Thursday, July 2, 2026
TARR IN THE NEWS | 6.30.26
TARR IN THE NEWS | 6.30.26
'Healey vows urgent response as Haverhill sewage spill fouls Merrimack River'
By Samantha Genzer | Boston.com
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"Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, of Gloucester, who is also the chair of the regional task force on the Merrimack River, joined Sen. Joan Lovely and state Reps. Kristin Kassner, Tram Nguyen, Dawn Shand, and Dru Tarr in sending Healey a letter Tuesday urging additional state assistance.
The lawmakers wrote that the ongoing discharge is having “disastrous consequences” for the environment, local economy, communities along the river, beachgoers, and commercial and recreational fisheries.
“In addition, the degradation in water quality caused by these discharges poses a serious threat to public health that must continue to be properly addressed,” the letter reads.
The lawmakers asked the Healey administration to have state agencies assume responsibility for water quality testing and its associated costs, consider economic relief for commercial fishing and shellfishing businesses, and provide daily briefings to affected communities and continue assisting Haverhill with both the current emergency and long-term infrastructure improvements."
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