pay many of its bills, including one to a dialysis vendor serving its patients.

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Developer Seeks to Build 24 Homes Under ‘Flexible Development’ Law Where 18 Typically Allowed

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Asking for a special permit to build 24 single-family homes on Emma Rose Circle, the developer will make his case using a relatively new zoning law at a Haverhill City Council hearing Tuesday night. JR Builders President Larry R. Palmisano’s plans show rectangular, uniform lots, each sharing a border with its neighbor, on both sides of Emma Rose Circle. A few appear to be larger and more irregularly shaped, particularly those on the cul-de-sac at the end of the road. With the houses sharing 20 acres, 30 acres of surrounding woodlands remain untouched. Emma Rose Circle, which feeds into Broadway west of Interstate 495, is to be extended because Palmisano built a subdivision filling the space around the existing stretch six years ago.

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Powell Joins Haverhill Police Following NECC Police Academy Graduation Friday

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Haverhill welcomes an additional patrolman following Friday’s police recruit graduation at Northern Essex Community College

Haverhill Officer Samuel Powell was one of 51 to graduate from the Fifth Recruit Officer Class at Municipal Police Training Committee and Northern Essex Police Academy. Powell formerly served the city as an animal control officer. There were also graduates from 28 other communities, including Groveland, Lawrence, Methuen and North Andover. “The latest MPTC graduating class represents our investment in the future generation of public safety leaders who are well-prepared to protect and serve their communities and advance public safety across the Commonwealth,” said MPTC Executive Director Robert J. Ferullo, who was joined by NECC Academy Director Joshua Stokel. “I commend their commitment to meeting our statewide professional training standards, which has prepared these officers to provide communities with exceptional policing services by putting into practice the advanced skills, values and principles engrained throughout their training.”

Haverhill Mayor Melinda E. Barrett, Deputy Police Chief Stephen J. Doherty Jr. and Northern Essex Community College President Lane A. Glenn were among those on hand to congratulate Powell.

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Haverhill Receives Largest Share of Road Money in Area as State Rolls Out Allocations

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Haverhill was awarded about $1.6 million in road improvement money along with allocations to surrounding communities as Gov. Maura T. Healey signed the seasonal state allocation. The money is part of $200 million statewide for bridge and road maintenance and other infrastructure projects under what is known as the Chapter 90 program. Haverhill received the largest amount in the area because of a formula that takes into account total square miles of streets and other criteria. Other area awards were Lawrence, $1.4 million; Andover, $1.3 million; Methuen, $1.2 million; North Andover, $809,565; Georgetown, $306,938; Groveland; $226,403; and West Newbury, $212,580. “We know that residents’ quality of life and our state’s economic strength depends on people being able to get where they need to go safely and on time,” said Healey in a statement.

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Groveland to Study What is Needed to Buy Drinking Water From Haverhill to Comply with Fed Regs

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Groveland is investigating what it will take to bring drinking water from Haverhill to the town should it decide such a purchase is the best option to comply with new federal drinking water standards. The Groveland Water and Sewer Commission said it and the City of Haverhill would first have to approve any purchase, but notes Groveland purchased water from its neighbor before drilling wells and building water towers in the 1960s. The town is reviewing required engineering and equipment needed, according to Superintendent Colin Stokes, Groveland Water and Sewer Department and the Board of Water Commissioners. As WHAV previously reported, Groveland Water and Sewer is researching options to ensure the town meets a new water quality standard set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency which tightens restrictions on “forever chemicals” known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl—or PFAS—chemicals. Once the new regulations are accepted by the State, Groveland will be expected to take immediate action.