Haverhill News

"Now I speak all the time publicly," Wong said. Today, the first Asian American mayor in Massachusetts speaks with confidence and poise: making eye contact, holding her chin up and smiling warmly.

May 23--HAVERHILL -- Denzel Washington is coming to Haverhill. Columbia Pictures is leasing the former Lowe's building off Route 97 to film the "The Equalizer," a big-screen adaption of the popular 1980s television series that starred Edward Woodward as a private detective with a mysterious past who doled out vigilante justice.

An exceptional form of community outreach is being offered to school age children; North of Boston, in the city of Haverhill.

California hardcore band Downpresser are currently blazing down an interstate with Take Offense , touring their way towards NYC for an appearance at the sold-out Black & Blue Bowl this weekend , but soon after the band will celebrate the release of their new LP, which is out via 6131 Records.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. James Haskell was an aerial gunner for most of his 21-year career in the U.S. Air Force.

Remember that weekend break-in that spurred a manhunt? It turns out the suspects were teens.

Born in Haverhill, he was the son of the late Apostolos and Katerina Kasaras. He was the husband of the late Anita Kasaras, to whom he had been married for 69 years at the time of her death in 2011.

People with disabilities and their caretakers across the United States have a chance to make their lives a bit easier this month.

A 64-year-old Haverhill woman is being charged with the stabbing death of her live-in boyfriend at their Water Street apartment, a spokeswoman for the Essex County District Attorney's Office said.

Time is running short to buy tickets to the cooking demonstration by Kristen Kish at the Spring Celebrity Series to Benefit Emmaus on Wednesday, May 8, at the Rogers Center for the Arts.

Aldeberan has announced ASK NAO, an initiative in which it's kid-sized humanoid Robot interacts with children who experience difficulties in relating to people.

Richard Ball, 23, of Kingston , Nicholas Messina, 21, of Haverhill, Mass. and Yris Fraden, 21, of Bradford, Mass.

From a rough-and-tumble life to the author of a book that was turned into an award-nominated movie, Massachusetts Author Andre Dubus III talked Wednesday about his life and what it takes to write in the modern world.

The following are excerpts from reports in the Peabody Police Department. Sunday, April 28 At 2:06 p.m., Sears reported suspicous activity and credit card fraud.

PRESS OFFICE Diocese of the Armenian Church of America 630 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Tel: 686-0710; Fax: 779-3558 E-mail: publicrelations@armeniandiocese.org Website: http://www.armenianchurch-ed.net April 29, 2013 ____________________________________________________ Parishioners Honored at Hye Pointe Church Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, ... (more)

From now through May 10, Mayor James Fiorentini is encouraging residents and drivers to report the potholes because the city's highway department just doesn't have enough staff to look for them.

The city of Haverhill is hoping to enlist citizens in a crowdsourcing effort to find and fill emerging spring potholes, but the city is opting for an old-fashioned email address and gift cards rather than a fancy app.

Mayor James Fiorentini says residents who report a pothole on a city street to the Public Works Department will automatically be entered into a drawing for one of three $25 gift cards donated by local businesses.

Just released on Amazon and iTunes is "FYI: Great Grandma Is Racist," the debut book from Bradford College graduate Patrick Vogelpohl.

U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas is opening office locations in Fitchburg and Marlboro to accommodate the 3rd District expansion, her office announced Wednesday.