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97.9 WHAV ♦ December 29, 2023 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Complete local news below.
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Annual Appeal—Last Call!
Help WHAV Assist Other Local Nonprofits
During December, nonprofit WHAV asks for your help.
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Every day, WHAV features deserving nonprofits in local news, Community Spotlight and live guest spots over the radio, online, in the Wavelengths eNewspaper and in so many other ways. WHAV hears daily how passing along this information gives civic groups, charities, veterans organizations and others a bottom-line boost in the forms of larger audiences, bigger donations, ticket sales and awareness.
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For values worth supporting in 2024, make a donation or, better yet, a 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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Haverhill, MA 01830
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City Council Remembers Conway, Former HHS Football Player Who Signed with Buffalo Bills
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Services and a celebration of life are planned for Haverhill High School Sports Hall of Famer Daniel A. Conway Jr. who died Dec.7 at age 65. Conway, a graduate from the Haverhill High School class of 1976, signed a free agent contract with the Buffalo Bills after college, but he lost one eye in a practice mishap which ended his …
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Sections: Haverhill, Sports
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Timely Reminder: Poet Comeau Discusses Horrors of ‘Collateral Damage’ During War
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As a Russian poet was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison for reading his anti-war poetry, Haverhill native and poet Raymond F. Comeau brings to WHAV his latest poem discussing “Collateral Damage” during the current wars. Comeau, a former president of the Trustees of the John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead, says his latest work is “written in the spirit of …
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Plaistow, N.H., Residents May Register to Vote, Make Changes Jan. 12
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The Supervisors of the Checklist in Plaistow, N.H., will be on hand Friday, Jan. 12, to register new voters or make changes for existing voters except party affiliation. After Jan. 12, Supervisors of the Checklist are unable to add or make changes to the voter checklist until the primary on Tuesday, Jan. 23. New voters must provide a proof of …
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Podcast: Whittier School Drama Club Readies for Disney ‘Descendants: The Musical’
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A new theatrical season is about to open at the John Greenleaf Whittier School in Haverhill with the production of Disney’s “Descendants: The Musical.” Music teacher and JGW Drama Club Executive Director Robert D. “Bobby” Gariepy III explained how to audition for a part during a recent appearance on WHAV’s “Win for Breakfast” program. “Jan. 8 is vocal audition. Come …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill, What's On?
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‘Secret Lives of Wild Bees’ Focus of Jan. 30 Webinar
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“The Secret Lives of Wild Bees” is the subject of a free webinar with Dr. Nick Dorian, an ecologist, educator and naturalist. The talk, presented by West Newbury Wild and Native and Essex County Greenbelt, discusses the 4,000 species of bees that inhabit North America. Dorian examines their varied lifestyles, habitat needs and intricate relationships they have with native flowering …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, 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.
- 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.
- All Request Friday Night: Chris Porter, live, 6:15 p.m. Call 978-374-1900.
- Couple Next Door: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
- FSN World News: 11 p.m.
Saturday’s Radio Highlights
- Classic Hits: Favorites all day, except as indicated
- Community Spotlight: News of upcoming cultural and civic events, quarter past every hour
- Wave Weather: Every 30 minutes
- FSN World News: Noon, 6 and 11 p.m.
- Take Two Movie Review: 8:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
- Mass Moments: Today in Massachusetts history, 6:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.
- Gunsmoke: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Sunday’s Radio Highlights
- Classic Hits: Favorites all day, except as indicated
- Community Spotlight: News of upcoming cultural and civic events, quarter past every hour
- Wave Weather: Every 30 minutes
- FSN World News: Noon, 6 and 11 p.m.
- Take Two Movie Review: 8:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
- Mass Moments: Today in Massachusetts history, 6:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.
- Let George Do It: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Monday’s Radio Highlights
- WIN for Breakfast: Local news, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m.
- 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.
- Suspense: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
- FSN World News: 11 p.m.
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