In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day, plans are under way for Haverhill's annual Earth Day Cleanup.
The event is April 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Citizens Center, 10 Welcome St., will serve as the event's registration and information center. Gloves, tools, trash bags, leaf bags and refreshments will be available during the event. Volunteers can organize their own neighborhood or park cleanup or can join in at another identified cleanup site. All of the cleanup locations are on city property.
Trash should be put into plastic trash bags. Leaves and other yard waste should be put into leaf bags, branches stacked in piles, and sand swept into piles and left on the street for pickup.
More information about volunteering or participating in this event is available by calling 978-374-2388, ext. 28, or by e-mailing cleanup@cityofhaverhill.com. Callers are asked to leave a contact name, phone number, e-mail address, and approximate number of volunteers in the group. This will help the organizers plan an efficient route for debris pickup.
Church holds second indoor flea market
Holy Apostles Greek Orthodox Church, 154 Winter St., will host an indoor flea market Saturday.
Doors open at 9 a.m. Greek pastry and other refreshments will be sold. Furniture, clothing, glassware, books, jewelry and knickknacks are among the items available.
Tables are for rent and can be reserved by calling 978-374-8887 or 978-373-3311. The event is sponsored by the Ladies Philoptochos Society Elpis.
Spaghetti dinner features ghost talk
The Hilldale Cemetery Association will host a spaghetti and meatball dinner on Saturday at the Sons of Italy Lodge, 124 Washington St.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and dinner is served at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets, $25 for a family of four, $10 for adults, and $7 for students and senior citizens, are available at the door.
Guest speaker is ghost hunter and author Ron Koleck, founder of New England Ghost Project. After the meal, Koleck will talk about some of the ghost hunts he's taken part in throughout New England and elsewhere.
He is the author of "The Ghost Chronicles." Proceeds from this dinner will go to support cemetery restoration and maintenance. More information is available by calling Tom Spitalere at 978-289-8271.
Sleep fair tomorrow
Students in Northern Essex Community College's sleep technology program and Knight Owls Club¬ will host a free informational event about the field of sleep medicine tomorrow from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Great Room at NECC's Corporate and Community Learning Center, 1600 Osgood St., North Andover.
Participants are asked to follow the signs to NECC's truck driver training program.
Topics at presentation booths include drowsy driving, sleep hygiene, obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, restless legs syndrome, pediatric sleep, narcolepsy, what is involved in a sleep study, and snoring.
Community supported agriculture talk slated
Merrimack Valley Hospital invites the public to a free presentation, "Eating Well in Your Neighborhood — Why Community Supported Agriculture is Good for Everyone," on Monday from noon to 12:30 p.m. in the first-floor auditorium of the hospital.
Cindy Adams, owner of Longhill Orchard and West Newbury CSA, will explain what community supported agriculture is, how to eat "in season," and the health benefits of eating fresh, local produce.
The presentation, which is open to hospital employees as well as the community, is part of the ongoing wellness initiative at Merrimack Valley Hospital.
More information is available by calling 978-521-8150. The hospital is at 140 Lincoln Ave.
Church presents Jesus passion play
Jesus' last days in this world will be brought to life in the passion play "All I Have Done For You" on Saturday at 7 p.m. at St. Augustine Church, 43 Essex St., Andover.
Using narration and songs, the passion play takes the audience from Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to his death and Resurrection. The musical is realistic. During the play, Jesus carries an 8-foot cross, is "crucified," and left on the cross for 20 minutes while being given "vinegar" to drink by a soldier. He also is mocked by one of the two thieves crucified with him.
The cast is made up of 28 teenagers and young adults and more than 20 adult advisers from the Merrimack Valley and Southern New Hampshire.
The play started 27 years ago at the now closed Sacred Heart Parish in Lawrence. After the church closed, the troupe found a new home at Our Lady of Good Counsel.
The play will be performed March 27 at 7 p.m. and April 2 at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel, 22 Plymouth St., Methuen.
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