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Resident Opinion Drives Design For Haverhill’s Basiliere Bridge Rebuild

Resident Opinion Drives Design For Haverhill’s Basiliere Bridge Rebuild
(Additional images below.) A feeling of civic pride was palpable at last night’s Harbor Place hearing for the new Pfc. Ralph T. Basiliere Bridge. The mostly white-haired attendees who packed the UMass Lowell Innovation Hub seemed pleased. Crescent Yacht Club Commodore Rick LeBlanc said to state officials and their partners from the private sector, “I spent the first half of …

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CBS News Radio’s National and World Reports to Augment WHAV’s Complete Local News Coverage

CBS News Radio’s National and World Reports to Augment WHAV’s Complete Local News Coverage
WHAV’s original and comprehensive local news coverage will soon be complemented by CBS News Radio’s national and world news. 97.9 WHAV recently entered into an affiliation agreement with CBS News Radio, one of the nation’s original radio networks dating back to 1927 and still owned and operated by its parent company. WHAV plans to air CBS News Newsbriefs, special reports, …

Sections: Business Bulletin, Haverhill, What's On?

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Regional News

Feds Award Andover, Newburyport, Essex Tech Clean School Bus Program Rebates

Feds Award Andover, Newburyport, Essex Tech Clean School Bus Program Rebates
Several area school districts were among 17 statewide to receive millions of dollars in federal rebates to buy 165 buses under the Clean School Bus Program. Andover was selected to receive $5 million in rebates to purchase 25 clean school buses; Newburyport, $3 million for 15 buses; and Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical School, $1.4 million for four buses. …

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Methuen Police Explorers Score Big at 26th Annual Law Enforcement Explorers Competition

Methuen Police Explorers Score Big at 26th Annual Law Enforcement Explorers Competition
Methuen’s Police Explorers placed second recently during the 26th Annual Law Enforcement – Explorers Competition. It was the second year in a row that the Methuen Police Explorers placed second which, officials note, is “another great accomplishment on our Explorers part since many of our older members continue to age out of the program.” Sgt. Jeffrey Torrisi, Officers Jeffrey Smith …

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Education

Comfort Dog Teams to Gather for Training June 4 at Northern Essex Community College

Comfort Dog Teams to Gather for Training June 4 at Northern Essex Community College
The Essex County Sheriff’s Department will host a convention for law enforcement comfort dogs next week at Northern Essex Community College’s Haverhill campus. Comfort K9 teams from law enforcement agencies across Essex County will come together for a meet and greet, free obedience training and fun. A second convention is planned for later this summer and a third one for …

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Community Spotlight

Animal Adoption Day Sunday at Haverhill’s Tattersall Farm

Animal Adoption Day Sunday at Haverhill’s Tattersall Farm
Haverhill’s Tattersall Farm is hosting an animal adoption day this coming Sunday. Those looking to adopt dogs, cats, birds, guinea pigs or farm and other animals will have an opportunity to provide homes. The event takes place Sunday, June 2, from noon to 3 p.m., at 542 N. Broadway, Haverhill.

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Business Bulletin

Greater Haverhill Chamber Members to Gather at Wicked Axe Tonight for Free Mixer

Greater Haverhill Chamber Members to Gather at Wicked Axe Tonight for Free Mixer
Members of the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce gather tonight for a free Business After Hours Mixer at Wicked Axe. During the event, attendees can learn how to throw an axe, enjoy live music and nibble on small bites. There is also a cash bar. The mixer takes place tonight, may 30, from 8-11:30 p.m., at Wicked Axe sports club, …

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Day Old News is Worse Than Day-Old Bread

If there’s nothing else, day-old bread might be fit for consumption, but what if it’s week-old bread or, worse, month-old bread? Not so much.

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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: Jennifer Shimmel, Marigold Montessori School Art Program, and Antoine Trombino-Aponte, Buttonwoods Museum educator.
  • 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.

Friday’s Radio Highlights

  • WIN for Breakfast: Local news, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guest: Hailey Moschella of Haverhill Art Walk.
  • 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.
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