His parents call him a “hero” and it’s a feeling shared by his teachers who came to visit him at a Boston hospital after he was struck by a car a week ago Friday. Twelve-year-old Nathan De Leon, the oldest of three children of Judy and Jeremy De Leon, died Thursday at a Boston hospital. “Today God called Nathan’s name and brought him to heaven to be amongst the greatest that has ever lived! Nathan fought hard but he unfortunately had significant brain trauma that he wasn’t able to survive,” his parents said on a fundraising page that family and friends hoped would help pay for his recovery rather than funeral expenses.
Saturday, Aug. 24
Saturday, Aug. 31
Gunsmoke: “Jesse,” 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Update: Mayor James J. Fiorentini says he has postponed planned City Hall electrical work for a week. Earlier Version: Parents making last minute checks before school starts are advised the Haverhill School Department may be down Saturday morning while electrical work is undertaken in City Hall. School Superintendent Margaret Marotta says any website interruptions would take place between 7 a.m. and no later than noon.
Arraigned without notice more than two weeks ago, a longtime Haverhill Police officer appeared in Newburyport District Court for a hearing Friday on charges of assault and battery on a family/household member and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon following an incident on Wednesday, Aug. 7, WHAV has confirmed. According to a police report, Sgt.
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His parents call him a “hero” and it’s a feeling shared by his teachers who came to visit him at a Boston hospital after he was struck by a car a week ago Friday. Twelve-year-old Nathan De Leon, the oldest of three children of Judy and Jeremy De Leon, died Thursday at a Boston hospital.
Arraigned without notice more than two weeks ago, a longtime Haverhill Police officer appeared in Newburyport District Court for a hearing Friday on charges of assault and battery on a family/household member and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon following an incident on Wednesday, Aug. 7, WHAV has confirmed.
Members of Haverhill’s Latino Coalition are among the locals cheering the recent formation of a Haverhill Public Schools’ Diversity Committee, created with the intention of encouraging minority teacher recruitment. The School Committee last Thursday voted unanimously to form a task force to hire educators of color, with members Scott W. Wood Jr., Gail M. Sullivan, Maura Ryan-Ciardiello and Richard J. Rosa among those taking the lead to do so.
A Haverhill man who attempted to steal tires from a city car dealership was caught in the act this week by Haverhill Police, and later allegedly admitted that had the incident happened in Lawrence, he and his nephew would have “gotten away” with the con. Thirty-one-year-old Michael Realejo was arrested Aug.
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Methuen firefighters to the rescue! On Monday, Aug.
The Atkinson, N.H. Congregational Church is hosting a pet blessing ceremony on Wednesday, Aug. 21 from 6-7:30 p.m. in the church’s outdoor sanctuary, 101 Main St., Atkinson.
Two of the state’s largest health insurers last week announced plans to merge into a new, combined organization that Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan said would serve nearly 2.4 million members in Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. The new organization has not yet been named, and company officials have not said where it will be based—Harvard Pilgrim is headquartered in Wellesley and Tufts in Watertown.
Former state Sen. Kathleen O’Connor Ives of Newburyport joined the law firm of Finneran and Nicholson at the beginning of the month. She joins principals Susan R. Finneran and Thomas G. Nicholson as a senior associate.
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Arraigned without notice more than two weeks ago, a longtime Haverhill Police officer appeared in Newburyport District Court for a hearing Friday on charges of assault and battery on a family/household member and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon following an incident on Wednesday, Aug. 7, WHAV has confirmed.
A Haverhill man who attempted to steal tires from a city car dealership was caught in the act this week by Haverhill Police, and later allegedly admitted that had the incident happened in Lawrence, he and his nephew would have “gotten away” with the con. Thirty-one-year-old Michael Realejo was arrested Aug.
A Saturday morning argument between two men turned violent after Haverhill Police say one man allegedly assaulted another for beeping his car horn too often, leaving the victim bleeding and swollen. In court documents obtained by WHAV, Patrolman Kevin Billings was dispatched to Haverhill’s Briarwood Road just before 9:30 a.m. on Aug.
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Update: Mayor James J. Fiorentini says he has postponed planned City Hall electrical work for a week. Earlier Version: Parents making last minute checks before school starts are advised the Haverhill School Department may be down Saturday morning while electrical work is undertaken in City Hall.
Members of Haverhill’s Latino Coalition are among the locals cheering the recent formation of a Haverhill Public Schools’ Diversity Committee, created with the intention of encouraging minority teacher recruitment. The School Committee last Thursday voted unanimously to form a task force to hire educators of color, with members Scott W. Wood Jr., Gail M. Sullivan, Maura Ryan-Ciardiello and Richard J. Rosa among those taking the lead to do so.
Haverhill author and former Tilton School teacher Annemarie Riley Guertin has two additional book deals under her belt after signing on the dotted line with publishing company Familius, she tells WHAV. Christopher Robbins took on Guertin’s latest two picture books, “Finding Mr. Trunks”—a story about a stuffed animal lost at the airport—and “Thunderstormaestro,” in which a child learns not to fear thunderstorms, the educator says.
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While opioid overdose deaths in Massachusetts declined for the second year in a row, prevalence of the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl has continued to climb to the point where it is now present in almost every death that’s screened for drugs. According to the State House News Service, the latest Massachusetts overdose data, released Wednesday, showed fentanyl was present in 92 percent of opioid deaths where a toxicology screen occurred in the first quarter of 2019, up from 89 percent in 2018.
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Saturday, Aug. 24
Gunsmoke: “Gone Straight,” 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Sunday
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: “Touchup Matter,” 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Monday
Suspense: “Rain Tonight,” 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Tuesday
Dimension X: “Lost Race,” 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Wednesday
Great Gildersleeve: Grace Vies for Gildy’s Attention, 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Thursday
Our Miss Brooks: New Girl in Town, 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Friday
Couple Next Door: Meeting the English Neighbor, 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Saturday, Aug.
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Clinton Medley, 69, of Haverhill, died Saturday, Aug. 17 at Boston Medical Center.
Audrey (Ronan) Campana, 89, a resident of Haverhill for most of her life, died Aug. 18 at Anna Jacques Hospital in Newburyport, one month shy of her 90th birthday.
Amy Joy Scafidi, 33, died Aug. 15.
Edward P. Boksanski, 75, died Aug. 11 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, with his family by his side.
