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Haverhill’s largest-ever LGBTQA+ Pride Flag-raising Thursday afternoon kicked off Pride Month during a ceremony outside Haverhill City Hall. Haverhill City Councilor Thomas J. Sullivan served as master of ceremonies, thanking residents for joining in the celebration. “Today, I am especially proud of my city for recognizing and celebrating the importance and value of all our […]
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Executive Assistant Beverly Cassano, School Committee member Gail M. Sullivan, Superintendent Margaret Marotta and Assistant Superintendent Michael Pfifferling at a Haverhill School Committee meeting. (WHAV News file photograph.)
After nearly a year and a half of back-and-forth negotiations, the Haverhill School Committee and Haverhill Education Association reached agreement last week on pay increases and other benefits for the school’s educational support professionals.
School Committee members voted 4-2 last Thursday to ratify a memorandum of understanding that provides ESPs a 2% increase for the current year, paid retroactively to last July 1; another 1.5% increase to take effect July 1, 2022; and a three-step pay scale for the next school year beginning at $21 per hour for one to three years of service, $24 per hour for four to nine years of service and $27 per hour for 10 or more years of service. New hires with bachelors’ degrees start at
Site plan of “The Beck,” near the Bradford commuter rail station.
Details of a 290-unit apartment complex, to be known as “The Beck,” near the Bradford commuter rail station will be aired Tuesday night by the Haverhill City Council when the body considers granting a special permit for the waterfront project.
Nearly a year ago, Haverhill councilors voted 7-1 to sell the former Ornsteen Heel property, 19 Railroad Ave., with Council President Melinda E. Barrett dissenting and Councilor Thomas J. Sullivan abstaining.
Developer Michael Procopio and the Procopio Company of Lynnfield plans to buy the Ornsteen property from the city for $1 million and use it as well as the land currently occupied by Skateland and an abandoned gas station lot near the Comeau Bridge. Besides apartments, the project consists of 6,500 square feet of retail space, including a restaurant with outdoor seating; extension of the riverwalk; and a park with amphitheater. The project now covers nearly seven a
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Haverhill has a second chance to buy a 22.5-acre parcel to prevent its development and help protect the city’s water supply.
While Mayor James J. Fiorentini turned down the opportunity to buy the 97 Corliss Hill Road land for $400,000 in March, Essex County Greenbelt is expected to tell city councilors tonight how it may still be preserved. At the time, the mayor said the city had only a 120-day right of first refusal and he chose to forgo the offer in favor of buying a 29.4-acre Brandy Brow Road parcel closer to the Millvale Reservoir watershed. Asked what changed, resident Christine Kwitchoff told WHAV the city has more time to act than first believed.