Superintendent Margaret Marotta said despite teachers’ concerns, Haverhill schools will be sanitary and safe for students and staff as the school year begins.

A state trooper has died from medical complications two years after being hit by a car while he was conducting a traffic stop.

A Haverhill man convicted of sexually abusing a Vermont teen who was missing from his home will spend two and a half years behind bars as part of a plea agreement in court.

No injuries were reported after firefighters from Haverhill and several surrounding communities were called to battle a blaze at a home on Elliott Street across from the campus of Northern Essex Community College.