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Liquor License Violations Bring Forced Closings, Probation for New Lantern Cafe in Haverhill

New Lantern Cafe in Haverhill Faces Eight Months’ Probation After Repeated Liquor License Violations
A heated show cause hearing recently resulted in limited hours of operation for downtown Haverhill’s New Lantern Cafe amid several alleged liquor license violations. According to Haverhill …

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State Representatives Advance Haverhill Petitions for Police, Firefighter Age Waivers

State Representatives Advance Haverhill Petitions for Police, Firefighter Age Waivers
The Massachusetts House of Representatives last Thursday advanced petitions to waive age requirements for several Haverhill residents seeking to take Civil Service examinations to hold police and firefighter posts. Representatives last week moved to third readings Haverhill home rule requests on behalf of Gustavo Romero, Brian Dacey, Dante Perella and Jason Restituyo. They seek waivers of the maximum age requirement …

Sections: Beacon Hill News, Haverhill

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Regional News

Area’s Housing Crisis Focus of Regional Overview and Talk of ‘Market Rigged Against People’

Area’s Housing Crisis Focus of Regional Overview and Talk of ‘Market Rigged Against People’
The area’s housing crisis will be outlined Wednesday by the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission and followed by an author’s framing of the matter as tension between housing as a financial product and housing as shelter. Amesbury, advocacy group Strong Towns, Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, Newburyport and West Newbury Affordable Housing Trust host the program, which features Charles L. Marohn Jr., …

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Community Spotlight

Groveland Council on Aging Hosts Next Memory Café Oct. 21

Groveland Council on Aging Hosts Next Memory Café Oct. 21
The Groveland Council on Aging on Monday hosted its first Memory Café, intended to provide a supportive environment for individuals living with dementia and their care partners, and plans another next month. Gatherings are designed to offer a break from the isolation often associated with dementia, providing a space for social interaction. Activities include music, movement, visual arts and storytelling. …

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Obituaries New Updated Section

Today’s Obituaries

  • James Russell “Jimmy Cadillac Mack” McIntosh
  • Lisa M. Jackson
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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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: Bill Fitzgerald of Mann Orchards and Veterans Northeast Outreach Center Executive Director William Kelly.
  • 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.
  • Haverhill City Council: Live, 7 p.m.
  • X Minus One: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.

Wednesday’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: Janet Nittmann of Windrush Farm Therapeutic Riding Center and Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School Superintendent Maureen Lynch.
  • 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.
  • Great Gildersleeve: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
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