Haverhill firefighters rescued two residents—including one from a rooftop skylight—Friday morning after a fire broke out at a six-unit condominium building at 54 Summer St. Fire Chief Robert M. O’Brien told WHAV firefighters were dispatched at about 10 a.m. and saw light smoke coming from the Webster Street side of the building. Deputy Chief Gregg Roberts and Haverhill Police heard yelling from “a gentleman with his head poking out of the skylight of the fourth-floor level,” part of a third-floor unit. “It was an interior fire.
It’s a gardener’s dream: shopping for lovingly hand-raised plants, access to soil testing, and a pre-season tune-up for garden tools, all provided at the Haverhill Garden Club’s Annual Plant Sale. The club’s lone fundraiser for the year, the sale supports the organization’s scholarships and public planting projects. Shoppers will find a wide variety of annuals, perennials, herbs and small shrubs, until they are sold out.
Following accusations of creating a “hostile” work environment and failing to address safety concerns, John Greenleaf Whittier School Principal Matthew Condon has been moved to an unspecified position at Haverhill High School. Effective Monday, May 13, Supervisor of Science and Technology Kevin Higginbottom will become interim principal until the end of the school year, Haverhill Public Schools Superintendent Margaret Marotta told School Committee members last night. “Myself and the central office staff will continue to have a daily presence at the school as we make further decisions about the bridge to change at J.G. [Whittier],” she said.
An SUV allegedly driving the wrong direction at a high speed collided head on with a Merrimack Valley Transit—or MeVa—bus late Wednesday afternoon on Route 110 near the Boston North Technology Park. MeVa Administrator Noah Berger told WHAV the driver of the SUV was taken to Portsmouth Hospital in “fairly rough shape.” Everyone on the bus was able to walk off without assistance, he added, with three going to the hospital as a precautionary measure. Reviewing video footage of the incident, Berger said the car burst into flames on impact.