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Podcast: MeVa Transit Extends Six Bus Routes Two Hours Later Into the Night with Added State Money

Podcast: MeVa Transit Extends Six Bus Routes Two Hours Later Into the Night with Added State Money
MeVa Transit’s six highest bus ridership routes will be running two hours later starting tomorrow thanks, in part, to a $56 million statewide budget increase for regional transit authorities. MeVa Transit Administrator Noah Berger, a recent guest on WHAV’s “Win for Breakfast” program, said he also has more drivers, helping support extended hours. “With our September schedule, we’ll be extending …

Sections: Haverhill, Region, What's On?

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Ryan Becomes Girls’ Basketball Varsity Head Coach at Haverhill High School

Ryan Becomes Girls’ Basketball Varsity Head Coach at Haverhill High School
A seventh-grade instructor at Haverhill’s Caleb Dustin Hunking School was named girls’ basketball varsity head coach at Haverhill High School. Haverhill High School Athletic Director Thomas E. O’Brien announced the appointment of Doug Ryan on Thursday. Ryan brings more than a decade of basketball coaching experience to the Hillie program. He has served as the boys’ varsity assistant coach at …

Sections: Education, Haverhill, Sports

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Regional News

Judge Sends Methuen Man, 27, to Prison Two Years for Fake Pandemic Business Loans

Judge Sends Methuen Man, 27, to Prison Two Years for Fake Pandemic Business Loans
A 27-year-old Methuen man was sentenced late last week in U.S. District Court in Boston for using stolen identities to fraudulently obtain $452,000 in pandemic business relief money and laundering the funds. Ramon Joseph Cruz Jr. was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to two years and one day in prison and three years of supervised release …

Sections: Crime, Region

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DiZoglio Chats Transparent Government with Dominican Republic’s Pablo Ulloa

DiZoglio Chats Transparent Government with Dominican Republic’s Pablo Ulloa
At the end of August, state Auditor Diana DiZoglio hosted Ombudsman of the Dominican Republic Pablo Ulloa for a visit at the Massachusetts State House, where she emphasized the importance of open government. “I appreciate that Mr. Ulloa is working hard to increase government accountability and transparency in the Dominican Republic,” said DiZoglio. “Exchanging ideas, best practices and challenges is …

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Community Spotlight

Haverhill Recreation Sponsors Yoga Outside at Winnekenni Castle

Haverhill Recreation Sponsors Yoga Outside at Winnekenni Castle
Yoga will be practiced in the wild areas near Winnekenni Castle during a 50-minute class. An instructor will teach a class outdoors followed by a self-guided walking tour of the surrounding park and trails. All ages and abilities are welcome at the class on Sunday, Sept. 10, at 3:30 p.m., at the castle, 347 Kenoza Ave., Haverhill. Registration is $25. …

Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill

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Obituaries

Today’s Obituaries: Pamela J. Capodelupo, Social Worker

Today’s Obituaries: Pamela J. Capodelupo, Social Worker
Pamela J. Capodelupo, a Haverhill native and lifelong resident, died Thursday, Aug. 24, at home after a lengthy illness, passing peacefully in her sleep. She was 66. She and her wife, Donna (Greene), married in 2004 after 21 years together. They joked it was the longest engagement of any couple they knew. In all, they were together for 40 …

Sections: Haverhill, Obituaries

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  • WIN for Breakfast: Local news, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guests: Sen. Barry R. Finegold and Haverhill school Superintendent Margaret Marotta.
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  • 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.
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  • 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: 8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
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