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97.9 WHAV ♦ December 26, 2023 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Complete local news below.
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Annual Appeal
Help WHAV Continue the ‘Heavy Lifting’ in 2024
During this end of year appeal, nonprofit WHAV asks for your help in paying for local news in 2024.
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Every day, WHAV does the heavy lifting, reporting timely and consequential stories that make a real difference in the lives of residents. Members and underwriters of Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service help make local news available because they realize an informed public makes for better neighbors, employees, volunteers, customers, leaders and voters.
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For values worth supporting, make a donation or monthly pledge now by clicking on “Membership” at WHAV.net. Checks may also be made out to WHAV and sent to:
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WHAV 30 How St. Haverhill, MA 01830
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Haverhill Woman’s Move for the Movement Plans 60 Dance Shows for American Cancer Society
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An annual dance exposition, started by a Haverhill breast cancer survivor to raise money for the American Cancer Society, is set to take place again with six shows over two weekends in January. Rose Leonard-Flynn’s “Move for the Movement” began almost 11 years ago as she continued her recovery. She was diagnosed around Mother’s Day in 2010 with stage 3 …
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Sections: Haverhill, Region
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Haverhill’s AHEPA Acropolis Chapter 39 Serves Christmas Dinner, Gives Baskets to Shut-Ins
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(Additional photograph below.) The board of Haverhill’s AHEPA 39 apartments, along with volunteers from the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association’s Acropolis Chapter 39, recently prepared and served Christmas dinner to residents. Continuing a tradition started in 1995, 47 hot meals were provided last Tuesday, Dec. 17. Dinners were prepared by board Treasurer Charlie Antonopoulos and served by members. The organization …
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Haverhill Republican City Committee Votes to Condemn Acts of Hate
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The Haverhill Republican City Committee, in a vote earlier this month, condemned “any acts of hate directed toward our Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward any Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.” Haverhill Republican City Committee Chair Jeralyn Levasseur said the Committee voted unanimously at its Dec. 13 meeting. “There is no room for hate or vile acts …
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White House, Other Officials Take Part in UMass Lowell Asian-American Listening Tour
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White House and other federal officials advancing efforts to provide educational equity and opportunities for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, visited UMass Lowell recently to learn from students, faculty and staff about their experiences. Since 2020, UMass Lowell has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution, one …
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Sections: Education, Region
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Haverhill Public Library to Offer Advanced Google App Class
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The Haverhill Public Library offers new tips, tricks and hidden gems for those using personal Google accounts during a free class next week. Demonstrations of hidden helpful features in Google apps Gmail, Calendar, Drive and others, will be given by former Google Workspace Administrator and current Library Head of Information and Reference Services Kerri MacLaury. While having a Google account …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Merrimack Valley Credit Union Collects Toys for Area Boys & Girls Clubs
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Merrimack Valley Credit Union’s annual toy drive, taking place between Nov. 27 and Dec. 16, to support children and families in need, delivered its payload of hundreds of toys in time for Christmas to more than a dozen Boys and Girls Clubs across the state. All 17 of the Credit Union’s Massachusetts retail branches participated in the event, collecting new, …
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Sections: Business Bulletin, Haverhill, Region
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Today’s Radio Highlights
- WIN for Breakfast: Local news, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guests: Haverhill Veterans Services Officer Jeffrey C. Hollett and Michael Bevilacqua of the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce.
- Classic Hits: Favorites all day, except as indicated
- Local News: Every half hour from 6-9 a.m., hourly 9 a.m.-3 p.m., every half hour from 3-6 p.m.
- Community Spotlight: News of upcoming cultural and civic events, quarter past every hour
- Mass Moments: Today in Massachusetts history, 6:45 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.
- Melinda’s Garden Moment: Melinda Myers offers tips, 7:45 and 4:45 p.m.
- Sound Beat: 8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
- Insight Daily: 9:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
- X Minus One: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
- FSN World News: 11 p.m.
Wednesday’s Radio Highlights
- WIN for Breakfast: Local news, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guests: YWCA Advancement Director Eunice Zeigler and Bobby Gariepy, John Greenleaf Whittier School Drama Club.
- Classic Hits: Favorites all day, except as indicated
- Local News: Every half hour from 6-9 a.m., hourly 9 a.m.-3 p.m., every half hour from 3-6 p.m.
- Community Spotlight: News of upcoming cultural and civic events, quarter past every hour
- Mass Moments: Today in Massachusetts history, 6:45 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.
- Melinda’s Garden Moment: Melinda Myers offers tips, 7:45 and 4:45 p.m.
- Sound Beat: 8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
- Insight Daily: 9:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
- Great Gildersleeve: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
- FSN World News: 11 p.m.
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