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Two-Car Christmas Day Crash on River Street Leaves Four With Injuries

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An accident near Haverhill’s Westgate shopping plaza Tuesday night sent four people to the hospital. (File photograph)

A Tuesday night accident on Haverhill’s River Street left four people spending part of Christmas Day in the hospital, police tell WHAV. Just after 7 p.m. on Dec. 25, Haverhill police responded to a two-car accident at the busy intersection of River Street and Lowell Avenue near the Westgate shopping plaza. Police spokesman Capt. Stephen J. Doherty Jr. said four people suffered minor injuries and were transported to local hospitals for treatment.

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WHAV Broadcasting Commonwealth Basketball Classic This Weekend

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WHAV carries boys’ basketball games during the Commonwealth Christmas Classic live starting on Thursday. (File photograph)

Game on in the Merrimack Valley! Several area high school basketball teams are preparing to hoop it up for the 2018 Commonwealth Christmas Classic Tournament, kicking off Thursday at North Andover High School. WHAV sports anchors Paul Ryan and Tommy Morgan are broadcasting the boys’ games live, offering commentary on all the action from the gym floor starting at 2:15 p.m. on Dec. 27.

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Fiorentini Praises Haverhill for Holiday Goodwill in Wake of City Tragedies

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“I am proud to be the Mayor of such a great city,” Mayor James J. Fiorentini said in a holiday message this week. (Jay Saulnier file photograph for WHAV News)

As 2018 draws to a close, Mayor James J. Fiorentini is praising his city’s residents for their gestures of goodwill in the wake of last week’s tragedies. Taking to Facebook just before Christmas, Fiorentini said he was “proud of this community” for Haverhill’s response to the sudden deaths of 11-year-old Consentino student Precious Wallaces and 41-year-old Haverhill roofer Carlos Ortiz. Sixth grader Wallaces was in a coma at Boston’s Tufts Medical Center for several days before her death on Dec. 17, while Ortiz tragically lost his life in an Essex Street construction accident the next morning on Dec.

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Kathleen (Magras) Tsantarliotis, 66, Tax Analyst

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Kathleen (Magras) Tsantarliotis, 66, of Tewksbury, died Saturday, Dec. 22 in Haverhill with her loving family by her side. Tsantarliotis was born in Haverhill on March 31, 1952, and was the daughter of the late Charles and Angelina (Poulos) Magras. She was educated in the Haverhill school system and graduated from Haverhill High School. Tsantarliotis earned a bachelor’s degree from Framingham State College and for many years worked as a tax analyst at IHS Markit in Andover.

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Jeannette M. (Cote) Coulle, 98, Former Legal Secretary

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Jeannette M. (Cote) Coulle, 98, a native and lifelong resident of Haverhill, died Dec. 20 at Holy Family Medical Center at Merrimack Valley Hospital. Raised and educated in Haverhill, she was the daughter of the late Ovila and Louise (LaPlante) Cote and attended Saint Joseph Grammar School, graduating from Haverhill High School with the class of 1937. She later attended MacIntosh Business School and was employed as a legal secretary at the Law Firm of Mintz, Levin and Cohn, Boston. A member of All Saints Parish of Haverhill and the former Saint Joseph Parish, she was also a longtime member of the Ladies of Saint Anne Society.

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City Admits Secret DPW Investigation, But Refuses to Release Details; WHAV Appeals

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After first denying the existence of an investigation into the city’s Department of Public Works, officials admit a report has been created by the Haverhill Police Department, but refuse to divulge details. (WHAV News photograph.)

The City of Haverhill admitted to WHAV last week it has investigated its Department of Public Works over drug-related allegations, but refused to detail any findings or actions it plans to take. Describing herself as “special counsel” to the city, attorney Michele E. Randazzo acknowledged the existence of what is described as “a report prepared by the Police Department as a result of an administrative investigation.” However, Randazzo, associated with KP Law of Boston, refused to release the report. “The City is withholding the report of the administrative investigation, however, in its entirety, under the exemptions to the Public Records Law…,” she wrote in a letter to WHAV dated last Wednesday. The investigation is said to be part of a larger accounting that led to the arrests of two highway department employees and a former DPW employee on drug-related charges at the end of August.

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Funeral Services for Late Haverhill Roofer Ortiz Planned for Wednesday

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A wake for Carlos Ortiz is planned on Wednesday, Dec. 26 from 4-8 p.m at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home. (File photograph)

Carlos Ortiz, the Haverhill roofer killed last week in an accident at an Essex Street construction site, will be remembered during a visitation on Wednesday night at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home. Family and friends plan to gather from 4-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 26 at 486 Main St.