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🌱 How Haverhill police are turning e-bike safety into rewards
Also check out COMEDY NIGHT WITH AMANDA AVERELL on the Haverhill Patch calendar
Greetings Haverhill! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Haverhill police are turning e-bike safety into rewards
- What a new state law could mean for Haverhill firefighter hopefuls
- Deported dealer caught selling fentanyl in Haverhill now pleads guilty
Also on today's calendar: Timberlane Boys JV Soccer @ Haverhill and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 85 and low of 58 degrees.
- Friday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 78, low: 59.
- Saturday: Cooler; a shower in the p.m., with a high of 70 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Haverhill police take new approach to e-bike safety by offering gift cards, free helmets (cbsnews.com) — Haverhill police are responding to a surge in e-bike and scooter crashes by rewarding helmet use with gift cards and giving out free helmets, especially to kids. After a fatal June collision involving a 12-year-old, officers and a local pastor are teaming up with businesses to promote safer riding and push parents to teach road rules before children ride at high speeds. 
2. Legislature Votes to Allow Duffy to Take Firefighter Exam for Haverhill (whav.net) — State lawmakers have cleared the way for Haverhill resident Sean Duffy to take the firefighter civil service exam despite being over the usual age limit, following a home rule petition backed by city leaders. The move comes amid a major hiring surge in the Haverhill Fire Department, while a separate bill could permanently raise the maximum age for new police and firefighter applicants.
3. Illegal Alien Angel Martinez OF Lawrence Pleads Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl (valleypatriot.com) — Federal prosecutors say a man previously deported after drug convictions illegally returned and sold fentanyl in Haverhill, where the transaction was captured on video. He has now pleaded guilty in Boston and faces up to 20 years in prison, with deportation again likely after sentencing, underscoring ongoing regional efforts to combat opioid trafficking affecting Haverhill neighborhoods.
4. Harvard agrees to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits over morgue body part thefts (abcnews.com) — A Haverhill woman was among several people sentenced in a sprawling case over stolen human remains from Harvard Medical School's morgue, highlighting a disturbing regional scandal touching this community. Harvard has agreed to pay $53 million to families of body donors and will create a scholarship to honor anatomical donors, after courts found the university failed to adequately supervise its morgue.
5. Sen Tarr Lauds Anti-Wrong-Way Driving Measures Prompted by Law (whav.net) — A new Massachusetts law championed by Sen. Bruce Tarr is bringing advanced wrong-way driving detection systems to key highways, a change especially meaningful after several deadly crashes. Among the victims remembered is 28-year-old Riley Sergi of Haverhill, whose death in a Boston wrong-way collision underscores why officials say these upgrades are urgently needed to protect drivers statewide.
📸 Around Haverhill
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Haverhill
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★ Featured events ★
- COMEDY NIGHT WITH AMANDA AVERELL →
Crusttown, 150 Washington St, Haverhill
7:00 pm
Saturday August 22
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Other local events
- Friday Fun (Adults)
Haverhill Public Library Milhendler Room , 99 Main Street, Haver
10:00 am - Little Listeners Storytime
Haverhill Public Library Cavallaro Room , 99 Main Street, Haverh
11:00 am - Kids Tie-Dye
Haverhill Public Library Outside - Lawn , 99 Main Street, Haverh
1:00 pm - Teen Tie-Dye
Haverhill Public Library Outside - Lawn , 99 Main Street, Haverh
2:00 pm - HPL Read Anything Club
Haverhill Public Library Milhendler Room , 99 Main Street, Haver
10:00 am - Spanish Conversation Practice
Haverhill Public Library Milhendler Room , 99 Main Street, Haver
11:00 am - Timberlane Boys JV Soccer @ Haverhill →
Haverhill High School, 137 Monument St, Haverhill
4:00 pm
Friday August 21
Saturday August 22
Wednesday August 26
📣 Haverhill Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Testing of Tabulators for September 1, 2026 State Primary Election →
Boxford, MA Calendar, Boxford Town Hall, 7A Spofford Road Meeting Room 2, Boxford
9:00 am - Books & Bubbles (Ages infant-18 mos.)
Nevins Memorial Library Garden Room Nevins Library, 305 Broadway, Methuen, MA, 01844
9:30 am - Technical Review Committee →
Amesbury, MA Calendar Amesbury, MA 01913
9:30 am - Methuen Retirement Board Meeting →
Methuen, MA Calendar
9:30 am
Thursday August 20
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Does anybody know the best place within twenty five miles where you can store a car?
The car itself is actually blown, but I need to find a place to store it until I can get it paid off. I tried bresnahan in plastow and to park it… (Nextdoor Blue Star / North Ave)
- Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Haverhill. Apply here.
- Whittier Health Network posted a job opening for Facility Attendant (Housekeeping/Laundry) - Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital in Haverhill. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Haverhill here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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