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City Desk

Pentucket Bank, Lupoli Agree to Move Bank Branch into ‘The District’ Downtown Haverhill Redevelopment

Pentucket Bank, Lupoli Agree to Move Bank Branch into ‘The District’ Downtown Haverhill Redevelopment
Pentucket Bank and developer Salvatore N. Lupoli confirmed Friday the bank’s headquarters branch in downtown Haverhill will be merged into a sprawling, five-acre downtown redevelopment called “The District.” Pentucket Bank and the Lupoli Companies said they entered into a formal purchase agreement in late March for the transfer of the bank’s property at One Merrimack St. with the understanding the …

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In Reversal, Haverhill License Commission Rescinds Liquor Permit for Napoli’s Tavern Add-on Bar

In Reversal, Haverhill License Commission Rescinds Liquor Permit for Napoli’s Tavern Add-on Bar
Plans for Napoli’s Tavern, at the corner of Cedar and Eighth Avenue, are, at best, on hold after the Haverhill License Commission voted last Thursday to reverse its earlier approval of a full liquor license. Neighbors expressed the same complaints raised March 2, but this time, the Commission came to a different conclusion when Chairman Joseph C. Edwards changed his …

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Regional News

Mosquito Control Program Begins This Week in Plaistow, N.H.

Mosquito Control Program Begins This Week in Plaistow, N.H.
Plaistow’s Mosquito Control program begins this week. Crews from Dragon Mosquito Control will be checking swamps, marshes, woodland pools, ditches, catch basins, storm drains and other shallow, stagnant water for mosquito larvae. When mosquito larvae are found, treatment may include the use of insecticides. Officials said there is no schedule yet to conduct emergency spraying for disease-carrying mosquitoes. The determination …

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Jury Convicts Methuen Man in Scheme to Sell Fentanyl in New Hampshire

Jury Convicts Methuen Man in Scheme to Sell Fentanyl in New Hampshire
A jury convicted a 52-year-old Methuen man Thursday in federal court in Concord, N.H., for a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in New Hampshire. Ramon Jaquez-Diaz was convicted following a two-day jury trial for his role as a drug-runner in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl out of Lawrence. U.S. District Court Judge Paul J. Barbadoro scheduled sentencing for July 24. Jaquez-Diaz …

Sections: Crime, Region

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Education

Groveland’s Bagnall School Students Graduate From Drug Awareness Program

Groveland’s Bagnall School Students Graduate From Drug Awareness Program
Fifty-three students from Groveland’s Dr. Elmer S. Bagnall School recently participated in a Drug Abuse Resistance Education—or DARE—graduation ceremony. Superintendent Justin Bartholomew, Groveland Police Chief Jeffrey T. Gillen and Interim Principal Brenda Erhardt said police Sgt. Josh Sindoni teaches students drug and alcohol resistance, but also empathy, respect, responsibility, communications, anti-bullying techniques, how to deal with stress and the importance …

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Community Spotlight

Impact of Yard and Garden Management Topic of Atkinson Garden Club Meeting Wednesday

Impact of Yard and Garden Management Topic of Atkinson Garden Club Meeting Wednesday
Margie Bean and Evy Nathan of Pollinator Pathways NH will help the public understand the environmental impacts of homeowner yards and gardens when the Atkinson Garden Club hosts an open meeting Wednesday. Options to attract and keep pollinators; maintain a biodiverse environment for monarchs, bees and birds; impacts of harmful plants and pesticides will be featured Wednesday, April 12, beginning …

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Business Bulletin

Anna Jaques Cancer Center Wins Three-Year Accreditation From Commission on Cancer

Anna Jaques Cancer Center Wins Three-Year Accreditation From Commission on Cancer
The Commission on Cancer, a quality program of the American College of Surgeons recently granted a three-year accreditation to the cancer program at Anna Jaques Cancer Center affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. To earn Commission on Cancer accreditation, a cancer program must maintain levels of excellence in the delivery of comprehensive patient-centered care, meet 34 quality care standards …

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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. Guest: Lauren Towler of Groveland Langley-Adams Library.
  • 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.

Tuesday’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: Tom Spitalere previews his Groveland Historical Society talk on Colonial-Era French-American Wars and Boys and Girls Club of Greater Haverhill Executive Director Javier Bristol.
  • 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 City Council: Live. 7 p.m.
  • X Minus One: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
  • FSN World News: 11 p.m.
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