Despite the financial trouble of its parent company, Haverhill City Council President Thomas J. Sullivan told councilors last night Holy Family Hospital, Haverhill and Methuen, will not close imminently. He said the company, Steward Healthcare System, will make an announcement in the next few days. Until knowing Steward’s plan, councilors said they could not do […]
The Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School Building Committee, which drafted the plans rejected by the school’s 11 sending communities at last week’s vote, was disbanded Tuesday. Mayor Melinda E. Barrett shared the news with Haverhill city councilors last night after Councilor Catherine P. Rogers raised the topic for discussion. Asked about next steps, Superintendent […]
One of Haverhill’s state senators, both state representatives, Haverhill’s mayor and three city councilors are not only urging voters to support a replacement Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School next week, but also raising concern over “tribalism on social media.” In a joint statement, Sen. Pavel M. Payano, Reps. Andy X. Vargas and Ryan M. […]
Haverhill City Councilors voted last night to send a letter calling for a comprehensive pedestrian safety plan to the Haverhill Police Department’s Traffic and Safety Committee, following the serious injury of a 9-year-old last Thursday when he was struck by an allegedly drunk driver after exiting a school bus. Councilor John A. Michitson, who proposed […]
Haverhill city councilors tonight will take up pedestrian safety along Main Street after a 9-year-old was seriously injured last Thursday while leaving his school bus and struck by an allegedly drunken driver. City Council President Thomas J. Sullivan and Councilor John A. Michitson placed the matter on Tuesday’s agenda the first full meeting of the city’s […]