Posted in News on Feb 11th, 2009 View Comments
Tomorrow is the grand and final act in the long-running Civil Service hearing for fired Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon who has petitioned to get his job back. We’ve weaved our way over the past several months through all the players — now it’s time for the center of the storm: the chief himself. Solomon [...]
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Posted in News on Feb 9th, 2009 View Comments
Talk about a close call. One can only imagine the mother of this toddler is still shaking a day after a car crashed into the bakery where she was shopping and into her son. Amazingly, no one was seriously injured (the toddler received a couple of scratches and bruises, we’re told) and the bakery is [...]
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Posted in News on Feb 4th, 2009 View Comments
Haverhill Mayor James Fiorentini will make a public address at Zion Bible College at 6:30 this evening. The mayor plans to talk about the impact of the recession on Haverhill. Like many cities impacted by announced slashes to aid, Haverhill is looking at some serious issues. Fiorentini will lay forth some of the struggles the [...]
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Posted in Podcasts on Feb 3rd, 2009 View Comments
This week we sit down with Eagle-Tribune Staff Photographer Roger Darrigrand and Staff Reporter Brian Messenger and discuss the funeral of State Police Capt. Richard Cashin. RELATED CONTENT: 13-year-old son eulogizes Cashin Final send-off for a fallen trooper Photo slideshow Video
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Some raw video footage of the funeral procession outside the church. It ended moments ago and the hundreds of mourners and attendees are making their way out. Traffic on South Main Street just reopened. The Eagle-Tribune will have a more polished video as well as additional photos and multimedia later today and tomorrow. Truly a [...]
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The church has let out and ceremonies are wrapping up on South Main Street. There is something incredibly moving about large groups doing something in unison. As the casket of Capt. Richard Cashin emerged from Sacred Hearts, a couple of hundred state troopers turned in uniform precision and snapped their hands to salute position. It [...]
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The funeral is under way in the church now. Flags are flying at half staff by the church, in front of the nearby Haverhill Bank and at the U.S. post office. Police had been standing in formation on South Main Street since about 10 a.m. They just disbanded a few minutes ago after services in [...]
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This funeral has brought Haverhill to a standstill. Bradford Common was closed to vehicles this morning and state troopers and police officers were bused from North Andover to Bradford Square, where they walked to the school just before ceremonies began. Eagle-Tribune Reporter Brian Messenger talked with Bradford resident Richard LaBelle. In 30 years of living [...]
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Lt. Col. Robert Smith was the commander for Cashin’s field division. He just spoke to media a few minutes ago saying he knew Cashin well. Eagle-Tribune Reporter Brian Messenger was in the crowd and noted some comments from Smith “Rick Cashin loved being a trooper. He was a trooper’s trooper,” Smith said. Smith said there [...]
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State Police are pouring into Haverhill this morning as preparations for State Police Capt. Richard Cashin’s funeral are under way. The street is quickly filling up with blue uniforms. There are police here from Rhode Island, New York and Vermont. We’ll be posting photos and video this morning as the funeral procession gets going. We’d [...]
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Noah R. Bombard is the new media editor for The Eagle-Tribune in North Andover. He is a former award-winning newspaper and magazine editor who has been covering news in Massachusetts since 1997.