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Monday’s Open Mike Show featured portions of the Haverhill Democratic City Committee’s “Immigration and Civil Rights” forum, as broadcast live from the Haverhill Public Library. The forum featured Boston City Councilor Josh Zakim and local attorney Zoila M. Gomez. The full video appears below.
Jim Callahan returned to the Open Mike Show Monday, March 20, as guest host. He interviews WHAV volunteer Cindy Driver.
“Heroes in Our Midst,” a new book about local veterans by Tom Duggan, was the focus of discussion during Monday’s Open Mike Show on 97.9 WHAV. Duggan, publisher of the Valley Patriot newspaper, said his newspaper honors a local veteran on the front page of each issue. It is a tradition going back to the Valley Patriot’s launch in 2004. The book is a collection of 134 stories and interviews covering veterans of World War II to Afghanistan. The book, Heroes in Our Midst: From The Pages of The Valley Patriot, is available at Amazon.com.
Former Haverhill Mayor James A. Rurak appeared on WHAV’s Open Mike Show Monday night, discussing his life before and after his four terms in office. Rurak told little known stories about his life fixing cigarette machines for his father’s, former Sen. James. P. “Jake” Rurak’s, old vending machine business, proposing marriage to his wife Kathy at Crystal Lake and helping homeless teenagers. “There is a space between 16 and 18—18, you’re part of the system, and 16 you’re part of another system—but in the middle there are a lot of kids who at 17 have no services at all,” Rurak said. The entire interview appears with video below.
Whittier Birthplace Trustees Margaret “Peg” Toomey and Joan Cranton gave WHAV listeners Monday night an idea of what to expect during “Snow-Bound Weekend,” taking place this weekend. The trustees and organizers of the event appeared on WHAV’s Open Mike Show with host Tim Coco, also a Whittier trustee. “Snow-Bound Weekend,” a festive historical journey, takes place Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 11 and 12, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Each re-creation, taking place in front of the very hearth John Greenleaf Whittier describes in his famous poem, takes about 20 minutes. Visitors are also welcome to enjoy refreshments, hear music and review period carriages owned and restored by Shawn McCusker of Haverhill.
Listeners weighed in on President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration during Monday night’s Open Mike Show on 97.9 WHAV. See the entire program below.
Two local women have strong feelings about new President Donald Trump. Demet Haksever, who attended Saturday’s Women’s March on Washington, and Kerry Fitzgerald, who participated in a sister rally in Boston, appeared on WHAV’s Open Mike Show Monday night with host Tim Coco. See the entire video below.
Guests Joseph Edwards (pictured above) and Marc Lemay talk local sports and a planned sports-oriented edition of the Open Mike Show. See the entire program below.