Haverhill - EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

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.
Red Sox cap, jacket help identify store robber, police say
HAVERHILL - The Red Sox cap and jacket was a dead giveaway.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
Neighbors call Bradford street speedway; Blame train commuters, bridgegoers
HAVERHILL - Neighbors say it's more like a highway than an inner-city street.
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.
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.
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.
Donations bring computers, books, basketball tourney to schools
HAVERHILL - Rarely have Haverhill public schools had such a profitable and morale-boosting few weeks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Girls invited - after 108 years; City's Boys Club to go coed, one of only two nationwide that didn't allow girls
HAVERHILL - There are 4,000 Boys Clubs across the country, and all but two of them allow girls.
Parent demands no-lice policy at school; Principal to review matter with health officials
HAVERHILL - It's the kind of problem that can cause anxiety in parents of school-age children and leave students scratching their noggins: head lice.
Expenses force schools to consider increasing lunch prices
Price increases in dairy products, paper goods, health insurance and gasoline are being felt in local schools - even in the cafeterias.

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