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City Desk

Panel to Address ‘Disrupting the Stigma’ of Mental Health Issues at Free Dinner and Forum

Panel to Address ‘Disrupting the Stigma’ of Mental Health Issues at Free Dinner and Forum
The recent pandemic has lately raised awareness of mental health issues, but a local veteran says it is a longstanding, but largely hidden problem. He has formed a committee to present an event next month aimed at “Disrupting the Stigma.” Haverhill veterans’ advocate Donald R. Jarvis says the matter is also a personal one. “There is a stigma around mental …

Sections: Haverhill, Health

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Haverhill Woman, 24, Faces Drunken Driving, Other Charges After Fleeing I-93 Traffic Stop

Haverhill Woman, 24, Faces Drunken Driving, Other Charges After Fleeing I-93 Traffic Stop
A 24-year-old Haverhill woman is expected to face various drunken driving and other charges after New Hampshire State Police said she took off after being pulled over early Sunday morning on Interstate 93 in Windham, N.H. Genesis Quezada is due to be arraigned May 19 in the 10th Circuit, District Division, Derry Court on charges of aggravated driving while intoxicated, …

Sections: Crime, Haverhill

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Education

Coalition Names Pachano, Northern Essex Community College Student Trustee, Newman Civic Fellow

Coalition Names Pachano, Northern Essex Community College Student Trustee, Newman Civic Fellow
Northern Essex Community College Student Trustee Sarah Pachano has been named as a Newman Civic Fellow by the Campus Compact, a national coalition of colleges and universities committed to the public purposes of higher education. Pachano, a philosophy major from Lawrence, was chosen for her role as a campus leader with a focus on equity and justice. She is also …

Sections: Education, Region

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Community Spotlight

Forman Shares Family Stories of Escaping Germany on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Forman Shares Family Stories of Escaping Germany on Holocaust Remembrance Day
Diane Forman shares her mother’s and grandparents’ experiences of living through the first six years of the Third Reich before finally escaping Germany in 1939 this Friday when Temple Emanu-El in Haverhill commemorates Yom HaSho’ah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Once in the United States, Forman’s relatives attempted to assimilate and hide their Jewish background, but ancestral trauma has haunted the family …

Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill

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Business Bulletin

GLFHC Making a Difference Gala Honors Arbella Insurance Foundation for Longtime Support

GLFHC Making a Difference Gala Honors Arbella Insurance Foundation for Longtime Support
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center is honoring the Arbella Insurance Foundation during its 18th Annual Making a Difference Gala next week. The foundation works with Arbella Insurance Group employees, independent insurance agents and nonprofit partners to address pressing community needs. The Health Center said the Foundation has been a steadfast supporter, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. “They reached out to …

Sections: Business Bulletin, Haverhill, Region

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  • WIN for Breakfast: Local news, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guest: Maureen Lynch, superintendent, Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School.
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  • Mass Moments: Today in Massachusetts history, 6:45 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.
  • Melinda’s Garden Moment: Melinda Myers offers tips, 7:45 and 4:45 p.m.
  • Sound Beat: 8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
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