|
|
|
97.9 WHAV ♦ June 25, 2025 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The most local news appears below.
|
5 Days Left
Help WHAV ‘Keep On, Keepin’ On’ When the Calendar Turns to July
Nonprofit WHAV’s budget year ends in 5 days. That's less than a week left for donors to make a big difference in keeping local news reported and flowing.
|
If not already, become a monthly subscriber or donor to make sure everyone remains informed on-air, online, via social media, in the Wavelengths eNewspaper, in podcasts, etc. WHAV puts all of this media to work to make sure important news—sometimes money-saving and sometimes life-saving—is covered and distributed to the full community.
|
|
WHAV, Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service, needs your help to keep on, keepin’ on.
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Downtown Garage Reaches Final Size, No Parking Starting Thursday Night For Crane Removal
|
|
|
The new downtown Haverhill, 640-space parking garage has reached its final size and motorists are asked to clear the adjacent Merrimack Street lot beginning Thursday night to allow equipment to be moved offsite. Economic Development and Planning Director William Pillsbury Jr. said the project is slightly ahead of schedule. “The contractors have done a great job all the way back …
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lawrence Community Action Takes Over MassHire Merrimack Valley; Plans New Haverhill Site
|
|
|
MassHire Merrimack Valley Career Center has a new sponsor and, with it, a promise to better serve Haverhill with a new location. Greater Lawrence Community Action Council was awarded a three-year grant to operate the center after Northern Essex Community College decided not to renew its contract, according to Merrimack Valley Workforce Board Executive Director Frank Bonet. MassHire’s Lawrence office …
|
Sections: Haverhill, Region
|
|
|
|
|
|
Judge Sends Haverhill Man, 29, to Prison 3.5 Years Following Drug and Gun Conviction
|
|
|
A 29-year-old Haverhill man was sentenced Monday to three and a half years in prison for trafficking cocaine and illegal firearms in and around the Boston area. After serving time, Cordell Miller also faces three years of supervised release after being sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young. As WHAV reported at the time, Miller pleaded guilty …
|
Sections: Crime, Haverhill
|
|
|
|
|
|
Haverhill, Methuen Mayors Among Those Backing Consumer Protection Bills
|
|
|
The mayors of Haverhill and Methuen are among 14 municipal leaders from across the state supporting legislation to ban third-party electric suppliers from the residential electricity market. Haverhill Mayor Melinda E. Barrett and Methuen Mayor David P. “D.J.” Beauregard Jr. are supporting the Campaign to Stop Predatory Electric Suppliers, urging state lawmakers to protect residents and focus on energy affordability. …
|
Sections: Haverhill, Region
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Textile Experts Give Talks on Period Dresses and Quilts During Series at Whittier Birthplace
|
|
|
Whittier Birthplace is showcasing historic textiles in dresses and quilts during a two-part “Exploring Textiles” lecture series beginning Thursday night. Carol Majahad, retired director of the North Andover Historical Society, talks about 19th Century Quaker dress during the period when John Greenleaf Whittier was living. She will talk about the fabric used to make dresses in general and also what …
|
Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pentucket Bank Becomes New Winnekenni Park Adopt-A-Site Sponsor
|
|
|
(Additional photograph below.) Pentucket Bank is the new sponsor of the Adopt-A-Site pocket park at the entrance to Winnekenni Park. For the last 15 years Marilyn Jenkins and her late husband Ralph maintained the park as part of Haverhill Brightside’s Adopt-A-Site program. However, following her husband’s death at 91 last year, Jenkins contacted Haverhill City Council President Thomas J. Sullivan …
|
Sections: Business Bulletin, Haverhill
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- Matthew A. Durkee, 54
- Eileen B. (Kearney) Jameson, 96
- Paula (McEachern) Parke, 65
- Norma A. (Williams) Riley, 94
- Ruth Ida (Dietzel) Rudolph, 92
Featuring listings from all Haverhill funeral homes:
|
- 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
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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: YWCA Director of Advancement Nicole Sammartino and Ruth’s House CEO Claire McManaman Hailson.
- 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. Guests: Groveland Town Moderator Joseph D’Amore 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.
- 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.
|
|
|
|
Listen Now
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
