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City Desk

Team Haverhill Brings Neighborhood Clean and Green Campaign to Mount Washington

Team Haverhill Brings Neighborhood Clean and Green Campaign to Mount Washington
Team Haverhill is launching its Mount Washington Neighborhood Clean and Green campaign next week as it looks to expand throughout the city. Neighborhood Clean and Green is an extension of Team Haverhill’s successful and ongoing Clean & Green Downtown Haverhill campaign, which started in 2019. It has resulted in more than 1,000 cleaning, planting and painting activities. The idea to …

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Regional News

Loop Viewing Area Remains the Same for Methuen Fireworks, but Launch Area Changes

Loop Viewing Area Remains the Same for Methuen Fireworks, but Launch Area Changes
Methuen is changing where this Saturday night’s fireworks will be ignited because of the development of a new apartment complex. In previous years, according to Mayor Neil Perry’s office, residents would look across Pleasant Valley Street from the Loop and see the fireworks up above. The fireworks will now launch from the other side of the Loop. As such, the …

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Education

Quiñones Becomes Northern Essex Community College’s First Chief of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Quiñones Becomes Northern Essex Community College’s First Chief of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Haverhill’s Francellis Quiñones has been selected as the first chief officer of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for Northern Essex Community College. According to the college, Quiñones has been dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion work in the Merrimack Valley for nearly 20 years. She comes to Northern Essex from Lowell-based UTEC where she was organizing program manager. She is …

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Community Spotlight

Buttonwoods Museum Offers Tours of John Ward House and Daniel Hunkins Shoe Shop

Buttonwoods Museum Offers Tours of John Ward House and  Daniel Hunkins Shoe Shop
The Buttonwoods Museum is again offering guided tours of the historic John Ward House and the Daniel Hunkins Shoe Shop. The house was said to be the home of Calvinist Rev. John Ward, the first minister of the town of Haverhill. The Hunkins Shoe Shop is described as a typical “ten footer,” a small building employing several men to put …

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Business Bulletin

Free 3D Printing Course Available to High School Students in Haverhill

Free 3D Printing Course Available to High School Students in Haverhill
A free two-week 3D printing course for Haverhill teens is taking place at the UMass Lowell Innovation Hub Haverhill. Through the “Hacking for Design” program, students learn valuable skills around 3D printing software, design thinking, problem solving and teamwork. Students will also learn about educational and career opportunities in additive manufacturing. “Hacking for Design” takes place Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays …

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Obituaries

Today’s Obituaries: Kevin P. Moriarty, 54, of Haverhill

Today’s Obituaries: Kevin P. Moriarty, 54, of Haverhill
Kevin P. Moriarty, 54, passed away July 5, at High Pointe Hospice in Haverhill with his loving family by his side. Born in Haverhill, he was the son of Patricia (Kohlweiss) Moriarty of Haverhill and the late Frederick Moriarty. Raised in Haverhill, he attended Whittier Tech and was a graduate of the Class of 1986. While at Whittier Tech he …

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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: Deborah Chiaravalloti, Holy Family Hospital, and Hailey Moschella of Haverhill Art Walk.
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  • 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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  • Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.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. Guest: Margot Regan of Emmaus.
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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.
  • All Request Friday Night: Chris Porter, live, 6:15 p.m. Call 978-374-1900.
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