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City Desk

Haverhill Councilors Grant Special Permit to Restore Remaining Downtown Historic Building

Haverhill Councilors Grant Special Permit to Restore Remaining Downtown Historic Building
Haverhill city councilors Tuesday night approved a special permit for two commercial spaces and six apartments in one of the last remaining unaltered brick buildings in the city’s Washington Street Historic District. Attorney Russell S. Channen, representing developer Jonathan Cody of Atlantis Investments, said the 29 Washington St., project is similar to others allowed downtown under the Smart Growth Overlay …

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Regional News

Middleton Inmate Thanks Essex County Sheriff’s Staff For Life-Saving CPR

Middleton Inmate Thanks Essex County Sheriff’s Staff For Life-Saving CPR
A Middlesex Jail and House of Correction inmate is thanking Essex County Sheriff’s officers and medical staff for performing 29 rounds of CPR to save his life last month. William Schultz thanked those officers and staff Tuesday and delivered a promise. “I really wouldn’t be here if I wasn’t here in this place, and if it wasn’t for your efforts,” …

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Education

Whittier Tech Students Design and Construct New Ramp at Georgetown Water Department

Whittier Tech Students Design and Construct New Ramp at Georgetown Water Department
Fourteen carpentry students at Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School designed and constructed a new handicapped access ramp for the Georgetown Water Department. The seniors worked on the project this fall after a town survey of all town buildings last winter revealed issues with the old ramp. Utility Director Marlene Ladderbush reached out to Whittier Tech Vocational Coordinator Paul Moskevitz, …

Sections: Education, Haverhill

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Community Spotlight

Origins and Current Usage of the Boston Accent Subject of Free Haverhill Talk

Origins and Current Usage of the Boston Accent Subject of Free Haverhill Talk
The public is invited to explore the roots of the Boston accent dating back to colonial times through its role today in forming the local identity. Antoine Trombino-Aponte discusses “A History of the Boston Accent” during a free lecture Thursday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m., at the Buttonwoods Museum, 240 Water St., Haverhill. Trombino-Aponte, a museum educator at the Buttonwoods, …

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Business Bulletin

Methuen Assisted Living and Memory Care Center Earns Purple Flag Accreditation

Methuen Assisted Living and Memory Care Center Earns Purple Flag Accreditation
A Methuen assisted living and memory care facility has earned accreditation from Purple Flag for Dementia Care. Methuen Village Wednesday was named along with five other residences operated by Braintree-based Senior Living Residences in Massachusetts and New Hampshire as achieving Purple Flag accreditation. All six will raise special designation flags between now and January. Besides Methuen Village, others are Cornerstone …

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Obituaries

Wayne R. Hogan, Longtime Manager of Haverhill Office of Gas Company, Dies at 83

Wayne R. Hogan, Longtime Manager of Haverhill Office of Gas Company, Dies at 83
Wayne R. Hogan, 83, of Bradford, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 13. He was born in Newburyport on Aug. 7, 1940, son of the late Francis J. Sr. and Dorothy Mae (Martin) Hogan and was predeceased by his brother Francis J. Hogan Jr. He was a lifelong resident of Haverhill. He spent his childhood in Riverside and enjoyed living on …

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  • WIN for Breakfast: Local news, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guests: Boys and Girls Club of Greater Haverhill Executive Director Javier Bristol and Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School Superintendent Maureen Lynch.
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  • 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: 8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
  • Insight Daily: 9:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
  • Great Gildersleeve: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
  • FSN World News: 11 p.m.

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  • WIN for Breakfast: Local news, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m.
  • 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.
  • 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: 8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
  • Insight Daily: 9:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
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  • FSN World News: 11 p.m.
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