The Haverhill Public Library Board of Trustees celebrated the beginning of a year-long renovation project, which includes both interior and exterior changes, during a ceremony Thursday, June 18. Wielding ceremonial sledgehammers are, from left, Vice Chair Richard J. Sheehan Jr., Daniel Lyons, Kathy Bresnahan, Deborah Coletti, Joan Kimball and Mayor Melinda E. Barrett, who serves as the board’s chair. (WHAV News photograph.)