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Serial killers, creepy cookies, turkey dinner: Community events Oct. 7-13
New England’s First Serial Killer: The Northwood Murderer DOVER — Monday, Oct. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Dover Public Library. On Sept. 24, 1872, 14-year-old Georgianna Lovering was brutally murdered in Northwood, N.H. Her uncle, Franklin Evans, would eventually confess to her murder and numerous other murders in New Hampshire, and Maine. This presentation will examine Franklin Evans and his murderous life as New England’s first serial killer through the use of period and modern photographs,...
Conservation Commission Hears Plan to Clean Former Haverhill Coal Gas Manufacturing Site
The proposed spring cleanup of a downtown site once used to manufacture home heating, cooking and lighting gas will involve treating groundwater, capping and excavating, including within the adjacent Little River. The Haverhill Conservation Commission heard plans by Boston Gas Thursday to address more than 170 years of coal gas-related...
To Address Shortage, Haverhill to Allow Civilian Flaggers on Road Work Sites
The City Council last week gave its approval to allowing civilian traffic flaggers at area construction sites because of a shortage of uniformed help. Mayor Melinda E. Barrett explained the city has had difficulty filling detail positions on construction sites. She said allowing civilian help “is an effort to expand the pool of people to do flagging and keep traffic moving around job sites.” Police Chief Robert P. Pistone said the ordinance “speaks for itself.”
Community Development Division Opens Applications for 2026 Fiscal Year Funds and Grants
ROCHESTER, NH – The Community Development Division has announced that it will begin accepting applications for the 2026 Fiscal Year General City Funds and the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program starting Tuesday, October 8, 2024.
Paly: We can do better for the Great Bay-Piscataqua Region
As the Great Bay-Piscataqua Waterkeeper, I have a front-row seat on what’s going on in our rivers, bays and coast. Some of the changes are welcome – residents banding together to be better caretakers of their property, voters approving ballot measures to restore river health, municipalities investing in clean water. But some of the changes are disturbing, and I see them up close. ...
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