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97.9 WHAV ♦ April 03, 2024 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Some Councilors Say Ordinance Update May Limit Ability to Consult City Solicitor; Two Disagree
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With some expressing worries it would reduce the body’s powers, Haverhill city councilors voted to send a proposed ordinance update on the council’s relationship with the city solicitor to subcommittee last night. Councilors Melissa J. Lewandowski and Shaun P. Toohey voted no on the motion. Lewandowski told WHAV after the meeting most of the subsections to the amendment refer to …
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Downtown Haverhill Businesses Ready for Major Demolition, Parking Changes Starting Next Month
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(Additional photograph below.) Haverhill business owners expressed both nervous excitement and heart-pounding concern over parking as demolition of an existing downtown parking garage begins near the middle of next month. Economic Development and Planning Director William Pillsbury Jr. last week showed the business community how the city will replace lost parking spaces with a “fairly aggressive, interim parking plan,” while …
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Haverhill Wastewater, Greater Lawrence Sanitary District Receive State Grants for CSO Notices
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The Haverhill Wastewater Department and the Greater Lawrence Sanitary District were each awarded state grants Tuesday to help local communities meet new requirements to notify the public of sewage discharges and overflows Haverhill received $20,414 to reimburse the city for an impact analysis to better identify the distance downstream where communities and public recreational facilities are likely to encounter pathogen …
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Sections: Haverhill, Region
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Judge Sentences Former Whittier Tech Network Manager for 2023 Cyberattack Against School
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A former desktop and network manager at Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School’s computer network was sentenced Tuesday to one month in prison and three years’ supervised release for committing a cyberattack last year against the school’s computer network. Thirty-year-old Conor LaHiff of Ayer man was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV and will serve …
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Sections: Crime, Haverhill, Region
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Greater Lawrence Family Health Center to Honor WBZ-TV’s Mallika Marshall May 1
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Josh Kraft, president of the New England Patriots Foundation, will be the keynote speaker next month when Greater Lawrence Family Health Center honors Dr. Mallika Marshall, WBZ-TV’s medical director. It’s all part of the Health Center’s 19th Annual Making a Difference Gala, the agency’s largest fundraiser benefitting 68,000 patients across the Merrimack Valley. Marshall is an Emmy-award-winning journalist and physician …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Health, Region
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Downey Law Group Offers Free ‘Shred it with DLG Day’ and Food Drive
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To submit Business Bulletin announcements, click on image. Downey Law Group, with offices in Haverhill and Topsfield, is planning a free document shredding and food drive. “Shred it with DLG Day” takes place Saturday, April 20, from 9 a.m. to noon, at its main office at 462 Boston St., Topsfield. In return for shredding, Downey Law Group asks residents to …
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Sections: Business Bulletin, Haverhill
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Make the Most of It
It wasn’t that long ago that residents of Essex County in Massachusetts and Rockingham County, N.H., enjoyed local news from a multitude of radio stations, but WHAV is now the only outlet serving this vast area.
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WHAV is part of a national trend of household and small business-supported nonprofit local news services stepping up to fill “news deserts” left after the collapse of other news media. On-air, online, over cable television and via smart apps, only WHAV provides hourly local news; Community Spotlight; live, daily interviews with newsmakers; government meetings; and more.
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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: Congresswoman Lori Trahan and Janet Nittmann of Windrush Farm Therapeutic Riding Center.
- 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.
Thursday’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: Northern Essex Community College Vice President of Institutional Advancement Allison Dolan-Wilson discusses “Giving Day” and Rep. Adrianne Ramos, 14th Essex District.
- 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.
- Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
- FSN World News: 11 p.m.
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