Haverhill city councilors approved a plan Tuesday to pay tribute to former Councilor William J. Macek by naming a nearly three-acre park in his honor. Mayor James J. Fiorentini made the petition, asking the area at 90 Concord St., along Pentucket Lake, be named in his honor. Longtime friend and former Councilor Mary Ellen Daly […]
A committee, with both a current and former city councilor and the mayor, will gather and evaluate suggestions for honoring longtime Haverhill City Councilor William J. Macek. Macek, a 26-year veteran of the Council as well as chairman of the Downtown Parking Commission and, most recently, deputy chief of staff to Mayor James J. Fiorentini […]
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By John Lee Grant |
Haverhill School Superintendent Margaret Marotta. (WHAV News file photograph.)
The Haverhill City Council gave its approval last night to the school department’s spending plan for the upcoming school year.
School Superintendent Margaret Marotta presented the $106 million budget at a special City Council meeting. It represents an increase of $8 million over the current year, but also includes a one-time payment of $7.6 million from the federal government. Marotta told councilors that despite the pandemic, or because of it, schools made many technological improvements using computers last year. Now, she added, it is time to focus on the students themselves.
By WHAV Staff |
May 11, 2021
Concept from 2015 shows replacement of the Herbert H. Goecke Jr. Memorial Parking Deck with a six-story garage on a smaller footprint. The remaining land would be developed for new commercial buildings.
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Haverhill has received five proposals to redevelop some or all of the land around, and including, the Herbert H. Goecke Jr. Memorial Parking Deck, downtown.
Developers had until April 28 to submit proposals to reuse up to five parcels of city-owned land, totaling 4.5 acres, land between Merrimack Street, Main Street and Bailey Boulevard. It is the first time developers have come forward for that area in about 40 years. WHAV has requested a copy of the proposals from the city. In a letter to city councilors to be received formally tonight, Mayor James J. Fiorentini said all of the ideas are from “reputable” companies and for “mixed-use housing and commercial/retail development.”