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The public has opportunities to shape policy this week as various Haverhill boards meet. In the interest of transparency in government, WHAV provides this list of upcoming meetings every week on air and online. Keon’s 105 Bistro, the Washington Street eatery that closed in July is working on a comeback, submitting applications for new licenses to be heard Thursday night.

To submit Business Bulletin announcements, click on image. Two familiar faces recently joined the leadership of Pentucket Bank—Dwight B. Feeney as executive vice president, senior loan officer and John Moynihan as vice president—senior treasury and business relationship manager.

Hear more Community Spotlight listings at 15 and 45 past nearly every hour at 97.9 WHAV. To submit news of events, fundraising appeals and other announcements, click on the image. Construction of a $400,000 community playground at Haverhill’s Golden Hill Elementary School could begin next month if organizers can get 815 volunteers to help build it.

To submit election-related announcements, click on image or email news@WHAV.net. These are the only acceptable methods of sending campaign news. (See vote counts in contested races.) While there were only a few contested races in Tuesday’s primary election, Haverhill voters to mirrored their counterparts elsewhere when making choices. Haverhill voters agreed with the majority in choosing incumbent Sen. Edward J.

To submit school announcements, click on image. Merrimack College celebrated the opening of two new dormitories during a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday celebrating the addition of 540 on-site beds to the 220-acre North Andover campus. Merrimack President Christopher E. Hopey said the expansion is timely because the college welcomed its largest freshmen class in history, 1,250 students, just a few days earlier.

The state House of Representatives this past Monday went along with an amendment offered by Sen. Pavel M. Payano that would allow charities to hold wine auctions and sell alcoholic beverages to be consumed at events. Payano, representing Haverhill, Methuen and Lawrence and chairman of the Senate Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, authored the rewrite the House agreed to adopt.

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts secured the Democratic nomination in his bid for a third term in office Tuesday, fighting off a challenger who argued that it was time for a generational change. Markey, 80, defeated U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, 47, in the Senate primary.

See table for real-time results compiled by the Associated Press.

Methuen formally swore in its acting police chief last week and celebrated the promotions of three other officers. During a swearing-in ceremony last week, Capt. James Moore was promoted to acting chief, Lt. Matt Mueskes to acting captain, Sgt. Matt Morel to acting lieutenant and Patrolman Christopher Gallant to acting sergeant. As WHAV reported in July, Moore was named ahead of the retirement of Chief Scott J. McNamara by Methuen Mayor David P.

To submit school announcements, click on image. With kids returning to their classrooms this week, Hill View Montessori Charter Public School in Haverhill says is stepping up to meet families’ after school caretaking needs at a low cost. “The Hive: Montessori Explorations,” named in spirit of the school’s honey bee mascot, was launched as an affordable after-school caretaking option that also fosters student learning and connections. “The Hive” offers a total of 42 different after school clubs.