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97.9 WHAV ♦ March 26, 2025 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Haverhill’s Nettle Principal, Doherty, to Take Over at Consentino as Careers Advance
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Haverhill’s Dr. Albert B. Consentino School, currently in the midst of building a replacement, and another middle school, Dr. Paul C. Nettle, will be getting new leadership for the next school year. In an email to staff, students and families at the two schools, school Superintendent Margaret Marotta said Nettle School Principal Eileen Doherty is moving to Consentino and a …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill
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‘Tom’s Crusade’ Tells Haverhill Councilors of Need for Living Kidney Donor
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Tom Bradley, a husband, father and grandfather who has been diagnosed with end stage kidney disease is on a crusade for a kidney donation to save his life. According to his brother, Gary Bradley, who spoke during Tuesday night’s city council meeting, Tom requires dialysis for four hours approximately four times a week while he waits for a kidney. Though …
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Haverhill Lead Water Pipe Replacement Program at Risk by Federal Grant Delay
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State leaders say Haverhill’s plans to tackle lead pipe replacements could be delayed by the Trump Administration. As WHAV reported a year ago, Haverhill was awarded a three-year, $2.4 million federal Lead Hazard Reduction Grant to remove lead paint from at least 75 homes. Gov. Maura T. Healey, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg said Tuesday …
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Stem, Haverhill Cannabis Retailer, Plans Historic Building Rehab, Possible Consumption Site
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Haverhill’s first adult-use cannabis store, Stem, is parlaying its status as a social equity and economic empowerment entrepreneur to bring transformation of its historic Washington Street building and possibly become one of the state’s first on-site consumption sites. Stem owner Caroline Pineau says the business is using a $500,000 Massachusetts Cannabis Social Equity Grant to develop the rooftop and second …
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Sections: Business Bulletin, Cannabis, 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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Merrimack River Watershed Council Says 2024 Results Show Untreated Sewage 30% Above Average
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The Merrimack River Watershed Council says 896 million gallons of untreated sewage were released last year along the Merrimack River—about 30% above the average amount in the previous 10 years. In a statement, Watershed Council Executive Director Curt Rogers reported Tuesday the amount does not account for additional partially treated sewage discharged and street sewer overflows. While Massachusetts law requires …
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Bethany Plans Golf Outing to Support Care, Meal, Rides for Seniors on Fixed Incomes
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Bethany Community Services, which owns and operates a series of affordable senior apartment buildings, is planning its second annual Golf Outing to help raise money for supportive resources for the more than 400 seniors who call Bethany home. The Golf Outing, which supports the Friends of Bethany Fund, features a buffet lunch, golf tournament, “Beat the Pro” contest and awards, …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Today’s Obituaries
- Vincenza L. (Bodoni) Jacques, 100
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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Make the Most of It
It wasn’t that long ago that residents of Essex County in Massachusetts and Rockingham County, N.H., enjoyed local news from a multitude of radio stations, but WHAV is now the only outlet serving this vast area.
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WHAV is part of a national trend of household and small business-supported nonprofit local news services stepping up to fill “news deserts” left after the collapse of other news media. On-air, online, over cable television and via smart apps, only WHAV provides hourly local news; Community Spotlight; live, daily interviews with newsmakers; government meetings; and more.
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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 Erin Padilla of Creative Haverhill.
- 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. Guests: Haverhill Breakfast Exchange Club President Judy Riopelle and 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: When in session, Live. 7 p.m.
- Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
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