Update: Gov. Maura T. Healey plans to discuss the Steward Health Care situation and what her administration has done to prepare in advance for the bankruptcy filing. Healey is expected to be joined for the 9:45 a.m. press conference at the Massachusetts State House by Health and Human Services Secretary Kate Walsh; Department of Public Health Commissioner Robert Goldstein; Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell; Julie Pinkham, Massachusetts Nurses Association; and Tim Foley, SEIU 1199. The owner of Holy Family Hospitals in Haverhill and Methuen this morning filed for bankruptcy protection, but says it plans to continue to operate all of its hospitals by borrowing from its landlord. Dallas-based Steward Health Care filed under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Michael Francis Woelfel, 76, of Bradford, passed away peacefully Wednesday, May 1, at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was born in Haverhill Sept. 4, 1947, son of the late Harry E. “Hank” and Mary E. (Gilmore) Woelfel.
Asking for a special permit to build 24 single-family homes on Emma Rose Circle, the developer will make his case using a relatively new zoning law at a Haverhill City Council hearing Tuesday night. JR Builders President Larry R. Palmisano’s plans show rectangular, uniform lots, each sharing a border with its neighbor, on both sides of Emma Rose Circle. A few appear to be larger and more irregularly shaped, particularly those on the cul-de-sac at the end of the road.
Haverhill welcomes an additional patrolman following Friday’s police recruit graduation at Northern Essex Community College
Haverhill Officer Samuel Powell was one of 51 to graduate from the Fifth Recruit Officer Class at Municipal Police Training Committee and Northern Essex Police Academy. Powell formerly served the city as an animal control officer. There were also graduates from 28 other communities, including Groveland, Lawrence, Methuen and North Andover.