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97.9 WHAV ♦ January 01, 2025 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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2024 in Review: Lawrence General’s Longshot Bid Saves Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, Haverhill
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The bankruptcy of the former owner of Holy Family Hospitals in Methuen and Haverhill and Lawrence General Hospital’s successful acquisition of the campuses is among the most significant local news stories of 2024. The writing seemed on the wall last January when WHAV broke the news that Craig A. Jesiolowski, president of Holy Family Hospital since 2016, was leaving to …
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Sections: Haverhill, Health, Region
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2024 in Review: Barrett Brings City Government into New Era, Settles Old Disputes
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Haverhill city government began the year with a dramatic shakeup when the city’s first female mayor took office along with an expanded Ward-based City Council and School Committee. The shift was all that more seismic with the first Black women on the City Council and School Committee, first Hispanic woman on the School Committee and first openly gay man to …
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2024 in Review: O’Brien Shepherds Haverhill Fire Dept. Through Historic Growth, Second Ladder
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Haverhill Fire Department’s 2024 growth spurt, which led to giving the city its second ladder truck, ranks as one of Haverhill’s top stories of the year. The historic hiring surge began with receipt of a $4.1 million federal grant that added 16 positions to fill a second ladder truck. If that wasn’t enough, Fire Chief Robert M. O’Brien had to …
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2024 Year in Review: Backyard Pipe Bomb and Hotel Shootout Among Strange Haverhill Crimes
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Two strange and potentially life-threatening crimes put Haverhill residents on edge in 2024. A backyard “pipe bomb,” thought capable of sending shrapnel up to 300 yards away, caused the evacuation of Haverhill homes last July, while a gunfight at a Haverhill hotel left a 20-year-old seriously injured in March. In July, Haverhill Police charged 63-year-old David Farnsworth with making the …
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Sections: Crime, Haverhill
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Salvation Army Seeks Volunteers to Help Unload Food Truck Friday
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The Salvation Army in Haverhill is looking for volunteers Friday afternoon to help unload food from the Greater Boston Food Bank. A truckload of food will support the Salvation Army’s food pantry, but the organization reports it is short a few of its regular helpers. Volunteers are asked to gather Friday, Jan. 3, at 1:30 p.m., at the Salvation Army, …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Today’s Obituaries
- Joanne Chabot
- Anna V. Dubois
- George E. Frascone
- Pamela M. (Chagnon) Langlois
- Olinda Taraborelli
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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Democracy needs you. News needs you.
Thank You to WHAV NewsMatch Donors!
Thank you to those who believe in the importance of local news coverage!
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Members of the community from all walks of life supported WHAV by participating in NewsMatch, a powerful collaborative fundraising movement to support independent journalism.
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Donors included: Terry Beaton, Christine Kwitchoff, Danielle Smida, Judy Gosbee, Mike Johnson, Charlie Vlahos, Jonathan Goldfield, Lane Glenn, Maria Conley, Annmarie Furtado, George Scobie, Patrick Bowe, Nancy Basso, Robert Adler, Meghan Monson, Donald Lenzie, Connie Corr, Peter Carbone, John Alford, Gail Sullivan, Lillian Clark, Priscilla Chellis, John Guerin, Michael Carter, Mary Lyman, Vincent Frangules, Janet Daly, Tom Grannemann, Jonathan Campbell, Bryan Winn, Sen. Barry Finegold, Dick and Mary Rose Early, Betsy Hopkins, Bob Johnson, Jim Kennedy, Mark & Taylor Knapp, Rocky Morrison, Kathleen Grimard, John Scavo, Ann Jacobson, Jessica Kingsbury, Dan Speers and Carol Crowell, Lisa DeMeo, Georgine Symes, Emlyn Eisenach, Irene Haley, Brian Archambault, Tilly Quinn, Terry Morose, Jean and James Macdonald, Diane Itasaka, Joan and Hartley Cranton, Diane Zold-Gross, Larry Kleitches, Charlie Manzi, Dan Hoyt, Kathy Bresnahan and many others.
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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.
- 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: Rep. Adrianne Ramos, 14th Essex District.
- 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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