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BREAKING NEWS: State awards Haverhill $325,000 for fire, police staffing
Haverhill's state delegation announced today that the city will receive a $262,645 fire staffing grant and $63,786 police staffing grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety.
The money, part of the state's distribution of federal stimulus funding, is designed to help the two departments deal with budget cuts.
The funds are designed to allow cities and towns the ability to prevent layoffs and fill critical positions by providing municipalities with needed flexibility in dealing with reduced public safety budgets. "These grants will allow the Haverhill Police and Fire Departments to maintain staffing levels that are adequate to protect the people of the City as well as the officers and firefighters themselves," said Rep. Brian Dempsey.
See this week's Haverhill Gazette and revisit our Web site for more, including how Mayor James Fiorentini plans to use the grant money.
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Ted's for Tires lot closes Tuesday; Parking garage construction to start soon
As part of the construction of the new Downtown Parking Garage in Railroad Square, the former 'Ted's for Tires' lot will be closed permanently on Tuesday, Aug. 3, as of 7 a.m.
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Mayor James Fiorentini said the move marks the beginning of site preparation for the Downtown Parking Garage construction project, which is expected to start in August. A formal groundbreaking will soon be scheduled on the 315-space, 5-story parking structure. -
Councilors: Hands off water fees
Three city councilors say they want to protect residents who use — and pay for — municipal water and wastewater from shouldering an unfair burden of the overall city budget.
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City Councilors William Macek, Michael Young, and William Ryan say an enterprise fund for the Water and Wastewater departments would stop the fees from being diverted when other city departments' budgets run dry. -
Downtown businesses win hearing, but likely will lose trash pickup
Downtown businesses have won a chance to be heard about changes in city trash regulations that will take away municipal rubbish collection.
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Councilor William Ryan asked whether the rules change, which restricted the number of barrels that could be put at the curb and increased fines for violations, was a way for the city to increase revenue and to bully people into participating in the city's new single-stream curbside recycling program. - Mayor apologizes for broken alarms
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Ted's for Tires lot closes Tuesday; Parking garage construction to start soon
