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97.9 WHAV ♦ April 18, 2025 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Haverhill Schools Report Progress Trimming Next Year’s Budget, Now Down to $134 Million
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Haverhill school administrators have managed to shave almost $1.3 million off a projected $2.1 million budget gap for the next school year without cutting teachers or many other direct services to students. But in order to meet city hall’s mandate to stay within a 2.5% budget increase in its formal budget request, Superintendent Margaret Marotta told the Haverhill School Committee …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill
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Rebuilding Together Greater Haverhill to Assist Seven Households April 26
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Rebuilding Together Greater Haverhill goes to work helping senior and disabled residents with home repairs during the upcoming National Rebuilding Day. The local charitable organization again takes on home projects Saturday, April 26. Rebuilding Together representative Sara Cummings told councilors this past Tuesday that volunteers will tackle landscape and home improvement projects at seven properties. The city will also do …
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Methuen Resident Pleads Guilty to Returning to U.S. After 2017 Deportation
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A citizen of the Dominican Republic residing in Methuen pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Boston to unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation. Thirty-nine-year-old Florencio Antonio Nuñez Guerrero pleaded guilty to unlawful reentry of a deported alien. U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs scheduled sentencing for July 8. Nuñez Guerrero was indicted last month by a federal …
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Plaistow, N.H. Supervisors of the Checklist to Help New Voters, Those Making Changes
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The Supervisors of the Checklist in Plaistow, N.H., will be available to help register new voters and help residents make address and other changes at its upcoming meeting. The board meets Wednesday, April 30, from 5:30-6 p.m., at the town clerk’s office, 145 Main St. New voters must provide proof of identity, age, citizenship and residence.
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Curbside Collection of Leaves, Grass Saturday Morning in Haverhill
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Haverhill is collecting leaves and grass clippings at the curb this Saturday. This Saturday, April 19, residents are asked to place leaves and grass clippings in either bags or open barrels and placed on the curb by 6 a.m. Loose leaves, brush and branches, plastic bags or trash will not be collected. Each bag or barrel must weigh less than …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Pentucket Bank Backs Haverhill Breakfast Exchange Club’s Sixth Annual Trivia Night
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Pentucket Bank is giving the Breakfast Exchange Club of Greater Haverhill a boost in advance of the service club’s Sixth Annual Trivia Night. The bank donated $2,500 to help underwrite the event taking place Friday, April 25, from 4:30-8 p.m., at the AmVets, 576 Primrose St., Haverhill. “Supporting low-income elderly individuals and veterans involves a multifaceted approach,” said bank President …
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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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- Norman L. Major, 91, U.S. Army Veteran
- Kathleen J. Wright, 72
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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Fight Falsehoods: What Was that Loud Noise?
These and other questions pop up daily—whether heard online, at a local coffee shop or on social media. Unfortunately, the answers one hears are often wrong.
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Make it a habit to monitor WHAV News daily—whether on the radio at 97.9 FM, online at WHAV or via the Wavelengths daily eNewspaper—and get accurate answers free. Keep in mind, WHAV does not report those online rumors or innuendos which are almost always wrong or grossly exaggerated.
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Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service provides consistent and timely coverage of local news.
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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: Jose Tapia and Curt Rogers of the Merrimack River Watershed Council.
- 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.
- Short Waves: “Death and Resurrection” by Georgetown author, Dr. Richard Zapf, and read by Jenifer Cosgrove, 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.
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Frontier Gentleman: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
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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. Guest: MakeIT Haverhill founder Keith Boucher.
- 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.
- Suspense: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
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