Environmental educator Christopher Swain will visit St. Joseph's School of All Saints Parish and Consentino Middle School on Friday — 13 days before hiking from Burlington, Vt., to Washington, D.C.
Swain will hike 775 miles with a 50-pound backpack filled with used electronics as a way to highlight the global threat of discarded TVs, computers, cell phones and other so-called "e-waste." He hopes to bring attention to the need for state and federal electronics recycling legislation. He will be at St. Joseph's from 8:25 a.m. to 9 a.m. and Consentino from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Top NECC students honored tomorrow
More than 300 Northern Essex Community College students will receive awards tomorrow honoring their academic excellence, special accomplishments and outstanding contributions to the school.
The awards include the NECC Alumni Association's Outstanding Student. The annual awards convocation is from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Sports and Fitness Center, 100 Elliott St.
Writing contest awards program is this week
The District Parent Council and Haverhill public schools will host the 2008 Write-Away!! awards program Thursday in the high school auditorium, 137 Monument St.
Check-in and refreshments are at 6:30 p.m., followed by the awards ceremony at 7. The public is invited.
