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97.9 WHAV ♦ March 27, 2025 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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State Education Chief Tutwiler Says He’s ‘Blown Away’ by Haverhill’s Community School Effort
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(Additional photograph below.) The state’s top educator gave a big thumb’s up to the new Community School initiative at Dr. Paul C. Nettle School during a two-hour visit Wednesday. State Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler toured the building, heard a presentation by eighth grade students and listened to parents, teachers and elected officials alike praise the school’s transformation. The Community …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill
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Local News Continues Below
Keep WHAV’s ‘Early Warning System’ in Second Quarter
WHAV provides the only continuing coverage of city government, schools, housing construction and more with the aim of giving residents an early warning system.
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Only WHAV informs residents ahead of time while there is still time to weigh in on critical pocketbook and quality of life issues. It is important to tell people what’s coming up rather than tell them what they missed and can’t change. WHAV listeners and readers know incidental after-the-fact news coverage occasionally found elsewhere doesn’t cut it.
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It is almost the end of the month and, wow, end of the first quarter of 2025—an important time to support original and comprehensive local news reporting in the months ahead.
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Haverhill Councilors Call Out Vietnam Veterans Day, NECC Day of Giving and Women’s History Month
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Haverhill City Councilors on Tuesday highlighted several key events that take place over the next week. National Vietnam War Veterans Day The annual Vietnam War Veterans ceremony takes place, rain or shine, Friday, March 28, beginning at 10 a.m., at Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Mill Brook Park, near the entrance to Plug Pond, off Mill Street in Haverhill. Councilor Ralph …
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Cammi is Methuen’s Top Dog, Gets Free License in Second Annual Contest
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Methuen’s Top Dog is a five-year-old Border Collie mix named Cammi. Cammi is the winner of the second annual Methuen Top Dog Contest. City Clerk Anne Drouin last week released the winners, given to residents who license or relicense their dogs for a chance to be Methuen’s 2025 Top Dog and get a free 2025 dog license. “Cammi is the …
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Committee Saves State Library from Cuts, Recommends Ending Arts Council Funding
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by PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org, InDepthNH.org March 25, 2025 By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org CONCORD - The doors to the New Hampshire State Library will remain open at least for now after a proposal to eliminate it was defeated from budget cutting deliberations on Tuesday. Instead, the House Finance Committee Division 1 voted to recommend the elimination of $600,000 over two years …
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Haverhill Artist Pixie Yates’ Floral Watercolor Paintings on Display in Andover
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Works by Haverhill artist Pixie Yates are on exhibit at Andover’s Memorial Hall Library where she has been artist of the month. Her art exhibit, featuring 14 floral watercolor paintings, are on display during regular hours, Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 1-5 p.m., at the library, 2 …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill, Region
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This program is supported in part by a grant from the Haverhill Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
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Greater Haverhill Chamber Names G. Mello as Business of the Month
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G. Mello Disposal Corp. was recently named as Business of the Month by the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce. Haverhill Chamber President and CEO Katie Cook and Chamber Membership Committee member Kathy Bennett presented the February business of the month certificate at the company’s new Georgetown transfer station construction site. “Our team is very excited with the Chamber’s recognition and …
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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
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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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: 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.
- Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Friday’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: Northern Essex Community College Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving Shana Murrell and Thomas O. Faulkner of Haverhill Bank.
- 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.
- 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.
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