By WHAV Staff |
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Haverhill City Councilor Michael S. McGonagle accepts ceremonial check from Stem owner Caroline Pineau. (Courtesy photograph.)
One Haverhill city councilor publicly broke with the city administration’s stance on cannabis “impact fees” last week and accepted a ceremonial check in non-disputed payments from a downtown retailer.
Standing in front of City Hall Thursday, City Councilor Michael S. McGonagle accepted a ceremonial check for $365,796 from Stem Haverhill owner Caroline Pineau. The amount represents local option tax payments to the city during Stem’s first year of operation. McGonagle explained to WHAV why he is endorsing the local retailer.
Seventy “Leaders Engaged and Activated to Drive System-wide change,” otherwise known as LEADS fellows, celebrated graduation at Northern Essex Community College. Fellows from Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill LEADS participated in the executive leadership program in partnership with Harvard Business School faculty. State Rep. Andy X. Vargas, one of three class speakers, gave concluding remarks before […]
This update contains the responses of lawyers for Lloyd Jennings and J. Bradford Brooks. A state Appeals Court today upheld an earlier ruling that a Haverhill cannabis retailer’s suit against two opponents is valid since the foes went to lengths that “fell outside any acceptable boundary.” Wednesday’s decision means Caroline Pineau, owner of Haverhill Stem, […]
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A Superior Court judge heard a Haverhill marijuana retailer’s request Monday for an order relieving the store of paying a community “impact fee” of $356,000 until a larger question over such fees is resolved by the courts. Essex County Superior Court James F. Lang, sitting in Newburyport and listening to testimony remotely, heard from lawyers […]