By WHAV Staff |
Bill Taylor of Haverhill. (Courtesy photograph.)
Bill Taylor plans to seek a seat on the Haverhill City Council, outlining a platform Monday that includes addressing the high cost of housing, putting more money into public schools and police reform.
Forty-year-old Taylor is well known for being active behind the scenes in local politics. In a statement, he also calls for more affordable housing, reconstruction of the eastern part of downtown, city support of small businesses, promoting Black and Latino leadership and addressing the problem of combined sewer overflows into the Merrimack River.
“I love Haverhill, but the city also clearly faces many systemic challenges,” Taylor statement noted. “Housing is increasingly unaffordable. Our schools have been underfunded for decades. Much of our downtown needs to be rebuilt and our small business sector needs to be revitalized. Our antiquated sewer system dumps millions of gallons of wastewater into the Merrim
By WHAV Staff |
February 1, 2021
Laura Angus when she served as assistant city clerk and License Commission clerk. (WHAV News file photograph.)
Haverhill’s newest license commissioner won’t need to come up to speed on procedures and rules when she hears matters for the first time this week.
Up until a year ago Laura Angus served as the city’s assistant city clerk and License Commission clerk and was well known to all of the city’s liquor and automobile sales licensees. She joined the Haverhill City Clerk’s office and immediately began serving the License Commission in April 2014 when she was appointed by Mayor James J. Fiorentini. Last year, Angus changed jobs and became benefit counselor to the Haverhill Retirement Board.