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Governor coming to Haverhill tomorrow to talk transportation
HAVERHILL - Gov. Deval Patrick will be in Haverhill tomorrow to talk with constituents about the 19-cent gas tax hike he is proposing along with other transportation reforms.
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Fiorentini's State of the City address
A transcript of Haverhill Mayor James Fiorentini's State of the City address. The mayor addresses in what ways the recession is impacting Haverhill and the city's plan to weather the storm.
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Trouble with city's main bridge; State says Basiliere needs repairs, but not replacement
HAVERHILL - They say trouble comes in threes. That saying fits when talking about three bridges that span the Merrimack River in Haverhill.
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Portraits of mayors go to surviving family members
HAVERHILL - Portraits of former mayors George Katsaros and Thomas Vathally adorned the walls of the former city-owned Hale Hospital for years.
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Red Sox cap, jacket help identify store robber, police say
HAVERHILL - The Red Sox cap and jacket was a dead giveaway.
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Man's identity used to create cable TV bill
HAVERHILL - A 43-year-old Exeter, N.H., man owes paying a Comcast cable television bill from 1991, but didn't know it until he tried to get Comcast service at his Exeter home, police said.
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Downtown garage work to start this summer
HAVERHILL - It's been talked about for years - building a multilevel parking garage downtown to handle an expected influx of residents, workers, shoppers and diners.
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Lack of teacher support threatens longer school days, committee member says
HAVERHILL - If the city is to have longer academic days at two middle schools, Haverhill must persuade more teachers to support the plan, School Committee member Scott Wood said.
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Councilor says city has to fix fire hydrants
HAVERHILL - City Councilor Kenneth Quimby was listening to his fire scanner recently and heard that a hydrant was not working in Rocks Village, where firefighters were battling a chimney fire.
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Police: Woman is victim of identity theft
HAVERHILL - A woman told police someone opened a cell phone account in her name with T-Mobile and she found out about it only when a collection agency called to tell her she owed $370 for service between July and November of last year.
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No return to traffic nightmare; Groveland Bridge will stay open while new one is built
HAVERHILL - Mention building a new bridge, and a commuter's nightmare might come to mind for local drivers.
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State kicks in $400K to buy unused railroad bed in Bradford; Path would connect downtown, residents to river
HAVERHILL - It's a picture dreamy-eyed residents, business owners and city officials have painted many times in recent years: crowds of people walking and biking along a pathway looping the Merrimack River on the downtown and Bradford sides of the waterway.
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Courses offered at Veasey Park; Students can take landscaping, rug making, bird-watching
GROVELAND - You can learn to knit, build a Japanese garden, hook a rug or landscape your home the green way this spring by attending Northern Essex Community College's personal enrichment adult education workshops offered at Veasey Park.
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Stoplight proposed at busy Route 97 and Lake Street; Walkers, drivers say intersection is dangerous
HAVERHILL - Broadway Variety, owned by Daniel Bird, is the only business at the busy Route 97 and Lake Street intersection, and serves as a school bus stop and drop-off.
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Cadillac dealership razed for CVS; Empty Marble Motors building finally comes down
HAVERHILL - The former Marble Motors building in Lafayette Square is coming down, and a new CVS Pharmacy will rise in its place this year, providing a boost to a gritty neighborhood on the edge of downtown.
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City celebrates Catholic Schools Week; Families say thanks to businesses, workers
HAVERHILL - Firefighters, City Hall workers, the mayor and dozens of local businesses received an unexpected treat yesterday. More than a dozen parents, along with their children, from Sacred Hearts School in Bradford dropped in bearing baskets of homemade baked goods along with handmade thank-you cards.
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Catching the 'drama' of their senior year
HAVERHILL - Take four close friends, give them video cameras to carry around after school and on weekends, and what do you get? A series of online reality videos of their last year together before they head their separate ways.
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Anger management class offered
An adult anger management class titled "What's Good About Anger" will meet Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Room 301, City Hall, Feb. 6 through March 26. Cost is $35 per person and includes book and notebook.
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City considers return to traditional trick-or-treating; Parents propose change to Halloween night
HAVERHILL - When Halloween rolls around in 281 days, the city may actually see children going door to door speaking their traditional ultimatum - "trick or treat."
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Students take over school - literally Become principal, teachers for a day
HAVERHILL - Golden Hill Elementary School was in the capable hands of five students on Friday.
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The sound of success; Change in college's curriculum will allow music students smoother transfer to four-year schools
HAVERHILL - Bonnie Surowiec of Amesbury planned to graduate from Northern Essex Community College with a liberal arts degree and a minor in music.
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Group rallies for ideas to improve city; Residents invited to share suggestions tomorrow
HAVERHILL - Would you be willing to help clean and renovate a city park or playground? Would signs directing tourists to various city landmarks be a good idea? What about a walking and cycling trail along the river?
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Two Haverhill schools consider longer days; Students, educators debate the issue
HAVERHILL - Ask 13-year-old Alex Hoops his opinion about lengthening his school day by two hours, and you'll get the response most would expect from a teenager.
