Some of my now deceased uncles and aunts lived in Hav (2 uncles were firemen) and my dad briefly went to Hav High, allegedly the insp for Riverdale High in Archie comics. Uncles bought cars from Jaffarian as I more recently did.
I remember one cousin had to have his hair shaved off—lice, after swimming in the Merrimack...
I grew up in Riverside (Riverdale) and actually know most of the guys who were made characters in Archie Comics. Arnie Daggett was “Moose”, lived on Brown St. right around the corner from us...