Nine months after an anonymous letter triggered a Haverhill Police investigation into alleged drug dealing on the part of highway department employees, a Haverhill District Court Judge ruled that the letter wasn’t enough for officers to initiate the traffic stop that led to the August 2018 arrests of Steven Allen, Kevin Moriarty and Erik Frasca. On Wednesday, Judge Patricia Dowling heard testimony from Haverhill Police narcotics unit Detective Daniel McDonald. The officer conducted surveillance with Detective Bryan Bailey on the morning of Aug. 30.
Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School’s Cheryl Begin is celebrating a major milestone on the softball diamond this spring: Her 200th win. Now in her 14th year as varsity softball coach, Whittier head of security Begin is riding high in the role her coaching peers and players say is similar to that of another famous Massachusetts coach. “Cheryl is like the Bill Belichick of the Whittier softball team,” Athletic Director Kevin Bradley explains of Begin, who many of Whittier’s 14 players see as a surrogate mother.
More money is on the way for upgrades to Haverhill’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Mill Brook Park courtesy of state Sen. Diana DiZoglio. The freshman senator tells WHAV she has secured $15,000 for the city’s Ad Hoc Memorial Commission supervising the renovations to the monument and area honoring the 13 servicemen killed in the Vietnam War. The funds will help the commission continue a second phase of improvements currently underway at the park in the Haverhill Highlands neighborhood near the entrance to Plug Pond.
Two new principals are expected at Haverhill schools next school year, pending final negotiations. Shannon Gilligan, who currently works at a Woburn-based school coaching and leadership training organization is slated to become principal of Caleb Dustin Hunking School. Gilligan replaces Shannon Nolan, who is leaving the school district to become principal at Amesbury Elementary School.
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Nine months after an anonymous letter triggered a Haverhill Police investigation into alleged drug dealing on the part of highway department employees, a Haverhill District Court Judge ruled that the letter wasn’t enough for officers to initiate the traffic stop that led to the August 2018 arrests of Steven Allen, Kevin Moriarty and Erik Frasca. On Wednesday, Judge Patricia Dowling heard testimony from Haverhill Police narcotics unit Detective Daniel McDonald.
Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School’s Cheryl Begin is celebrating a major milestone on the softball diamond this spring: Her 200th win. Now in her 14th year as varsity softball coach, Whittier head of security Begin is riding high in the role her coaching peers and players say is similar to that of another famous Massachusetts coach.
More money is on the way for upgrades to Haverhill’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Mill Brook Park courtesy of state Sen. Diana DiZoglio. The freshman senator tells WHAV she has secured $15,000 for the city’s Ad Hoc Memorial Commission supervising the renovations to the monument and area honoring the 13 servicemen killed in the Vietnam War.
Traffic congestion at the New Hampshire border emerged as the largest sticking point for a proposed recreational marijuana store—the first to come before the Haverhill City Council for a special permit. After hours of debate, councilors postponed a decision on whether to allow Full Harvest Moonz’ proposed 95 Plaistow Road to advance.
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Narcotics officers conducting surveillance in the area of Methuen’s Sawyer Street observed an alleged hand-to-hand drug transaction on Tuesday, May 14, leading to the arrest of four individuals, Chief Joseph E. Solomon said Friday. According to police, the transaction took place when a vehicle with New Hampshire plates interacted with a Lowell-based driver behind the wheel of a Honda Accord.
A 26-year-old Methuen man faces up to 20 years in prison and a potential $1 million fine for his role in an alleged cocaine conspiracy, a federal judge ruled this week. Cesar Rodriguez-Sanquentin was charged May 14 with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, one year after police began investigating him and two Boston men for allegedly trafficking large quantities of narcotics throughout the state.
State representatives invoked the memories of people killed in distracted driving crashes on Wednesday before voting 155-2 to pass a bill banning motorists from using handheld cellphones and electronic devices behind the wheel, the State House News Service reports. Reps.
