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Parking Deck Demolition Brings 130 New, Temporary Parking Spaces in Downtown Haverhill

Parking Deck Demolition Brings 130 New, Temporary Parking Spaces in Downtown Haverhill
(Additional photograph below.) An array of new parking spaces are available today on part of the land occupied by a former city-owned parking garage on Merrimack Street Ahead of schedule, drivers actually began parking there Tuesday afternoon even as workers took down the fence around the newly paved and lined 130-space parking lot on the left side of the former …

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Haverhill Police Allege 25-Year-Old Spray Painted and Marked 38 Sites with Graffiti

Haverhill Police Allege 25-Year-Old Spray Painted and Marked 38 Sites with Graffiti
(Additional photograph below.) A 25-year-old man, accused of spraying and marking graffiti at 38 private and public sites Sunday, was ordered Tuesday to return to Haverhill District Court next month to answer to the charges. Alexander M. Jarboe of Locke Street was arrested by Haverhill Police Monday and arraigned Tuesday before Judge Cesar A. Archilla on 38 counts of defacing …

Sections: Crime, Haverhill

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Regional News

Police Find Missing Lawrence Woman, 37, Dead in Haverhill; Lawrence Man Under Arrest

Police Find Missing Lawrence Woman, 37, Dead in Haverhill; Lawrence Man Under Arrest
A Lawrence woman, missing since Saturday, was found dead in Haverhill Tuesday night following a search and a 35-year-old man is under arrest. Thirty-seven-year-old Carol Flaz-Burgos was last seen leaving her Lawrence Broadway home Saturday morning at 9. During a press conference Tuesday night, Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker said police searched her apartment and building and were …

Sections: Crime, Haverhill, Region

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MassDOT Advises of I-495 Lane and Shoulder Closings Daytimes in Haverhill, Merrimac, Amesbury

MassDOT Advises of I-495 Lane and Shoulder Closings Daytimes in Haverhill, Merrimac, Amesbury
Drivers are advised that some lanes and shoulders along Interstate 495 will close from time to time today through Friday on both the northbound and southbound sides in Amesbury, Haverhill and Merrimac. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said the “intermittent lane and shoulder closures” take place Wednesday, Sept. 4, through Friday, Sept. 6, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., each …

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Election Central Sept. 3 Primary Results

Election Central Sept. 3 Primary Results
AP Election Results Results in contested races will begin showing after polls close at 8 p.m.

Sections: Election Central, Haverhill, Region

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Community Spotlight

Common Ground Plans Annual Fundraiser with Free Dinner; Encourages Table Sponsors

Common Ground Plans Annual Fundraiser with Free Dinner; Encourages Table Sponsors
Haverhill’s Common Ground is offering a free admission and dinner, but inviting sponsors and donations, during its upcoming annual fundraiser. Common Ground Ministries serves meals, offers access to showers five days a week and provides a safe environment and companionship on a daily basis from its 194 Winter St. building. It also takes part in monthly food distribution. During the …

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Obituaries New Updated Section

Today’s Obituaries

  • Loretta M. Lynch
Featuring listings from all Haverhill funeral homes:
  • Berube-Comeau Funeral Home
  • Brookside Chapel & Funeral Home
  • Kevin B Comeau Funeral Home
  • Dole Childs & Shaw Funeral Home
  • Driscoll Funeral Home
  • H.L. Farmer & Sons Funeral Homes
  • Paul C. Rogers Funeral Homes
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Today’s Radio Highlights

  • WIN for Breakfast: Local news, national and world news from CBS News, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guests: YMCA Regional Executive Director Tracy Fuller and Marlene Yeo and Laurie Jane Simmer of Somebody Cares New England.
  • Classic Hits: Favorites all day, except as indicated
  • Local News: Every half hour from 6-9 a.m., hourly 9 a.m.-3 p.m., every half hour from 3-6 p.m.
  • CBS News: Hourly, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as noted.
  • Wave Weather: Meteorologist James Covington provides Merrimack Valley-specific reports, every half hour, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as noted.
  • Community Spotlight: News of upcoming cultural and civic events, quarter past every hour.
  • Mass Moments: Today in Massachusetts history, 6:45 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.
  • Melinda’s Garden Moment: Melinda Myers offers tips, 7:45 and 4:45 p.m.
  • Sound Beat: Hosted by Brett Barry, 8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
  • Banmiller on Business: Hosted by CBS National Business Correspondent Brian Banmiller, 9:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.
  • Car Chronicles: Hosted by CBS News AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert, 10:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
  • Insight Daily: 11:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
  • Great Gildersleeve: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.

Thursday’s Radio Highlights

  • WIN for Breakfast: Local news, national and world news from CBS News, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guests: Ruth’s House CEO Claire McManaman Hailson and Rep. Adrianne Ramos, 14th Essex District.
  • Classic Hits: Favorites all day, except as indicated
  • Local News: Every half hour from 6-9 a.m., hourly 9 a.m.-3 p.m., every half hour from 3-6 p.m.
  • CBS News: Hourly, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as noted.
  • Wave Weather: Meteorologist James Covington provides Merrimack Valley-specific reports, every half hour, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as noted.
  • Community Spotlight: News of upcoming cultural and civic events, quarter past every hour.
  • Mass Moments: Today in Massachusetts history, 6:45 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.
  • Melinda’s Garden Moment: Melinda Myers offers tips, 7:45 and 4:45 p.m.
  • Sound Beat: Hosted by Brett Barry, 8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
  • Banmiller on Business: Hosted by CBS National Business Correspondent Brian Banmiller, 9:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.
  • Car Chronicles: Hosted by CBS News AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert, 10:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
  • Insight Daily: 11:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
  • Haverhill School Committee: When in session, Live. 7 p.m.
  • Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
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