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Haverhill Budget Would Bring $444 Average Single-Family Tax Hike to Offset 'Artificial' Past Low Taxes

Haverhill Budget Would Bring $444 Average Single-Family Tax Hike to Offset 'Artificial' Past Low Taxes
The average Haverhill single-family homeowner can expect a property tax increase about twice as large as those in recent years to make up for, what officials blamed, a previous strategy to “artificially keep taxes low.” The formal release Friday of Mayor Melinda E. Barrett’s budget for the year that begins July 1 shows an average single-family tax increase of $444 …

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During Haverhill Law Day, McCabe Receives Moody Award, Eastman Liberty Bell

During Haverhill Law Day, McCabe Receives Moody Award, Eastman Liberty Bell
(Additional photographs below.) Praising community involvement and equality under the law, speakers stuck close to the annual Law Day’s national theme, “Voices of Democracy,” at the Haverhill District Court ceremony last Friday. With two student musical performances brightening the usually somber halls of justice, the room was packed with the people who keep Haverhill’s legal apparatus running—local and state police, …

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Lt. Gov. Driscoll, Housing Secretary Augustus in Haverhill for First-Time Homebuyers Roundtable

Lt. Gov. Driscoll, Housing Secretary Augustus in Haverhill for First-Time Homebuyers Roundtable
Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll and state Housing Secretary Edward M. Augustus are expected to be in Haverhill this afternoon for a First-Time Homebuyers Roundtable. The visit aims to highlight the ways in which the state supports first-time homebuyers through the CommonWealth Builder and MassDREAMS programs. The administration’s Affordable Homes Act proposes $100 million for CommonWealth Builder to spur construction of …

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Regional News

Haverhill Participates in Emerging Adult Leadership Academy for Better Justice Outcomes

Haverhill Participates in Emerging Adult Leadership Academy for Better Justice Outcomes
Haverhill officials took part recently in the state’s first-ever Emerging Adult Leadership Academy, which provided five days of training and shared field experience regarding adults involved in the justice system. The Academy’s first cohort included the Haverhill Police Department and Essex County District Attorney’s office. It was organized by the state Executive Office of Public Safety and Security in partnership …

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Education

Tilton Elementary Students to Perform for Memorial Day

Tilton Elementary Students to Perform for Memorial Day
A decades-long Haverhill tradition continues this year when all John C. Tilton School students take part in the school’s annual Memorial Day celebratory concert. Music teacher Rebecca May said parents, veterans, and anyone with patriotic spirit wanting to honor veterans’ service and sacrifice are welcome to attend. Red, white, and blue attire is welcome and encouraged, she said. Tilton students …

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Community Spotlight

Golfers Support Disabled Services by Playing in Opportunity Works Golf Classic

Golfers Support Disabled Services by Playing in Opportunity Works Golf Classic
A round of golf at Bradford Country Club can help hundreds of Greater Haverhill residents living with disabilities find employment, day programs, community and recreational services, and other programs. Opportunity Works, a nonprofit organization with headquarters in Haverhill at 671 Kenoza St. and in Newburyport, serves adults from 24 Merrimack Valley and North Shore communities. According to the organization, more …

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Business Bulletin

Merrimack Valley Chamber to Host Small Business Recognition Awards

Merrimack Valley Chamber to Host Small Business Recognition Awards
More than a dozen local businesses are up for honors in June as the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce conducts its annual Small Business Recognition Awards Program. U.S. States Small Business Administration Mass. Director Robert Nelson will be on hand as special guest speaker during the breakfast Friday, June 14, from 7:30-9 a.m., at Renaissance Golf & Country Club, 377 …

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Ten years ago, a dramatic expansion of local news began with WHAV’s launch of in-depth hourly audio reports, a comprehensive website and the daily “Wavelengths” eNewspaper.

More than just reporting local news, the launch brought consistency and reliability to coverage not seen since the days before private equity investors hollowed out newspapers. Audiences, for example, could again expect news of City Council and School Committee meetings after every meeting and delivery of all news while still fresh—the “new” in “news.”

In fact, it was the biggest commitment to local news since the WHAV call letters hit the public airwaves in 1947—ironic in a sense since the radio station was founded by a newspaper.

Even better, thanks to its nonprofit model, WHAV news is available to everyone without a subscription or online paywall because everyone benefits when residents are fully informed.

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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: Cynthia Graham of the Haverhill Firefighting Museum and MakeIT Haverhill founder Keith Boucher.
  • 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 School Committee: Budget review. Live, 7:30 p.m.
  • Suspense: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
  • FSN World News: 11 p.m.

Tuesday’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: Veterans Northeast Outreach Center Chief Operating Officer Robert Baronas.
  • 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: When in session, live. 7 p.m.
  • X Minus One: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
  • FSN World News: 11 p.m.
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