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97.9 WHAV ♦ June 30, 2025 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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The most local news below...
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WHAV’s Budget Year Ends at Midnight
Thank You! Keep Local News After July 1
Today is the last budget day of WHAV’s current budget year and it’s your last chance to make a big difference in keeping local news flowing.
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Thank you to those who have already stepped up to close WHAV's end of year budget gap. They include John Rodriguez, Maureen Kelley-Dembitz, Nate Robertson, Sarah Weaver, Catherine Waldron, Lucinda Nolet, Yvonne Sisson, Nathan Webster, Donna Razey, Frederic Rose, Patrick Bowe, Lois Jacobs, Faith Delaney, among others.
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Become a subscriber or donor to make sure everyone remains informed on-air, online, in social media, over cable television, 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.
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WHAV, Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service, needs your help before midnight.
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Podcast: Haverhill’s Plug Pond Now Staffed with 7 Lifeguards as Peak Swimming Season Begins
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Lifeguards are back at Plug Pond this summer. The Haverhill Recreation Department this season revived its guard program after it was abandoned for lack of staff following the COVID-19 pandemic. To make sure the city has enough certified lifeguards to call on, the Recreation Department ran two well-attended lifeguard certification training programs in the last year—one in December and one …
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Public Meetings This Week: Commission Considers Stair Rebuild at Rocks Village Hand Tub House
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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. A new design for entrance stairs more in keeping with the historic Rocks Village Hand Tub House is on the agenda for the next meeting of the Rocks Village Historic …
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Haverhill Gateway Academy Students Show ‘Marked Improvement’ with GOAL Program
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Haverhill students showed “marked improvements in behavior, motivation and connection to school” while taking part this past school year in a pilot program called Gateway Occupational and Academic Learning—or GOAL, for short. GOAL is a collaboration of Gateway Academy; Haverhill Public Private Partnership, or HP3; and the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Haverhill. Aimed at the city’s most vulnerable …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill
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Haverhill Residents 60 and Up May Access Free Produce this Summer
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Haverhill residents over 60 once again have access to free produce this summer through a local harvest distribution program run by AgeSpan of Lawrence. A local farm will set up tables of fresh produce at Haverhill’s Citizens Center, 10 Welcome St., every Wednesday so that seniors can shop for what they prefer. The program gets underway Wednesday, July 9, at …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Stewart Becomes Haverhill Rotary Club President, Succeeding deFriesse
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Jered Stewart is the new president of the Rotary Club of Haverhill, taking over for Melissa deFriesse. Stewart is Bethany Communities’ president and CEO while deFriesse is director of development for the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Haverhill. Serving as vice president will be Kathy Fitts. Karl and Cathy Brunelle will stay on as co-treasurers and John Cuneo will …
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Haverhill Garden Club Selects Flynn for June Garden of the Month
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The Haverhill Garden Club June Garden of the Month award goes to Jack Flynn for his 16 Fernwood Ave. arrangements. According to the Garden Club, Flynn’s infatuation with gardening began nearly 60 years ago at his childhood home in Ipswich. He fondly remembers creating small garden beds around the house for his mother. After he and his wife, Mary, married …
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BrightBridge Credit Union Awards $27,500 in College Scholarships
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BrightBridge Credit Union earlier this month awarded $27,500 in scholarships to 19 graduating seniors from schools throughout Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire during a ceremony and dinner at the credit union’s Lawrence corporate office. Winners were selected from a pool of more than 700 applicants who were tasked with answering the essay question, “Tell us what leadership means to you. …
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Sections: Business Bulletin, Region
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- Dena Lynn Perillo, 52
- Charles Saben, 62
- Judith Ann (Capetanelis) Tilli,75
- Janet (Sanville) Duff, 92
- James R. “Jim” Ladd Jr., 67
- Nancy C. (St. Amand) Potvin, 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.
- 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.
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Fortune Business Update: Hosted by Geoffrey Colvin, 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.
- Suspense: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Tuesday’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.
- 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.
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Fortune Business Update: Hosted by Geoffrey Colvin, 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.
- Haverhill City Council: When in session. Live, 7 p.m.
- Dimension X: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
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