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Updated: Negotiators Resolve Teachers’ Strike; Classes Optional for Students as There is No Bus Service

Updated: Negotiators Resolve Teachers’ Strike; Classes Optional for Students as There is No Bus Service
Update: Although classes were cancelled earlier and school bus service is not available, a late settlement between the Haverhill School Committee and Haverhill Education Association means students may optionally return to school Friday. During a joint press conference School Committee Negotiations Chairman Scott W. Wood Jr. and union President Tim Briggs announced resolution of differences around 11 p.m. outside Haverhill …

Sections: Education, Haverhill

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Haverhill Councilors Vote 6-1 to Create Fund to Distribute Opioid Settlement Money from Drug Firms

Haverhill Councilors Vote 6-1 to Create Fund to Distribute Opioid Settlement Money from Drug Firms
The Haverhill City Council gave its approval this week to the establishment of an Opioid Recovery and Remediation Stabilization Fund—in essence, an account for payments from the state to be used in the battle against opioid addiction. The state’s Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund Advisory Council, responsible for distributing money from a national settlement with drug manufacturers, determined Haverhill will …

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Jury Finds 21-Year-Old Guilty of 2nd-Degree Murder in 2020 Stabbing Death at Haverhill Stadium

Jury Finds 21-Year-Old Guilty of 2nd-Degree Murder in 2020 Stabbing Death at Haverhill Stadium
A now-21-year-old Haverhill man was found guilty Wednesday afternoon of second-degree murder in the 2020 stabbing death of a 19-year-old after over a fight involving a former girlfriend. A jury in Salem Superior Court found Oscar Quinones, formerly of 22 Sunrise Drive, Bradford, guilty in the slaying of Efrain Maisonet, also of Haverhill, April 7, 2020 in a parking lot …

Sections: Crime, Haverhill

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Regional News

Methuen Man Walking Along I-495 Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries After Being Struck

Methuen Man Walking Along I-495 Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries After Being Struck
A 52-year-old Methuen man walking along Interstate 495, suffered, what State Police called, “life-threatening injuries” after being struck early Wednesday night in Tewksbury. State Police from the Andover Barracks and other first responders were dispatched at 7:20 p.m. to a crash involving a 2006 Toyota Corolla and a pedestrian on the northbound side of I-495. A preliminary investigation by the …

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Atkinson Women’s Civic Club Hosts Bulk Shredding Day Saturday

Atkinson Women’s Civic Club Hosts Bulk Shredding Day Saturday
The Atkinson Women’s Civic Club invites the community to join in disposing of outdated paperwork during its Bulk Shredding Day. The rain or shine event takes place Saturday, Oct. 22, from 9 a.m.-noon, at the Atkinson Community Center, 4 Main St., Atkinson, N.H. Each standard size box costs $10 to shred with fees adjusting for different sized boxes or bags. …

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Community Spotlight

Creative Haverhill Hosts Opening Reception for Furtado’s ‘Second Nature: Portraits of Resilience’

Creative Haverhill Hosts Opening Reception for Furtado’s ‘Second Nature: Portraits of Resilience’
Creative Haverhill hosts an outdoor portrait exhibition to display Jessica Furtado’s “Second Nature: Portraits of Resilience.” The reception takes place Saturday, Oct. 22, from 3-4 p.m., at Cogswell ArtSpace, 351 S. Main St., Haverhill. Furtado will be in attendance and refreshments will be served. “Second Nature” is a collection of portraits of local residents taken to celebrate community and create …

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Buttonwoods Museum Studies New England Women Archaeologists During Open House

Buttonwoods Museum Studies New England Women Archaeologists During Open House
Buttonwoods Museum is hosting its Archaeology Open House this weekend to celebrate Archaeology Month. The open house takes place Saturday, Oct. 22, from noon-2 p.m., at Buttonwoods Museum, 240 Water St., Haverhill. Women archaeologists from New England will be featured, including Thera Luce, the wife of Frederick A. Luce. To visit the online Luce Collection or learn more about the …

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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: Michael Thompson of SCORE and Haverhill Rotary Club President Tim Jordan, Rotary Club Veterans Breakfast.
  • 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.
  • All Request Friday Night: Chris Porter, live, 6:15 p.m. Call 978-374-1900.
  • Couple Next Door: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
  • FSN World News: 11 p.m.

Saturday’s Radio Highlights

  • Classic Hits: Favorites all day, except as indicated
  • Community Spotlight: News of upcoming cultural and civic events, quarter past every hour
  • Wave Weather: Every 30 minutes
  • World News: Noon and 11 p.m.
  • Take Two Movie Review: 8:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
  • Mass Moments: Today in Massachusetts history, 6:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.
  • Gunsmoke: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
  • FSN World News: 11 p.m.

Sunday’s Radio Highlights

  • Classic Hits: Favorites all day, except as indicated
  • Community Spotlight: News of upcoming cultural and civic events, quarter past every hour
  • Wave Weather: Every 30 minutes
  • Pulse on Health: Every 107 seconds, someone in America is sexually assaulted. Pulse on Health talks with Arelis Huertas, director of Community Based Domestic and Sexual Violence Program from the YWCA Northeastern Massachusetts about sexual assault.
  • World News: Noon, 6 and 11 p.m.
  • Take Two Movie Review: 8:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
  • Mass Moments: Today in Massachusetts history, 6:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.
  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
  • FSN World News: 11 p.m.

Monday’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: Greater Haverhill Chamber President and CEO Alex Eberhardt and Sen. Diana DiZoglio.
  • 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.
  • Suspense: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
  • FSN World News: 11 p.m.
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