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97.9 WHAV ♦ October 28, 2024 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Back-to-Back Fires Sunday Keep Haverhill Fire Busy; Chief Said All Were Preventable
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The Haverhill Fire Department knocked down three overlapping fires Sunday afternoon—two blamed on improper disposal of smoking materials—causing the destruction of a garage in one blaze and heavily damaging a connected home. Fire Chief Robert M. O’Brien said the last in the chain of fires proved to be the most challenging. The call came in at about 3:30 p.m. at …
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Podcast: Hunking Student Becomes National Champion in MLB’s Pitch, Hit and Run Contest
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Updated: On Sunday, Oct. 27, Mollie MacIntosh became the National Champion in Major League Baseball’s Pitch, Hit & Run competition when she defeated the other regional winners in the 7- to 8-year-old age bracket. The National Championship was held in Los Angeles, the day after Game 2 of the World Series between the Dodgers and Yankees. Haverhill has been home …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill, Sports, What's On?
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Haverhill School Committee Declines to Take Position on MCAS Ballot Question
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Haverhill School Committee members last Thursday chose to take no position on whether to support a ballot initiative that would remove the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System—or MCAS, as a graduation requirement. As WHAV reported previously, Committee members debated Oct. 14 the proposed elimination of the graduation requirement. Committee members last week also debated whether to support a fresh resolution brought …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill
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Haverhill Public Library Hosts Virtual Author Talk on Haunted Lighthouses Oct. 28
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The Haverhill Public Library will host a virtual talk, “Even More Haunted Lighthouses of New England,” on Zoom. The discussion will be led by Jeremy D’Entremont, president and historian of the American Lighthouse Foundation and historian for the U.S. Lighthouse Society. D’Entremont is the author of more than 20 books and hundreds of articles on lighthouses and maritime history. The …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Van Weelden’s Boosters in Business and Community Give Him a Heartfelt and ‘Groovy’ Send-Off
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(Additional photographs below.) Mark Van Weelden, the well-known face of Reworld Haverhill, formerly Covanta, hasn’t gone far, but his fans working in charities, business and government want him to know he’s appreciated…but they still have more work for him to do. When WHAV asked the community about Van Weelden, responses ran the gamut from heartfelt emotions about him coming to …
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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
- John Marshall Fitch
- Alma Silverman Klinetsky
- Judith Noyes
- Kenneth R. Whittemore
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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Do You ‘Give at the Office?’
There was a time when large employers worked with the United Way to encourage employees to give to charity through payroll deductions.
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Major donors, such as employees of the Merrimack Valley Works of Western Electric in North Andover, helped popularize the phrase, “I gave at the office.” While programs still exist on a much less aggressive scale, employers also subsidized local news by taking out newspaper and magazine subscriptions with coffee table copies distributed throughout their enterprises.
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WHAV is Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service.
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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: Greater Haverhill Chamber interim President and CEO Kate Martin and Sen. Pavel Payano.
- 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.
- Countdown to Halloween: David Goudsward discusses the
- Suspense: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Tuesday’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: YWCA Director of Advancement Nicole Sammartino.
- 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 City Council: Live, 7 p.m.
- X Minus One: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
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