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Defense Lawyer Calls Charges Against Haverhill Latin Teacher ‘Somewhat Dubious’

Defense Lawyer Calls Charges Against Haverhill Latin Teacher ‘Somewhat Dubious’
A lawyer for Haverhill High School Latin teacher James “Jay” Fiorentini Jr., accused of “annoying/accosting” two students during a May 4 incident, Friday called the allegations “somewhat dubious” in light of few witnesses. The 39-year-old son of Haverhill Mayor James J. Fiorentini was arraigned in Newburyport District Court on the charges before Judge Mary McCabe. He was ordered to stay …

Sections: Crime, Haverhill

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Campaign Notebook: Several Haverhill Ward Races Heat Up, But Still No Takers for One Seat

Campaign Notebook: Several Haverhill Ward Races Heat Up, But Still No Takers for One Seat
Competition for seats on next year’s Haverhill School Committee is heating up even as no one has yet expressed interest in Ward 1. Cheryl Ferguson recently took out nomination papers for the Ward 3 School Committee seat and Mikaela Lulumiere for Ward 4 School Committee. Assuming candidates return papers with 25 required signatures from those wards and remain in the …

Sections: Election Central, Haverhill

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Regional News

U.S. EPA Awards Methuen $500,000 for Downtown, Eastern Industrial Area Brownfields

U.S. EPA Awards Methuen $500,000 for Downtown, Eastern Industrial Area Brownfields
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Friday chose Methuen as one of 16 communities to share in Brownfields grants and loans to clean contaminated industrial sites. Methuen was selected to receive $500,000 for a Brownfields Assessment Grant. Community-wide grant funds will be used to conduct environmental site assessments, develop cleanup plans and support community outreach activities. The target areas for this …

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Education

Online Meeting Tonight Previews Consentino School Construction Changes Starting in September

Online Meeting Tonight Previews Consentino School Construction Changes Starting in September
The first visible signs of the upcoming construction of a new Dr. Albert B. Consentino School become apparent in September with early site work and changes to campus traffic flow. Details will be presented to the public during an online presentation tonight by Haverhill Public Schools, Consentino School administrators and the Consentino School Building Committee. Project Manager Colliers Engineering and …

Sections: Education, Haverhill

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Community Spotlight

Arc of Greater Haverhill-Newburyport, Buttonwoods Present ‘Friends Are Like Flowers’ Exhibit

Arc of Greater Haverhill-Newburyport, Buttonwoods Present ‘Friends Are Like Flowers’ Exhibit
The Arc of Greater Haverhill-Newburyport and the Buttonwoods Museum are celebrating Disability Pride Month with their “Friends Are Like Flowers” art exhibit all month long. There is an opening reception with speaker Donna Jay tomorrow, July 11, at 7 p.m., at Buttonwoods Museum, 240 Water St., Haverhill. The exhibit remains on display through July 30, during regular museum hours, Tuesdays …

Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill

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Business Bulletin

Book Donations Sought During Touch-A-Truck Event Friday to Bolster YMCA Summer Reading

Book Donations Sought During Touch-A-Truck Event Friday to Bolster YMCA Summer Reading
A touch-a-truck and book drive takes place Friday to benefit the Haverhill YMCA’s Summer Youth Reading Program. The Y, Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce, Merrimack Valley Central Labor Council and United Way of Massachusetts Bay are teaming up to host the touch-a-truck event Friday, July 14, from 3-7 p.m., at the Haverhill Public Works garage, 500 Primrose St., Haverhill. Residents …

Sections: Business Bulletin, Haverhill

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Obituaries

Peter Wood Waldron, Former Bradford College Creative Arts Chair, Set Designer, Dies at 69

Peter Wood Waldron, Former Bradford College Creative Arts Chair, Set Designer, Dies at 69
Peter Wood Waldron, 69, was a scenic designer, arts center manager, teacher, husband and father who loved life, loved the arts and loved showing people a good time. Born in Birmingham, Ala., Waldron was the oldest child of Martin O. Waldron Jr, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning reporter, and Ann Wood Waldron, a journalist and author. With his three younger siblings, Peter grew …

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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: Rep. Ryan Hamilton and Jimmy Carbone, Tattersall Farm-to-Table.
  • 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: Glen Johnson, author of “Window Seat on the World: My Travels with the Secretary of State,” 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: When in session, live. 7 p.m.
  • X Minus One: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
  • FSN World News: 11 p.m.
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