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Healey Comment Suggests Saving Haverhill Campus of Holy Family Hospital Still Possible

Healey Comment Suggests Saving Haverhill Campus of Holy Family Hospital Still Possible
WHAV staff contributed to this report by Alison Kuznitz. Gov. Maura T. Healey hinted Thursday that Holy Family Hospital’s Haverhill campus might still be saved. With potential deals, such as Lawrence General Hospital’s potential bid for Holy Family Hospital, still up in the air, the governor’s new mention of six campuses for five Steward Hospitals suggests a potential path for …

Sections: Beacon Hill News, Haverhill, Health

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Podcast: Haverhill’s Breakfast Exchange Club Gives Grandparents a Helping Hand

Podcast: Haverhill’s Breakfast Exchange Club Gives Grandparents a Helping Hand
Greater Haverhill service clubs help a variety of organizations, individuals and causes, but one is paying particular attention to older residents taking on unexpected tasks and responsibilities. Judith Riopelle, president of the Breakfast Exchange Club of Greater Haverhill, recently told listeners of WHAV’s “Win for Breakfast” program about the club’s work with grandparents who find themselves raising their grandchildren. “They’re …

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Regional News

Free ‘Vehicle Night,’ K-9 Demonstration Comes to Groveland Aug. 28

Free ‘Vehicle Night,’ K-9 Demonstration Comes to Groveland Aug. 28
Groveland plans an all-encompassing “Vehicle Night” late this month, assembling a public event involving not just first responder vehicles and apparatus, but a variety of equipment and extras such as a K-9 demonstration. For the first time since the pandemic, the Langley-Adams Library and Groveland Police Department are hosting what had previously been billed as “Touch A Truck.” “This great …

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Community Spotlight

Free ‘Vehicle Night,’ K-9 Demonstration Comes to Groveland Aug. 28

Free ‘Vehicle Night,’ K-9 Demonstration Comes to Groveland Aug. 28
Groveland plans an all-encompassing “Vehicle Night” late this month, assembling a public event involving not just first responder vehicles and apparatus, but a variety of equipment and extras such as a K-9 demonstration. For the first time since the pandemic, the Langley-Adams Library and Groveland Police Department are hosting what had previously been billed as “Touch A Truck.” “This great …

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Business Bulletin

Gallery Plans Closing Reception for Ellis’ ‘Hereafter’ Photo Exhibition

Gallery Plans Closing Reception for Ellis’ ‘Hereafter’ Photo Exhibition
A final chance to meet Zach Ellis and view his “Hereafter” exhibition takes place next Thursday in downtown Haverhill. Ellis is a photographer whose work is described as exploring “the human, natural and abstract.” This exhibition also includes three never-before-seen images from the Hereafter series. Ellis says, “by bearing witness to beauty, I am given the opportunity to contend with …

Sections: Business Bulletin, 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.

Obituaries New Updated Section

Today’s Obituaries

  • Rose M. Boland (Scalia)
  • Peter Joseph Frasso
  • Hilda Gray (Fredriksen)
  • Pamalee A. St. Onge
Featuring listings from all Haverhill funeral homes:
  • 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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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Luke Slaughter of Tombstone: 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: 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.
  • 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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