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Watching Long-Term Trends, Michitson Proposes Haverhill Focus on Job Training, College Alternatives

Watching Long-Term Trends, Michitson Proposes Haverhill Focus on Job Training, College Alternatives
With an eye on declining interest in four-year college and the growing number of English-language learners in Haverhill Public Schools, City Councilor John A. Michitson is set to suggest fine-tuning to the city’s economic development strategy at tonight’s meeting. Noting the need for a catchier phrase, Michitson calls his proposal “Equitable Alignment of Learning, Training and Business needs.” Pointing in …

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Haverhill Police Relief Association to Remember Fallen Officers at Wednesday Ceremony

Haverhill Police Relief Association to Remember Fallen Officers at Wednesday Ceremony
Members of the Haverhill Police Relief Association plan to honor deceased members of the Haverhill Police Department and all police officers who have fallen in the line of duty during a ceremony Wednesday morning. Services take place Wednesday, May 15, at 9:30 a.m., at the Haverhill Police station, 40 Bailey Boulevard.

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Poet Comeau Releases Latest Work, ‘Ivy and the Tyrant’

Poet Comeau Releases Latest Work, ‘Ivy and the Tyrant’
Editor’s note: Dr. Raymond F. Comeau is a WHAV Wavelengths contributor, offering timely and topical wisdom and food for thought. A Haverhill native, and now of Belmont, Comeau is a retired dean and current lecturer at Harvard University Extension School. He is also a trustee, emeritus, of the John Greenleaf Whittier Birthplace in Haverhill. Ivy and the Tyrant We used …

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Education

Northern Essex Community College Solicits Private Sector Bids to Redevelop Haverhill Sports Center

Northern Essex Community College Solicits Private Sector Bids to Redevelop Haverhill Sports Center
Northern Essex Community College is moving ahead with plans to have the private sector play a role in redeveloping and modernizing its Haverhill health and wellness facilities—an idea that has already attracted interest from the Haverhill YMCA. The state Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance and the college yesterday formally opened to door to bids for leasing and sharing …

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Regional News

Podcast: Groveland’s Langley-Adams Library to Host Mystery Book Con Saturday

Podcast: Groveland’s Langley-Adams Library to Host Mystery Book Con Saturday
For those who love a good mystery, the Langley-Adams Library in Groveland is co-hosting a Mystery Book Con this Saturday. The library will be joined by Kensington Publishing, an independent, family-owned book publisher based in New York City that is celebrating its’ 50th anniversary. Langley Adams Senior Library Assistant Lauren Towler, a recent guest on WHAV’s “Win for Breakfast” program, …

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Community Spotlight

Atkinson Church Tonight Hosts Film, Discussion on Teens’ Mental Health Challenges

Atkinson Church Tonight Hosts Film, Discussion on Teens’ Mental Health Challenges
Local parents and grandparents who want to support their children’s mental health can learn more at a program hosted by Atkinson Congregational Church. Area mental health professionals will lead a discussion after guests watch the film, “What I Wish My Parents Knew.” It shows the individual struggles of 10 young people dealing with anxiety and depression. “We’re living at a …

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Business Bulletin

Merrimack Valley Chamber Hosts U.S. Small Business Administration’s Awards Ceremony

Merrimack Valley Chamber Hosts U.S. Small Business Administration’s Awards Ceremony
Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce member Stephanie Vanderbilt, owner of Coastal Windows and Exteriors in Beverly, was awarded the Massachusetts Small Business Person of the Year award during a Friday event hosted by the Chamber. More than 300 people turned out for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Massachusetts Small Business Awards Ceremony with District Director Robert Nelson, state Economic Development …

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  • WIN for Breakfast: Local news, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guests: Kaleigh Pare-Shaughnessy of Whittier Birthplace and Boys and Girls Club of Greater Haverhill Executive Director Javier Bristol.
  • 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.
  • Haverhill City Council: Live, 7 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: Carol Allen of the New Moon Coffeehouse and Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School Superintendent Maureen Lynch.
  • 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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