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97.9 WHAV ♦ May 13, 2025 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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The Most Local News
On-air and online, listener- and reader-supported WHAV remains on the job because local news is more critical than ever.
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WHAV provides more local news, more news that matters and more timely. Help keep this high volume of original local news reporting coming and support expanded coverage by becoming a monthly supporter of Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service. Simply click here to support ongoing, comprehensive local news coverage.
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Date Set This Month For ‘Slide-In’ of Bradford’s New S. Elm Street Railroad Bridge
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Traffic headed to and from the Sgt. Joseph C. Comeau Bridge will be rerouted over a long weekend at the end of the month. As WHAV reported nearly three years ago, city Community Development Division Director Andrew K. Herlihy told city councilors the long-anticipated final step resolved what would have been a tangle of simultaneous bridge projects. “Instead, what is …
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Public Meetings This Week: DiChicco to Become Whittier Tech Student Rep
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The public has opportunities to shape policy this week as various Haverhill boards meet. In the interest of transparency in government, WHAV provides this list of upcoming meetings every week. Richard DiChicco, the new student representative to the Whittier Regional Vocational Technical School Committee, will be introduced when the School Committee meets this week. The Committee meets Wednesday, May 14, …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill
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State Awards Lawrence CommunityWorks $491,561 to Train, Place Workers
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Lawrence CommunityWorks is among 15 organizations sharing in $6.8 million in state workforce development grants geared to train, upskill and provide job placement for 1,112 workers for in-demand occupations in health care, education, finance and more. Lawrence CommunityWorks was awarded $491,561 in late Sen. Kenneth J. Donnelly Workforce Success Grants from the state office of Labor and Workforce Development. It …
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Podcast: House Budget Includes More For Haverhill Schools and Money for Pinnacle, GHF
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Haverhill Public Schools would receive an additional $6 million in state aid if a House of Representative proposal to increase state support for schools makes it into the final state budget. State Rep. Andy X. Vargas, whose district encompasses a portion of Haverhill, was a recent guest on WHAV’s “Win for Breakfast.” He made note of the additional school spending …
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Sections: Haverhill, What's On?
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Haverhill Student Art Goes on Display May 15 with Accompanying Performances
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The Annual Haverhill Public Schools Citywide Art Show opens with a reception at Haverhill High School later this week with a showcase of art by students in pre-k to grade 12. In extending an invitation to the public, Susan S. Hatfield, the curriculum supervisor for fine and performing arts for the school district, said high school performing groups including the …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Education, Haverhill
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Greater Haverhill Chamber to Award Top Honors to WHAV, Bevilacqua, Murphy and Joy June 5
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WHAV, Francis J. Bevilacqua III of Bevilacqua Builds, Kristen M. Murphy of Bradford Country Club and Realtor Michael Joy will be receiving top honors of the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce when the organization celebrates its 109th Annual Dinner and Wine Tasting. WHAV, to be represented by President and CEO Tim Coco and “Win for Breakfast” host Win Damon, is …
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Sections: Business Bulletin
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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: Boys and Girls Club of Greater Haverhill Executive Director Javier Bristol.
- 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 City Council: Live, 7 p.m.
- Dimension X: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Wednesday’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: Haverhill Public-Private Partnership Director Allison Heartquist.
- 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.
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