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Proponents of a plan to finance construction of the new Dr. Albert B. Consentino School through a debt exclusion raised more than $22,000 as of last Friday. The bulk of the money was used to pay for three postcard mailings and purchase lawn signs and door hangers in advance of early voting and next Tuesday’s […]

Four days of early voting, in advance of Haverhill’s upcoming special election, begins next Wednesday. The City Clerk’s office says it plans early voting from Wednesday, May 31, to Saturday, June 3, at Haverhill City Hall, in the former basement offices of the Registry of Motor Vehicles, 4 Summer St. Hours are Wednesday and Friday, […]

Haverhill city councilors met in an emergency session Wednesday afternoon to move a Ward 1 polling location. Residents of Ward 1, Precinct 1 will now vote during the Tuesday, June 6, special election, at the Dr. Albert B. Consentino School, 685 Washington St. Councilors approved the change away from the Veterans Northeast Outreach Center where […]

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More than 70 Haverhill residents learned more about Haverhill’s change to a mostly ward-based electoral system during an informational workshop sponsored by the Latino Coalition of Haverhill. Coalition President Argenis Marte and Nairoby Sanchez pointed out that the new system includes City Council and School Committee representation from each of Haverhill’s seven Wards and offers […]

A request by Broco Oil to install wayfinding signs at three separate locations was put on hold by the Haverhill City Council Tuesday pending further study by the city’s Engineering Department. Broco Oil, which operates a fuel depot, sought permission to install signs to direct trucks to its Eighth Avenue location, starting along Primrose Street […]

The Haverhill city clerk’s office wants to help both voters and candidates navigate the city’s new, mostly Ward-based elections of city councilors and School Committee members. City Clerk Kaitlin M. Wright said her office is hosting two information sessions, giving an overview of the upcoming shift away from all at-large councilors and School Committee members […]

This story has been updated. BOURNE — State Sen. Julian Cyr, D-Truro, on Thursday slapped down a freshman state representative’s plans for a teacher vaccination clinic this month at Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School. But state Rep. Steven G. Xiarhos, R-Barnstable, does not intend to abandon plans for the Bourne clinic, according to a Thursday afternoon statement from his office. “This has nothing to do with politics,” said the statement from Xiarhos’ chief of staff, Kaitlin M. ...