The story of the American swizzle stick is a stirring tale best told over a three-olive martini, or at least Jay Sindler might say so. After all, that’s how the idea for the swizzle stick came to him. It was the winter of 1934, just months after the end of prohibition. The Boston native, who… Read More
Some of Haverhill’s hometown heroes seem to have a little badass in them. It can’t be denied that Andre Dubus III and Rob Zombie come with an edge. And Hannah Duston (sometimes spelled Dustin) certainly had one many years ago. In Duston’s case, the edge was a sharpened hatchet blade that she wielded in the… Read More
UML’s Satellite Campus in Haverhill After earning an associate degree in liberal arts from Northern Essex Community College last year, Paige Fournier wanted to continue her education within a reasonable commute of her home in Georgetown. When the 23-year-old learned that UMass Lowell planned to open its first satellite campus last fall in downtown Haverhill,… Read More
Progress Clothing founder Sabrina Boggio remembers traveling New England when she was younger and noticing the occasional sour looks she received when she told people she was from Lawrence. The negative reaction didn’t sit well with Boggio. “It definitely added fuel to my fire to get things done,” she says. Boggio’s desire to help the… Read More
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