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Two tales of the same downtown
During visits to my eye doctor, Glenn Kimball, I like to stop and check on some of my photographs. He has several city pictures hanging in his halls, photos of downtown and other scenes taken a few years ago.
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Police release photo of convenience store robber
HAVERHILL - Detectives investigating the robbery of a Winter Street convenience store at gunpoint have released a photo of one of the robbers captured by a store security video camera.
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Library will use temp to reopen special room; Historical collection expected to open early next month
HAVERHILL - Library trustees have decided to reopen the city's historical collection of books, photographs and artifacts using a temporary worker with archival management experience to oversee the room.
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Mother says schoolbook shortage hurting daughter's grades
HAVERHILL - Demita Pendelton says her 10-year-old daughter's grades in science are slipping - and she can't help her.
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'I was praying that they don't shoot'; Couple robbed at gunpoint in their convenience store
HAVERHILL - When a robber walked into Richard's Variety and pointed a handgun at Sandra Sarbanis, she asked God for help.
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Boys Club gets fresh start; New director, head of girls program named
HAVERHILL - Brian Theirrien didn't expect it to happen this way - not this quickly and certainly not for this reason.
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Police target drug sales on rural Route 97; Say cars from Maine spotted repeatedly during deals
HAVERHILL - Drug dealers are using secluded neighborhoods along Route 97 to meet up with customers who drive here from Maine to buy heroin and cocaine, police said.
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Struggle over downtown gateway; Merchants demand help fighting street crime, blight
HAVERHILL - It's a major crossroads two blocks north of downtown, which is booming with new people, apartments and businesses.
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Parents, teachers: Give 580-student school independence; State's decision on charter plan expected this month
HAVERHILL - The way Pamela Conte sees it, teachers are like second parents to children in their classrooms.
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Biggest store in city's history to open; Lowe's adds to trend of development along highway
HAVERHILL - Explosions rattled homes like earthquakes. A major throughway to New Hampshire was closed to commuters. Construction vehicles and crews added to traffic at the Interstate 495 exit.
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Their family's 'Patriotism' is a multigenerational thing
Emily Leslie of Haverhill was a big New England Patriots fan. When she died in 2005, a flower arrangement that family members draped across her casket displayed a banner that read "Go Pats."
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Ex-mayor's cousin hurt in fall from porch; Railing collapsed, dropping him to pavement
HAVERHILL - A cousin of former Mayor James Rurak was seriously injured yesterday after a second-story porch railing he was leaning against collapsed - sending him to the pavement below.
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Sprinklers keep fire from spreading in Haverhill condo building
HAVERHILL - One day after Lawrence suffered one of the worst fires in its history, a blaze broke out in one of Haverhill's historic downtown brick buildings.
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Neighbors call Bradford street speedway; Blame train commuters, bridgegoers
HAVERHILL - Neighbors say it's more like a highway than an inner-city street.
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Lighting the way downtown; Better parking lot lighting to make visitors feel safe, councilor says
HAVERHILL - Business owners and city leaders are constantly scheming over how to draw more people downtown for dining and shopping.
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The sound of success; Change in college's curriculum will allow music students smoother transfer to four-year schools
HAVERHILL - Bonnie Surowiec of Amesbury planned to graduate from Northern Essex Community College with a liberal arts degree and a minor in music.
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Parking confusion at hospital costs patients; Their cars are towed from doctors' spaces
HAVERHILL - One little word - "Valley" - caused Paula Komola three hours of angst and $110 before she could claim her truck from the tow yard, she said.
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Donations bring computers, books, basketball tourney to schools
HAVERHILL - Rarely have Haverhill public schools had such a profitable and morale-boosting few weeks.
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Body found off River Street
HAVERHILL - Foul play is not suspected in the discovery of a homeless man's body behind a River Street business yesterday morning.
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The sound of success; Change in college's curriculum will allow music students smoother transfer to four-year schools
HAVERHILL - Bonnie Surowiec of Amesbury planned to graduate from Northern Essex Community College with a liberal arts degree and a minor in music.
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Pressure on mayor to accept state money for Haverhill High; Would bring computers to classrooms, new lockers for students
HAVERHILL - The pressure is coming from all sides - local leaders are insisting Mayor James Fiorentini accept $3.6 million in state money to finish repairs to Haverhill High School.
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Viewing the city from month to month in library calendar
If you are a history nut, as I am, and if you have a special interest in Haverhill history, as I obviously do, there is one annual event you look forward to with much anticipation.
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Undercover drug deal nets dealer trying to look undercover
HAVERHILL - A man looking to sell some crack cocaine tried to make it look like he was undercover, police said, driving a 2006 Toyota Camry dressed up in blue lights and a siren.
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Haverhill slugger signs $24.1 million contract; "Carlos Pena Day" in the works at stadium
HAVERHILL - Carlos Pena has always been regarded as one of Haverhill High School's most famous and talented graduates. Now he's one of the richest, too.
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Police make drug bust in Haverhill bar
HAVERHILL - City narcotics agents charged a Haverhill man with selling drugs in a city bar last night, and also arrested the bartender for allegedly interfering with police.
