Haverhill News

ANON ALCOHOLISM SUPPORT: An anonymous fellowship of people whose lives have been affected by another person's drinking.

The pitter-patter of tiny feet and the wonders of the holiday season will never sound or feel the same if you dare to read Joe Hill's creepy third novel, NOS4A2.

Haverhill officials say sick leave abuse is no longer the problem in the fire department that it has been in prior years.

The missing 77-year-old Peabody resident, Kenneth E. Chisholm, has gray hair, blue eyes and a stocky, 5-foot-7 frame, police said.

It's the transformative moments that Nancy Skaliotis will most remember -- like a smile sweeping across the face of a young autistic child as his usually repetitive body moves in concert with the notes he's hearing.

Young women who worked for accused Broadway madam Lori Barron told police they performed sex acts on hundreds of men, including a Methuen police officer, Methuen firefighters, a Haverhill city councilor, Lawrence and Amesbury teachers, lawyers and court workers, according to police reports filed yesterday.

The Dance Carnival was a familiar landmark on Rocky Bend at Hampton Beach from 1921 until it burned in 1929.

Pastor Susan B. Ellery has been appointed to the First United Methodist Church of Portsmouth by Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar, Resident Bishop of the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church.

"Imaginary bridge, superpowered bike. Got it," says Lou Carmody, summing up the first half of this supernatural novel.

The last of a vanishing breed http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2013-05-28-the-last-of-a-vanishing-breed by Tom Vartabedian Published: Tuesday May 28, 2013 Centenarian Nellie Nazarian with great-grandson Noah Aznoian.

HAVERHILL Kristy Robertson was hanging out at a friend's house one afternoon. Bored, the pair went looking for something to do.

Mose Michael "Mike" Ananian, 84, died Friday, May 24, 2013 at Webster at Rye Nursing Home after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's Disease.

Students at the state's community colleges are more likely than ever to be taught by part-time professors who draw a meager salary and even fewer benefits.

It's been roughly a week since we first published our list of the Massachusetts colleges with the best and worst graduation rates, and already we've seen a change atop the rankings.

"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.