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Haverhill’s LGBTQIA+ Pride Celebration Brings Ally’s Personal Story and Journey

Haverhill’s LGBTQIA+ Pride Celebration Brings Ally’s Personal Story and Journey
(Additional photographs below.) Haverhill’s recent LGBTQIA+ Pride Month celebration on the steps outside City Hall brought for the first time the heartfelt emotions of a community ally, made even more poignant by actions on this day in 1969. Haverhill Patrolman Penny Portalla, a lifelong Haverhill resident and mother of three, said one of her children is transgender and another identifies …

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Haverhill’s Jarvis Graduates from Mass. Firefighting Academy Call Class; Will Serve at Village Station

Haverhill’s Jarvis Graduates from Mass. Firefighting Academy Call Class; Will Serve at Village Station
Michael E. Jarvis of Haverhill was one of 25 recruits from 18 fire departments to graduate last night from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Call/Volunteer Recruit Firefighter Training Class. Jarvis, who already serves as a call firefighter in Groveland, is expected to serve at one of Haverhill’s two call fire houses—Ayers Village or Rocks Village. Jarvis was the only Haverhill recruit …

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Regional News

State Awards Grant to Family Services of the Merrimack Valley for Suicide Prevention Hotline

State Awards Grant to Family Services of the Merrimack Valley for Suicide Prevention Hotline
Lawrence-based Family Services of the Merrimack Valley is one of five community organizations selected statewide to share in $8.3 million in state and federal grants to pay for suicide prevention crisis call centers. The state Department of Public Health said Thursday the money supports the continuation of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Network. The money, which becomes effective July and …

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Education

Haverhill High School Releases Fourth Term 2024 Honor Roll; Complete List Here

Haverhill High School Releases Fourth Term 2024 Honor Roll; Complete List Here
Haverhill High School has released its fourth-term honor roll, naming students who have earned Honors with Distinction, High Honors and Honors. A full list appears below. Distinction Boluwatife Adebayo, Javon Adebayo, Janine Alcivar, Joseph Alleva, Meredith Amirian, Jvian Andino, Ashley Auguste, Samar Awad Salib, Sarah Awad Salib, William Axford, Matthew Baker, Rodolfo Baltodano Reyes, Joy Barman, Joshua Bedient, Jacob Brindis, …

Sections: Education, Haverhill

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Northern Essex Baseball Has Top Pitcher for Second Year Running

Northern Essex Baseball Has Top Pitcher for Second Year Running
For the second year in a row, the Northern Essex Community College Knights baseball program is home to the country’s top pitcher in the National Junior College Athletic Association. This year, the Haverhill community college produced the nation’s strikeout leader, with more than 18 ½ per nine innings, for a NECC modern-era record of 126 batters in 61 innings pitched. …

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Community Spotlight

Preschoolers Display Artistic Talents at Haverhill Library

Preschoolers Display Artistic Talents at Haverhill Library
The work of the blossoming artists (pun intended) at Marigold Montessori Preschool will be on display this summer for all to see. During the school year, with the help of the Haverhill Cultural Council, students explored the ways artists from all over the world used their artistic voices to connect to the world around. Using those lessons, they crafted their …

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Obituaries New Updated Section

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What’s On?

Today’s Radio Highlights

  • WIN for Breakfast: Local news, national and world news from CBS News, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guests: Rocky Morrison, Clean River Project, and Nicole A. Moses of Haverhill Bank discusses banking for non-profits.
  • 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.
  • CBS News: Hourly, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as noted.
  • Wave Weather: Meteorologist James Covington provides Merrimack Valley-specific reports, every half hour, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as noted.
  • 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: Hosted by Brett Barry, 8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
  • Banmiller on Business: Hosted by CBS National Business Correspondent Brian Banmiller, 9:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.
  • Car Chronicles: Hosted by CBS News AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert, 10:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
  • Insight Daily: 11:45 a.m. and 1:45 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.

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
  • CBS News: Hourly, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as noted.
  • Wave Weather: Meteorologist James Covington provides Merrimack Valley-specific reports, every half hour, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as noted.
  • 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
  • CBS News: Hourly, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as noted.
  • Wave Weather: Meteorologist James Covington provides Merrimack Valley-specific reports, every half hour, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as noted.
  • 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, national and world news from CBS News, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guests: Kevin Hudson of Essex County Habitat for Humanity.
  • 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.
  • CBS News: Hourly, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as noted.
  • Wave Weather: Meteorologist James Covington provides Merrimack Valley-specific reports, every half hour, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as noted.
  • 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: Hosted by Brett Barry, 8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
  • Banmiller on Business: Hosted by CBS National Business Correspondent Brian Banmiller, 9:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.
  • Car Chronicles: Hosted by CBS News AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert, 10:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
  • Insight Daily: 11:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
  • Suspense: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
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