Haverhill’s budget for the year that begins next month is out of balance by a little more than $500,000 with fire department staffing emerging—as it has for the last several years—as an area of disagreement. Mayor James J. Fiorentini and City Council President Timothy J. Jordan spoke by telephone Thursday, but did not reach agreement on how to proceed. Councilors, who conducted a final review Wednesday of the proposed quarter-billion city spending plan, said the issue centers on how to pay for adding a fourth firefighter to each crew dispatched from the Water Street fire station. Earlier contention over school spending appeared to be largely resolved.
WHAV disc jockey Chris Porter eats, breathes and sleeps radio even as he works a “day job” with Massachusetts Water Resources Authority in Boston. Porter was the focus Thursday of the latest “Behind the Mic” segment on the “Win for Breakfast” program. His “All Request Friday Night” show features listener-favorite songs and classic sounding jingles reminiscent of earlier age
“I’m a jingle fanatic so I just had to get jingles.
The Haverhill Council on Aging celebrates Sing Like a Bird’s 10th year anniversary with a free concert Tuesday. The pianist/singer duo of Dove Morissette and Suzie Donahue has previously performed across the Merrimack Valley and southern New Hampshire. They perform Tuesday, June 13, from noon-1 p.m., at the Haverhill Citizens Center, 10 Welcome St.
Pentucket Regional School District is moving to a single principal for its middle and high schools as part of a larger plan to “strengthen core educational operations.”
Brenda Erhardt, assistant principal at the Bagnall Elementary School in Groveland, was recently named interim principal of the Pentucket Regional middle high school, while high school Principal Jonathan Seymour becomes executive director of operations and middle school Principal Terrence Conant becomes director of secondary curriculum and instruction. Superintendent Justin Bartholomew said the reorganization “represents an operational change, with a single building principal who will be supported by three assistant principals in the building. This change will increase coordination between the schools’ staffs on educational matters, and increase smooth transitions between the Middle and High School.
