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City Councilors Call for Upgrades to Haverhill’s Pedestrian Safety Approach

City Councilors Call for Upgrades to Haverhill’s Pedestrian Safety Approach
Haverhill City Councilors voted last night to send a letter calling for a comprehensive pedestrian safety plan to the Haverhill Police Department’s Traffic and Safety Committee, following the serious injury of a 9-year-old last Thursday when he was struck by an allegedly drunk driver after exiting a school bus. Councilor John A. Michitson, who proposed the letter with Council President …

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Regional News

State Awards Merrimack River Watershed Council Ecological Restoration Grant

State Awards Merrimack River Watershed Council Ecological Restoration Grant
The Merrimack River Watershed Council Tuesday was formally awarded $21,500 as part of nearly $1 million in grants for ecological restoration projects throughout the state. The award by the Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration will support the early stages of locally driven, high priority restoration project implementation, such as culvert replacements and dam removals, to restore, …

Sections: Beacon Hill News, Haverhill, Region

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Lawrence Police Arrest 47-Year-Old for Alleged Stabbing Murder Tuesday

Lawrence Police Arrest 47-Year-Old for Alleged Stabbing Murder Tuesday
Lawrence Police have charged a 47-year-old man with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing Tuesday of a 32-year-old in the city. Marcos A. Muniz is expected to be arraigned today in Lawrence District Court, according to a statement this morning from Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker and Acting Lawrence Police Chief William Castro. Lawrence Police were dispatched …

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Education

Education Committee Hears Testimony Today on Hamilton Bill to Require Student Financial Literacy

Education Committee Hears Testimony Today on Hamilton Bill to Require Student Financial Literacy
The legislature’s Joint Committee on Education plans to hear testimony today on a bill filed by Methuen Rep. Ryan Hamilton to make financial literacy a high school graduation requirement. The hearing takes place today, Jan. 10, at 1 p.m., at the State House, Hearing Room A-2. More than a dozen students have registered to testify in support, along with several …

Sections: Beacon Hill News, Education, Haverhill

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Community Spotlight

Haverhill to Collect Discarded Christmas Trees Saturday at Curbside

Haverhill to Collect Discarded Christmas Trees Saturday at Curbside
Haverhill residents have one opportunity—that’s this Saturday—to have the city take away their discarded Christmas trees from the curbside. The city’s waste hauler plans to collect Christmas trees Saturday, Jan. 13, beginning at 6 a.m. Residents are advised to place trees outside by the night before. There will be no make-up day. Lights and ornament must be removed and discarded …

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Business Bulletin

New Year Brings Staff Promotions at Pentucket Bank

New Year Brings Staff Promotions at Pentucket Bank
Four staffers at Pentucket Bank have been promoted to key posts as of the first of the year. Dawn George becomes vice president, retail branch operations officer; Jacqueline Karlberg, vice president, commercial loan administration officer; Lisa Phillips, Assistant Vice President, Deposit Systems Officer; and Tracy St. Onge, vice president, according to CEO Jonathan H. Dowst and President Eric G. Leuteritz. …

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Today’s Radio Highlights

  • WIN for Breakfast: Local news, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guests: Haverhill Public-Private Partnership Director Allison Heartquist and Pentucket Regional School District Superintendent Justin Bartholomew.
  • 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.
  • Great Gildersleeve: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
  • FSN World News: 11 p.m.

Thursday’s Radio Highlights

  • WIN for Breakfast: Local news, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guests: Michael Thompson, Haverhill SCORE Volunteer, and Northern Essex Community College Vice President of Institutional Advancement Allison Dolan-Wilson.
  • 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.
  • Haverhill School Committee: Live. 7 p.m.
  • Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
  • FSN World News: 11 p.m.
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