• January 4, 2005 (Tuesday) 6:30 pm: Regular Meeting at Maria's Family Restaurant, 81-83 Essex Street, Haverhill, MA. Guest speakers Attorney Jay Cleary, Haverhill Community Television (HCTV) Producer, and Haverhill City Engineer John Pettis, III. Please click here for map and directions to Maria's Family Restaurant.

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• Meeting Highlights:
  • Attorney Jay Cleary, a Producer at Haverhill Community Television, spoke about his television series called "When I'm Sixty-Four". Attorney Cleary described how he takes the viewers down memory lane through the streets and neighborhoods of "Lost Haverhill".
  • Haverhill City Engineer John Pettis, III spoke about the Haverhill County Bridge (Comeau Bridge) reconstruction project being undertaken by Mass Highway. The bridge crosses the Merrimack River and connects the western end of downtown with the Bradford section of the city. The project started in June 2002 after state safety officials deemed it was too weak to support vehicles. City Engineer Pettis informed the club members about the status for completion (end of 2006), traffic and detours, construction technique being used and environmental concerns.
  • Haverhill Lions President/PDG John Pettis, Jr. provided information about the upcoming District 33N Mid Winter Conference information.
    • Lions Eric Powell and Ken Parker, Jr. have volunteered be Co-Chairs for the Super Bowl Raffle to be held in the Tewksbury Lions Club's hospitality room. Lions Morris Piccolo, John Pettis and Gary Albanese have volunteered to assist.
  • IPP Jane Sweeney gave a update on the comedy night that will be in the Spring 2005. Date will be either April 1, 8 or 16, 2005.