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(Additional photograph below.) A changing of the guard was on display at the Haverhill City Council on Tuesday as Haverhill License Commission Chairman Joseph C. Edwards resigned after 22 years. He will be replaced by another long-time Haverhill public servant, former City Clerk Linda L. Koutoulas. In honoring Edwards, Mayor James J. Fiorentini said he […]
By WHAV Staff | February 1, 2021 Laura Angus when she served as assistant city clerk and License Commission clerk. (WHAV News file photograph.) Haverhill’s newest license commissioner won’t need to come up to speed on procedures and rules when she hears matters for the first time this week. Up until a year ago Laura Angus served as the city’s assistant city clerk and License Commission clerk and was well known to all of the city’s liquor and automobile sales licensees. She joined the Haverhill City Clerk’s office and immediately began serving the License Commission in April 2014 wh...
By WHAV Staff | Haverhill City Hall. (WHAV News file photograph.) The city is seeking applicants to fill vacancies on two prominent city boards—License Commission and Conservation Commission. Mayor James J. Fiorentini is seeking replacements for License Commissioner Gerald A. Sewell, who died unexpectedly this month, and Conservation Commissioner Joseph DiPietro, who is moving out of town. The three-member Haverhill License Commission is responsible for liquor, automobile sales and food serving licenses. The Conservation Commission is the local environmental enforcement body. It protects l...
Longtime Haverhill License Commissioner Gerald A. Sewell died unexpectedly early Sunday morning at age 77. Sewell had served on the License Commission, responsible for liquor, automobile sales and food serving licenses, since 2010. He was also a constable for nearly 30 years, having founded the Haverhill-based Massachusetts Constable Group in 1992. He also served as a member of the Northern Essex Community College Alumni Advisory Committee.