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A plan to upgrade Haverhill’s Plug Pond recreation area got a green light at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. The council approved a request by Mayor James J. Fiorentini to borrow just over $586,000 to make improvements to the park. The mayor explained that figure would be offset by a nearly $400,000 grant from the […]

Plug Pond recreation area in Haverhill. (File photograph.) Those who use Haverhill’s Plug Pond recreation area are being asked to help shape its future by serving on a committee making improvements at the park. As WHAV reported early last month, the city received $400,000 to make improvements from the state’s Parkland Acquisitions and Renovations for Communities program. Haverhill Mayor James Fiorentini is naming an advisory committee of park neighbors and seeks input from those who use the...