An Exeter, N.H. man police say used a Haverhill residence to carry out activities related to an illegal prostitution ring across the Merrimack Valley and Southern New Hampshire has been sentenced to serve four months in prison for the crime. According to United States Attorney Scott W. Murray, 60-year-old Ken Duc Ma owned and managed several businesses in Plaistow, Exeter and Salem, N.H. said to provide massage services that actually offered sexual services in exchange for money from March 2015 until Nov.
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Three months after threatening to kill an eight-year-old girl during a White Street burglary, 26-year-old Nathan Whittier has been indicted, facing 10 years in prison for the crime. A secret Essex County grand jury proceeding last week indicted the Warren Street man on a single felony count of unarmed burglary and assault, District Attorney Jonathan W. Blodgett’s spokeswoman Carrie Kimball told WHAV.
Narcotics officers conducting surveillance in the area of Methuen’s Sawyer Street observed an alleged hand-to-hand drug transaction on Tuesday, May 14, leading to the arrest of four individuals, Chief Joseph E. Solomon said Friday. According to police, the transaction took place when a vehicle with New Hampshire plates interacted with a Lowell-based driver behind the wheel of a Honda Accord.
An Exeter, N.H. man tasked with transporting a Haverhill girl to and from school was arrested Thursday afternoon after police say he was driving while under the influence of drugs before getting into a rush hour accident on a busy stretch of River Street. Appearing before Haverhill District Court Judge Patricia Dowling at arraignment Friday, NRT Bus Company driver Shawn P. McCarthy was stripped of his license and ordered held on $1,000 bail after Haverhill Police arrested him in the wake of an accident that left a 13-year-old girl with non-life threatening injuries.
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Two new principals are expected at Haverhill schools next school year, pending final negotiations. Shannon Gilligan, who currently works at a Woburn-based school coaching and leadership training organization is slated to become principal of Caleb Dustin Hunking School.
A Haverhill sophomore attending Central Catholic High School was recognized by the Massachusetts State Senate Tuesday for her two years of Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field success. Katharine Duren, a sophomore hurdler, broke the meet and school records Saturday during the Merrimack Valley Conference championship.
Thirty-five students from Haverhill Public Schools’ TEACH program are participating for the first time today at the Special Olympics games at Lawrence High School’s Veterans Memorial Stadium. The students enrolled in the Therapeutic Education Assessment Center of Haverhill at St.
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Tonight, Saturday, May 18
Gunsmoke: “Professor Lute Bone,” 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Sunday
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: “Recompense Matter,” 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Monday
Suspense: “Just One Happy Little Family,” 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Tuesday
Dimension X: “The Veldt,” 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Wednesday
Great Gildersleeve: Leroy Gets the Mumps, 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Thursday
Our Miss Brooks: Non-Fraternization Policy, 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Friday
Couple Next Door: Bus Ride for Betsy, 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
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Maria Tazuko Huggins, 43, of Groveland, died peacefully on Monday, May 20 surrounded by loved ones at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston. A celebration of her life takes place Saturday, May 25 in the Driscoll Funeral Home, 309 South Main St., Haverhill, from 2-5 p.m.
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Michelle M. (McGovern) Paquette, 57, a longtime teacher at the Caleb Dustin Hunking School, died from natural causes, after being stricken at her home Saturday, May 18. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, daughter of Frederick W. McGovern and Mona E. Stinson, she was educated and raised in Lynn and graduated from Saint Mary’s High School with the class of 1979.
Stanley Colten, 80, a longtime Haverhill resident and local figure, died peacefully on Thursday, May 16, surrounded by loved ones. A U.S. Army veteran, Colten worked in private security, providing services for malls and casinos and had several security divisions including a K-9 unit with 30 dogs.
Sylvia L. (Duston) Maxwell, 58, died at Holy Family in Haverhill with her family by her side. Employed in Haverhill’s shoe industry for many years, she worked as a machine operator for GFI Leewood Corporation and enjoyed bowling as a member of a league at Academy Lanes.
