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97.9 WHAV ♦ May 07, 2025 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Haverhill Pavilion Receives Special Permit for, What Were Deemed ‘Needed,’ Behavioral Care Beds
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Haverhill Pavilion won a special permit from the Haverhill City Council Tuesday night to proceed with plans to construct an addition for a 24-bed geriatric behavioral health unit at the hospital at 76 Summer St. Robert D. Harb, the Haverhill attorney representing the hospital’s owner, Acadia Health Care of New Jersey, said the need for the additional mental health beds …
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Sections: Haverhill, Health
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Arndt, Spheekas Take Out Papers for Haverhill’s 2025, Mostly Ward-Based, Elections
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The first names to take out nomination papers this week for elected office in Haverhill are familiar as well as surprising. As expected, among top leaders, Haverhill Mayor Melinda E. Barrett and City Council President Thomas J. Sullivan, seeking re-election this fall as one of four at-large members, took out nomination papers. A new yet familiar entrant is Jennifer “Jenny” …
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Sections: Election Central, Haverhill
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Podcast: Habitat for Humanity Plans 7 Affordable Housing Units in Haverhill’s Mount Washington
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Essex County Habitat for Humanity, currently in the midst of one Haverhill homebuilding project, is moving on to another in the city’s Mount Washington neighborhood. The nonprofit recently agreed to purchase a single-family home and property at 512 Washington St. for $650,000 and has the city’s blessing to convert it into seven affordable housing units. Director of Charitable Giving Kevin …
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Sections: Haverhill, What's On?
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Acquitted of Killing Motorcyclists, Zhukovskyy’s License Suspension Stands
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by DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org, InDepthNH.org May 6, 2025 By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org A jury found Volodymyr Zhukovskyy not guilty of causing the deaths of seven motorcycle riders in the 2019 crash, but Superior Court Judge Martin Honigberg ruled he is still responsible for the deaths. Zhukovskyy lost the appeal over his license suspension, imposed last year by a hearings officer, …
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Haverhill VFW Lorraine Post 29 Honors Four Haverhill High Marine Corps Junior ROTC Students
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(Additional photographs below.) Four Haverhill High School Marine Corps Junior ROTC students were presented awards and citations last week by Haverhill’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Lorraine Post 29. Students receiving awards were Cadet Sgt. Sophya Walsh, ninth grade; Cadet Sgt. Jaidyn Ageadn, 10th grade; Cadet Cpl. Cassidy Ortiz, 11th grade; and Cadet First Sgt. Dorian Cid, 12th grade. VFW Post …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill
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TV Sitcom ‘Family Matters’ is Backdrop of Family Services Gala Thursday
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The theme of this year’s Family Services of the Merrimack Valley gala is “Family Matters,’ a play on the popular 1990’s sitcom. “Family Services and family sit coms have a lot in common,” Development Director Amy LaCroix said. “Family sitcoms depict families navigating parenting dilemmas, misunderstandings and financial struggles while overcoming them with love and humor. Family Services of the …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Region
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‘American Revolution Experience’ Open Through May 25 at Custom House Maritime Museum
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The “American Revolution Experience,” an exhibition about how colonists wrestled with British loyalty vs. American independence during the 1770s, opens Wednesday at Newburyport’s Custom House Maritime Museum. The innovative pop-up exhibition includes display panels and interactive digital kiosks that use storytelling, illustration, technology and unique artifacts and primary accounts to connect audiences with the people and places that shaped the …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Region
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Merrimack Valley Chamber Members to Network Monday at Barrio in Haverhill
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Barrio of Haverhill will host members of the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce after work Monday. The Business Networking Mixer provides opportunities for business people to meet and mingle, nibble on appetizers and possibly win a door prize. It is scheduled for Monday, May 12, from 5-7 p.m., at Barrio, 2 Merrimack St., Haverhill. Admission is $10 each for members …
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Sections: Business Bulletin, Haverhill
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- Ernest Harold Miller, 67
- Patricia Ann (Crowley) Shepard, 84
- Gail R. Lafayette, 78
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. Guest: YMCA Regional Executive Director Tracy Fuller.
- 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.
- Fortune Business Update: Hosted by Geoffrey Colvin, 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.
- 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: David Schumacher, Fine and Performing Arts Chair at Pentucket Regional School District; and Haverhill Cultural Council Chair John Hassan discusses upcoming Multicultural Festival.
- 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.
- Fortune Business Update: Hosted by Geoffrey Colvin, 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.
- Haverhill School Committee: Live. 7 p.m.
- Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
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