Editor’s note: An analysis of stories WHAV has reported over the last 10 years suggest what was once the separately licensed Haverhill hospital was set up to be abandoned in just such a situation as the one now unfolding. Evidence suggests the Haverhill and Methuen Holy Family Hospitals were combined under a single license a decade ago specifically to more easily allow the jettisoning of the former Hale Hospital, later Merrimack Valley Hospital. Over the last few weeks, state officials have declined to address questions posed by WHAV about risks of the now-shared license. A local movement to save Holy Family Hospital’s Haverhill campus is brewing.
Resurfacing of the downtown portion of Water Street in Haverhill is scheduled to begin Monday and continue for three to four weeks. Haverhill Mayor Melinda E. Barrett’s office reports the work is part of National Grid’s modernization and improvement of natural gas pipelines. Preparation and surface grinding is set to begin Monday, June 3, from Main Street to just beyond Mill Street near First Landing Park.
MakeIT Haverhill, in partnership with UMass Lowell and the Massachusetts Broadband Institute, is offering two free Computer Basics courses over eight weeks beginning in July. Classes are available in both English and Spanish languages and take place Tuesdays, from July 2 to Aug. 20, from 4-6 p.m., at MakeIT Haverhill, 301 Washington St., Haverhill.
If you are looking to show off your creativity in the kitchen, you may be interested in using a “secret weapon” to make it easier. This Saturday and Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Carolyn’s Farm Kitchen hosts an open house at the new storefront location. Owner Carolyn Grieco was a guest this past Wednesday on WHAV’s “Win for Breakfast” program, where she announced she will be opening a location at 800 Broadway in Haverhill.