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97.9 WHAV ♦ August 28, 2024 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Court Allows Delay in Holy Family, Other Hospital Sales; Payano Says Improvements are Coming
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A U.S. Bankruptcy Court ruling on the pending sales of Holy Family Hospitals in Haverhill and Methuen and other Steward Health Care properties will have to wait until at least next week after a planned hearing Tuesday was postponed again. Sen. Pavel M. Payano, speaking on WHAV this week, said the state will backup Lawrence General Hospital’s purchase of Holy …
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Sections: Haverhill, Health
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Northern Essex Community College Mourns Loss of Second President John R. Dimitry
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(Additional photograph below.) Northern Essex Community College is remembering its second president, Dr. John R. Dimitry, as leading with “compassion, tenacity and a dedication to equity, which remain embedded in the fibers of NECC to this day.” Dimitry, who served the college from 1975 to 1996, died this week at age 95. “Dr. Dimitry’s leadership at Northern Essex Community College …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill, Region
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Plaistow Fire Dept. Inaugurates the ‘Owl’s Nest,’ New Ladder Truck, at Push-In Ceremony
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(Additional photographs below.) Plaistow, N.H., formally inaugurated its new “Owl’s Nest” ladder truck during a public “push-in” ceremony Monday, borrowing a tradition dating back to horse-drawn pumpers. Fire Chief Chris C. Knutsen said the town adopted the tradition earlier this year when it took delivery of its new ambulance. It will continue when apparatus is brought into service the for …
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Some Gulf of Maine Seafood Has PFAS; Local Freshwater Fish May Not Be Safe Either
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by Claire Sullivan, New Hampshire Bulletin August 28, 2024 Some seafood purchased at a Portsmouth seafood market in May 2022 met an unusual fate. Instead of getting fried up, three filets each of haddock, salmon, tuna, and cod, three lobster tails, and some shrimp and scallops were transported by researchers to Dartmouth College in Hanover and frozen at negative 20 …
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Haverhill Council on Aging Seeks Crafters for Annual Holiday Craft Fair
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The Haverhill Council on Aging is inviting crafters to participate in its annual Holiday Craft Fair. This festive event celebrates community creativity and provides a platform for artisans to showcase their handmade goods. The Holiday Craft Fair will be held on Saturday, Nov. 16, from 9 a.m.-noon, at the Haverhill Citizen Center, 10 Welcome St. Craftspeople interested in showcasing their …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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MakeIT Haverhill and MassHire Merrimack Valley Join Forces in Mount Washington
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Community Action’s MakeIT Haverhill and MassHire Merrimack Valley Career Center are partnering to better serve businesses and job seekers. The Haverhill office of MassHire Merrimack Valley Career Center, operated by Northern Essex Community College, will next week begin using MakeIT Haverhill’s space at 301 Washington St. As WHAV reported previously, MassHire Merrimack Valley closed its space in May at The …
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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.
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Today’s Obituaries
- Soledad Gomez Hernandez
- Mary G. Richards (Johnson)
- Veronica S. Winter
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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Local Journalism Tells You the Way It Is
“Let the truth…undisguised, naked, terrible as it is, stand out before us.”
—John Greenleaf Whittier
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WHAV is Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service.
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Thank you to those donors who help pay for original local news reporting that is shared with the community.
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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: YWCA Director of Communications Isabelle “Izzy” Sarra and North Andover Historical Society Executive Director Joanna Collantine Kerr.
- 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.
- Great Gildersleeve: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Thursday’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: Laura L. Imhoff, owner of Roots & Spoon and Laurie Cantwell, Haverhill Lions Club.
- 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.
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