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Haverhill Ward 2 City Council Race Heats Up with Hobbs-Everett Launching Campaign

Haverhill Ward 2 City Council Race Heats Up with Hobbs-Everett Launching Campaign
Katrina Hobbs-Everett, in formally declaring her candidacy Monday for Haverhill’s Ward 2 city councilor, is calling for better support for small businesses, public safety planning that is threaded throughout city departments and greater transparency in city spending. Hobbs-Everett, who first ran for City Council in 2015, told WHAV she is looking forward to the “opportunity to complete what I started” …

Sections: Election Central, Haverhill

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Fiorentini Gives State of the City Address Tonight; Highlights Include New Sports Building, Villages

Fiorentini Gives State of the City Address Tonight; Highlights Include New Sports Building, Villages
(Additional graphic below.) Tonight, Haverhill Mayor James J. Fiorentini is scheduled to give his final State of the City Address, recapping his 20 years in office and sharing his vision of the city’s future. Fiorentini gave WHAV’s audiences a preview, discussing where the city is now and how new projects such as a series of “villages” across the city and …

Sections: Haverhill

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Regional News

Federal Judge Sends North Andover Man, Who Brought Drugs to Jail, to Prison for 8 Years

Federal Judge Sends North Andover Man, Who Brought Drugs to Jail, to Prison for 8 Years
A 25-year-old North Andover man who participated in a drug dealing scheme involving gang members in Lawrence, Haverhill and Methuen and a planned kidnapping, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Boston. Steven Rios was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to eight years in prison and three years of supervised release. Last October, Rios pleaded guilty to …

Sections: Crime, Region

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District Attorney Identifies 24-Year-Old Shooting Victim Who Died Late Friday Night

District Attorney Identifies 24-Year-Old Shooting Victim Who Died Late Friday Night
A 24-year-old Lawrence man was identified as the victim of a fatal gunshot wound late Friday night in Lawrence. Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker said Monday Christopher Garcia died of a single gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was pronounced dead at Lawrence General Hospital. Tucker said the investigation by the State Police Detective Unit assigned to the …

Sections: Crime, Region

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Education

City Council Honors Haverhill High Boys Swim and Dive Team for Championship Win

City Council Honors Haverhill High Boys Swim and Dive Team for Championship Win
Records are made to be broken and last week the Haverhill City Council honored the Haverhill High School Boys Swim and Dive Team and their coach for doing just that. The team swam their way to a Merrimack Valley Conference Championship back in January, their first time doing so in 43 years. Dan Tanguay, a math teacher at Haverhill High …

Sections: Education, Haverhill, Sports

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Community Spotlight

Haverhill’s Museum of Printing Plans Garage Sale March 25

Haverhill’s Museum of Printing Plans Garage Sale March 25
Haverhill’s Museum of Printing plans its largest ever garage sale this Saturday, featuring letterpress materials. Among printing presses, type, cabinets, ink, paper and other graphic arts materials, there will be books on printing design, and typography during the sale Saturday, March 25, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Museum of Printing, 15 Thornton Ave., Haverhill. Museum officials note one of …

Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill

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Poet Comeau Writes, ‘Springtime Isn’t Roses For Ukrainians’

Poet Comeau Writes, ‘Springtime Isn’t Roses For Ukrainians’
Spring arrived yesterday afternoon at 5:24 and, while it brings happiness to many, Dr. Raymond F. Comeau, a Haverhill native and poet, wonders aloud how Ukrainians cope after more than a year of war. Comeau, who says the suffering in Ukraine still deserves special mention, offers his latest poem, “Springtime Isn’t Roses For Ukrainians.”  He notes, “All of this does …

Sections: Haverhill

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Obituaries

Henri Zefta, Booster for Children’s Downtown Restaurant, Dies at 88

Henri Zefta, Booster for Children’s Downtown Restaurant, Dies at 88
Henri Zefta, who played a significant role in his children’s downtown Haverhill restaurant, died March 17. He was born Aug. 9, 1934 and passed away at the age of 88. Zefta was the eldest of eight children and he met his wife, Laurice, at the age of 22 and they have been married for the last 64 years. They had …

Sections: Haverhill, Obituaries

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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: Hailey Moschella of Haverhill Art Walk.
  • 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.
  • State of the City Address: Mayor James. J. Fiorentini, live, 7 p.m.
  • X Minus One: 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. Guests: YWCA Site Director Renee McGuire and Kathy Fitts, Gale Park Association.
  • 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.
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