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97.9 WHAV ♦ September 25, 2024 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Haverhill Gets State Help Protecting Blanding’s Turtle, Improving Trails at 600-Acre Brandy Brow Forest
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Haverhill’s Brandy Brow Forest, a 600-acre collection of city-owned parcels, was formally awarded a state grant Tuesday to protect the threatened Blanding’s turtle, improve trails and make other upgrades to protect the city water supply. The property was awarded a $222,210 Local Acquisitions for Natural Diversity Grant—LAND, for short, to assist the Haverhill Conservation Commission protect natural resources and passive …
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Sections: Haverhill, Region
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Haverhill Art Walk Takes Place Saturday in Haverhill’s Downtown Riverfront Cultural District
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The Haverhill Art Walk returns Saturday to Haverhill’s downtown Riverfront Cultural District, featuring artmaking, an Alleyway Art Market, music, exhibitions and pop-ups, walking tour and more. Free, interactive programming includes artmaking with the YMCA and local artist Pixie Yates, using a pottery wheel, watching artist Marc Mannheimer use manhole covers to design t-shirts to take home, an opportunity to spray …
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Haverhill Woman Drives 4th Annual Pink Party Saturday, Supporting Cancer Research and Treatment
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The Fourth Annual Pink Party art show and auction to benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund takes place this Saturday The fundraiser was first organized by Muriel Lee Boles of Haverhill in 2021 after she learned first hand the need for ongoing study and new approaches. “When I was first diagnosed with metastatic (Stage 4) breast cancer during …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Methuen City Hall to Close Monday in Honor of Mayor Perry; Public Remembrance Takes Place Sunday
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Methuen City Hall will be closed next Monday to allow city employees and residents to mourn the loss Mayor Neil Perry and reflect on his contributions to the city. Essential services such as emergency response and public safety will remain operational and the high school and all grammar schools will continue to hold classes as normal. In addition, trash and …
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Podcast: Mann Orchards’ Fitzgerald Previews Topsfield Fair and Looks Back 50 Years
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If there was any reason to doubt it, the upcoming Topsfield Fair is a sure sign of fall. America’s oldest county fair, having started in 1818, opens Friday, Oct. 4, and runs through Columbus Day, Monday, Oct. 14. Although he hasn’t been around since the beginning, Bill Fitzgerald of Methuen’s Mann Orchards is as knowledgeable as anyone about the longtime …
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Sections: Region, What's On?
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Newburyport Bank Donates $2,500 in Support of Upcoming Anna Jaques Fundraiser
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Newburyport Bank recently donated $2,500 as a sponsor of Anna Jaques Hospital’s Shine, A Sparkling Fundraiser for AJH Breast Care Services. This event, in support of Breast Care Services at Anna Jacques Hospital, takes place Thursday, Oct. 10, from 6-9 p.m., at the Blue Ocean Event Center in Salisbury. There will be a live auction, wine pull and light dinner …
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Sections: Business Bulletin, Region
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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
- Kenneth S. Etter
- David R. Rock
- Theodore E. Descoteaux
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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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 Advancement Nicole Sammartino and Haverhill Police Sgt. Kevin Lynch, traffic and safety supervisor.
- 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. Guest: MeVa Transit Administrator Noah S. Berger.
- 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.
- Haverhill School Committee: Live. 7 p.m.
- Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
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