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97.9 WHAV ♦ June 11, 2025 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Trial of Haverhill School Board Member Ferguson Gets Underway
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A jury of five women and two men were seated for the trial of Cheryl A. Ferguson, the Haverhill School Committee member charged last fall with alleged indecent assault on a person over 14. The criminal trial got underway at Haverhill District Court Tuesday and it set to continue Wednesday with First Justice Cesar A. Archilla presiding. The teen who …
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Sections: Crime, Education, Haverhill
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Haverhill Councilors Approve Inner City Condominiums
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The Nichols Street neighborhood will soon be home to a new four-unit condominium building. Haverhill’s City Council enthusiastically approved by an 11-0 vote a special permit for Astro Enterprise of Boxford to construct the building on vacant land at 9-11 Nichols St. now being used as a parking lot. Company owner Juan A. Valerio attended the meeting. Haverhill Attorney Paul …
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Greater Haverhill Invisible Takes Part Saturday in National Demonstration
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Members of the Greater Haverhill Indivisible will participate this Saturday a local “No Kings” event, joining similar ones across the country. The group will gather Saturday, June 14, from 10 to 11 a.m., at White’s Corner at Merrimack and Main Streets in downtown Haverhill, for a peaceful standout According to a press release from the group, the demonstration is not …
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Holy Family Hospital’s Allied Health Professionals Consider Union
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Lab technicians, physical therapists, pharmacists and other so-called “allied health professionals” who work at the two Holy Family Hospital campuses are voting Wednesday on whether to form a collective bargaining unit at the Massachusetts Nurses Association. The 76 workers have been meeting with representatives of the union for the last two months, according to Massachusetts Nurses Association spokesperson Joe Markman. …
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Sections: Haverhill, Health, Region
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Greater Lawrence Tech Senior From Methuen Earns Gold Medal at SkillsUSA State Championship
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Greater Lawrence Technical School senior Julissa Sanchez, of Methuen took first place and earned a gold medal in Medical Assisting at the 2025 SkillsUSA State Leadership & Skills Conference, held early last month in Marlborough. Sanchez became involved in SkillsUSA during her sophomore year after being introduced to it by her shop instructor, Audra Durkin. That year, she took her …
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Sections: Education, Region
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‘Book Club Next Chapter’ Screens at Haverhill Council on Aging
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“Book Club: The Next Chapter” is this month’s feature film offered at the Haverhill Citizens Center sponsored by the Haverhill Council on Aging. The 2023 romantic comedy starring Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen follows the four book club friends as they begin meeting in person after the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to switch to virtual monthly …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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It’s Cummings Grant Time—Area Hospital, School, Nonprofits Receive Share of $30 Million Grants Program
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Lawrence General and Holy Family Hospitals are among 150 recipients—including others in Haverhill and Methuen—awarded grants this month through the Cummings $30 Million Grants Program The hospital will use a $90,000 grant over the next three years to develop a new program that specifically supports prenatal and postpartum education and monitoring for Merrimack Valley-area mothers and babies. “This grant supports …
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Sections: Business Bulletin, Haverhill, Region
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- Carol A. (Wisentaner) Weyler, 83
- William W. Dow, 81
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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First With the Most Talked About News
The biggest, most far-reaching local news stories of the day, week, month and year break first on WHAV.
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What’s talked about, showing up in social media and all the buzz at coffee shops began with aggressive news reporting, objectivity and community commitment from WHAV, Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service.
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WHAV News—on-air, online, everywhere.
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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 Public-Private Partnership Director Allison Heartquist and Kelly Giordano of The Haverhill Studio.
- 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.
- 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. Guest: Haverhill Farmers Manager Jeff Grassie.
- 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.
- Haverhill School Committee: Live. 7 p.m.
- Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
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