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97.9 WHAV ♦ August 15, 2024 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Breezeline Now Hanging Cable for ‘Fiber-to-the Home’ Internet, TV, Phone Service in Haverhill
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Cable television, internet and telephone competitor Breezeline has begun installing fiber optic cable in Haverhill as the company moves closer to offering its “fiber-to-the home” services to residents. A crew from Brookfield, Vt.-based Eustis Cable Enterprises was hanging cable Wednesday along North Avenue in Haverhill. A contractor told WHAV the wiring project enters Haverhill from the company’s recently constructed headend …
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Haverhill’s Plug Pond Remains Closed Due to Bacteria; City Hopeful of Friday Reopening
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Haverhill’s Plug Pond will remain closed until at least Thursday when additional bacteria testing is scheduled to take place. The city said the popular swimming area will “hopefully reopen Friday.” Plug Pond, officially known as Lake Saltonstall, has been closed since last Friday after, officials said, heavy rain drove the bacteria count to unhealthy levels. Mayor Melinda E. Barrett said …
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Students at the Haverhill YMCA’s Summer Literacy Academy Show Off Reading Skills
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The Haverhill YMCA last Friday celebrated the completion of its Summer Literacy Academy, a program that served 50 soon-to-be first, second and third-graders. Students attended classes at the Caleb Dustin Hunking School each morning and to YMCA’s Camp Tricklin’ Falls in the afternoon. “The biggest impact we see through Summer Step Up is the confidence that children gain, both through …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill
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Haverhill Council on Aging to ‘Meet Julia Child’ this Friday
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The Haverhill Council on Aging is providing an opportunity to “Meet Julia Child,” a production by the Delvena Theatre Co., this Friday. The free, live performance features “Julia Child” doing what she did best, giving the audience a chance to learn about the famous television cook on the set of “The French Chef.” The theater company portrays her progression from …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Stem’s ‘Blast in the Grass’ Golf Tournament Raises $10,000 for YWCA
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Haverhill Stem’s “Blast in the Grass” golf tournament last week helped raise $10,000 for the YWCA Northeastern Massachusetts, dedicated to combating violence and racism in Greater Haverhill. Stem, a cannabis retailer, hosted more than 200 guests Aug. 5, at Renaissance Golf Club in Haverhill for a day of golf and charity, celebrating women shaping the nation’s cannabis industry. “I am …
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Sections: Business Bulletin, Cannabis, Haverhill
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For more business news, listen to CBS National Business Correspondent Brian Banmiller’s “Banmiller on Business,” Monday-Friday, 9:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. on 97.9 WHAV.
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Today’s Obituaries
- Betty A. Ciardello
- Nellie Marinaro
- Kevin M. “Luke” Smith
Featuring listings from all Haverhill funeral homes:
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- Berube-Comeau Funeral Home
- Brookside Chapel & Funeral Home
- Kevin B Comeau Funeral Home
- Dole Childs & Shaw Funeral Home
- Driscoll Funeral Home
- H.L. Farmer & Sons Funeral Homes
- Paul C. Rogers Funeral Homes
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Monthly Subscriptions Pay for Local News
Do you pay to subscribe to any other news media—newspaper or magazine subscription or, maybe you didn’t think of this, cable television?
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An informed public is good for everyone. Buy from as many outlets as you can, but are you overlooking WHAV? Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service has no outside investors and receives no cable television money or government grants.
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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: L'Arche Boston North Executive Director Jennifer Matthews and Haverhill Promise Director Jessica Kallin.
- 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.
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Car Chronicles: Hosted by CBS News AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert, 10:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
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- Insight Daily: 11:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
- Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Friday’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.
- 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.
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Car Chronicles: Hosted by CBS News AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert, 10:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
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- 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.
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