![]() ![]() Peg was born in Arlington and lived in Everett most of her life before moving to Melrose six years ago., Richard Francis Horgan Past Commander and Treasurer of the Everett DAV and Member of the Everett and Saugus VFW Richard Francis (Dick) Horgan, a lifelong resident of Everett, passed away peacefully on October 13 at the age of 98. Creating an obituary on Echovita is free. Mitchell explained the Center additionally provides food services, knowledge and help.īesides, WHAV’s “Merrimack Valley Newsmakers” podcasts are available via Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Google Podcasts, TuneIn and Alexa.Who should be this week's Player of the Week. Rita’s Church, we hope that we will become part of each veteran’s families here at the Gerson Building and help them build exciting memories together,” he said. “With the Veterans Northeast Outreach Center located just at the top of the hill, at St. Mitchell pointed out that with the new housing comes many services to support veterans. Veterans Northeast Executive Director Edward V. “When I visited VNOC here in Haverhill last year, this project was still under construction, but there was so much anticipation and excitement around it because of the prospects of the contribution to folks in our community, especially our veterans in need of quality, affordable housing,” she said. Linda Dean Campbell, this week secured a $50,000 state earmark for Veterans Northeast Outreach Center.Ĭongresswoman Lori Trahan also spoke to the housing shortage, noting the federal low-income housing tax credit is the “largest source of affordable housing in the country.” She thanked the two organizations for building the project Vargas said the local legislative delegation, led by Rep. “We need, yes, more housing production yes, more affordable housing yes, we need to make sure that we’re taking care especially of our veterans, and we have an amazing organization leading that charge here in Haverhill-VNOC-and I want to give them a round of applause,” he said. Vargas agreed that providing affordable housing is a priority. As an example of the shortage, Fiorentini noted, 470 other households sought the affordable units. The remaining 12 will be rented by low- and moderate-income families to address, in Fiorentini’s words, the “incredible shortage” of housing. The mayor said there should never be a homeless veteran and 32 of the 44 apartments being dedicated will help veterans. Norman Gerson moved up to Macon Avenue in Haverhill, bought a house there and, when he retired, I bought his house and live in it to this day,” Fiorentini said. Later on, the Gersons bought this building-or the building that was here-ran a furniture store here for many, many decades. “The Gerson family and my own family go back a long, long way since their immigrant family started off as next-door neighbors to mine down on River Street. Fiorentini thanked the Coalition for a Better Acre of Lowell and Veterans Northeast Outreach center of Haverhill for keeping the Gerson name. At a ceremony Thursday morning, Haverhill Mayor James J. until 2007 on the site of the new veterans’ development at 181 Washington St. Navy during World War II, operated the Gerson Furniture Co. Gerson, who rose to first lieutenant in the U.S. Gerson’s Haverhill story and legacy will go on with the dedication one day after Veterans Day of a new 44-unit veterans housing complex that bears his name. Affordab le Housing Dedication Ceremony Remembers Veteran Norman Gerson ![]()
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