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Education

Haverhill’s Silver Hill School to Get New Roof Under State Accelerated Repair Program

Haverhill’s Silver Hill School to Get New Roof Under State Accelerated Repair Program
Haverhill’s Silver Hill School was recently invited into the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s accelerated repair program as the first step toward replacing the school’s aging roof. The state agency’s board of directors invited the school, built in 1993, into the program more than three years after the School Committee first tried for financial assistance for the project. School Committee member …

Sections: Education, Haverhill

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Business Bulletin

Creatorpult Launches Crowdfunding Effort to Save Downtown Game Store for Young Adults

Creatorpult Launches Crowdfunding Effort to Save Downtown Game Store for Young Adults
A downtown Haverhill business owner is turning to crowdfunding to save an adjacent game store and keep local tournaments going for teens and young adults. Chris White, founder of Creatorpult, has shared his Emerson Street storefront with the Queen’s Gambit since last year, and hopes to restock the outlet as his friend Russ Morgridge exits the business. “We decided that …

Sections: Business Bulletin, Haverhill

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Regional News

Legislators Eye Cameras on School and Passenger Buses to Stop Scofflaws

Legislators Eye Cameras on School and Passenger Buses to Stop Scofflaws
By Chris Lisinski and Alison Kuznitz Boxing Day was no holiday in the Massachusetts legislature, where lawmakers advanced a laundry list of bills that would expire without action in the next six days. One bill, as the House and Senate returned to action Thursday, would allow school systems to place cameras on school buses to catch drivers who fail to …

Sections: Beacon Hill News, Region

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Community Spotlight

Schoenberg Discusses ‘The Jewish Experience in Haverhill’ Jan. 9

Schoenberg Discusses ‘The Jewish Experience in Haverhill’ Jan. 9
“The Jewish Experience in Haverhill” is the subject of a presentation in early January at the Buttonwoods Museum. Jill Schoenberg speaks about The Jewish Experience in Haverhill from 1878 to the present with an overview of the impact of the Jewish community on Haverhill, and of Haverhill on the Jewish Community. The talk takes place Thursday, Jan. 9, from 7-8 …

Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill

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Obituaries New Updated Section

Today’s Obituaries

  • Eleni ‘Helen’ Sofronas (Katis)
  • Kathleen (Mohan) Blain
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. Guests: Michelle Aulson of Goats to Go and Haverhill Bank Vice President Compliance Liz Cronin.
  • 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.
  • 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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