hgazette.com, Haverhill, MA City Spotlight

Youth basketball on the rebound

2011-11-09T21:29:59-05:00

In 2009, the number of kids participating in Haverhill youth travel basketball was diminishing.
With only 32 kids playing travel basketball at the grades 5-8 level and the high school program struggling for several years, it seemed as if basketball in Haverhill was on the brink of extinction. But with the help of Eagle-Tribune sportswriter Hector Longo, the program has more than doubled in size over the last two years.

City Spotlight, Aug. 18, 2011

2011-08-18T16:31:45-04:00

Spotlight, Aug. 11, 2011

2011-08-11T16:48:50-04:00

City Spotlight, Aug. 4, 2011

2011-08-04T16:54:12-04:00

RACE TO THE FINISH: Sacred Hearts girls speed to 1-2 finish in Soap Box Derby

2010-06-16T13:38:14-04:00

The Pentucket Kiwanis Club of Haverhill hosted its annual Soap Box Derby race on Saturday, with a strong showing by the girls of Sacred Hearts School.
Katie Hailson, 12, of Sacred Hearts School and sponsored by Chewy Tubes of Maine, chewed out the competition by coming in first place

Business majors inducted into Alpha Beta Gamma

2010-05-21T12:48:34-04:00

Sixty-one business majors at Northern Essex Community College were inducted into the college's Beta Omicron chapter of Alpha Beta Gamma (ABG), an international business honor society, on Wednesday April 28.

City lawyer honored by court

2010-05-21T12:42:13-04:00

A Haverhill attorney is one of two statewide to receive the eighth William J. LeDoux Award for extraordinary efforts in helping a client recover financial losses.
Russell Channen, a partner in the law firm of Phillips, Gerstein & Channen since 1995, and Amherst attorney S. Peter Ziomek Jr. will receive te award from Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice Judith A. Cowin.

Scouts' honorees give credit to others

2010-05-13T12:24:47-04:00

Last Thursday, the Boy Scout's Yankee Clipper Council proved at their 2010 Distinguished Citizen Awards that Scouting isn't just a phase of youth but a lifetime experience. (With slideshow)

KidFest 2010

2010-05-06T10:37:24-04:00

Haverill’s Kidfest, an outdoor children’s festival on the sidewalks of downtown Haverhill, was held May 3.

Councilor keeps word to donate salary

2010-04-19T13:47:16-04:00

During his City Council campaign, Michael Young vowed to donate his salary to charity should he be elected.
After three full months on the council, Young has donated his $500 monthly paychecks to the YWCA for domestic violence support services; The Haverhill Countil on Aging and Rebuilding Together.