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City Desk

Aguilo Sets Out to Preserve Trees as Haverhill Conservation Commission Member

Aguilo Sets Out to Preserve Trees as Haverhill Conservation Commission Member
Oliver Aguilo’s zeal to preserve trees in his own Haverhill neighborhood has brought him to the city’s Conservation Commission where he’ll play a role in saving trees along a new Riverside trail. Aguilo succeeds Conservation Commission Vice Chair and Community Liaison Ralph T. Basiliere—the first to hold the community post, but who resigned from the board following his election as …

Sections: Haverhill

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Business Bulletin

Lupoli’s Bosa Restaurant and Rooftop Bar Set to Open Next Month; Job Fairs This Week

Lupoli’s Bosa Restaurant and Rooftop Bar Set to Open Next Month; Job Fairs This Week
(Additional photographs below.) The long-awaited Bosa Coastal Italian restaurant and rooftop bar in downtown Haverhill is set to open next month and is recruiting staff at two job fairs this week. Interviews are being conducted on site today and Saturday as the enterprise seeks to hire bartenders, servers, managers, hosts, runners, sous chef, dishwashers, chef de cuisine and line cooks. …

Sections: Business Bulletin, Going Out, Haverhill

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Community Spotlight

Boys & Girls Club of Greater Haverhill, HP3 Launch ‘The Bridge’ Job Skills Program Next Week

Boys & Girls Club of Greater Haverhill, HP3 Launch ‘The Bridge’ Job Skills Program Next Week
The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Haverhill and the Haverhill Public-Private Partnership, known as HP3 for short, join forces next Wednesday to launch a new workforce development program for high school students. Called “The Bridge,” meaning Building Relationships & Integrating Dynamic Growth Experiences, Club, the program will span five months and is designed to help students discover their interests …

Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill

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Regional News

Hersey Becomes Acting Register of Deeds After O’Brien Steps Down for Health Reason

Hersey Becomes Acting Register of Deeds After O’Brien Steps Down for Health Reason
Dorothy Hersey was named acting register of the Southern Essex District Registry of Deeds Jan. 1 following the resignation of John L. O’Brien because of illness. Secretary of State William F. Galvin appointed Hersey who has served as first assistant register since 2019 and first came to work for the office 19 years ago. As WHAV reported in 2016, O’Brien …

Sections: Region, State House News

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Education

Pentucket Regional Seeks Applicants for Groveland Representative to Whittier Tech

Pentucket Regional Seeks Applicants for Groveland Representative to Whittier Tech
Anyone interested in serving as Groveland’s representative to the Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School Committee has a chance to apply. The Pentucket Regional School District reports the term of Groveland’s current member, Lisa O’Connor, expires this spring, but she remains eligible for re-appointment. The next three-year term starts April 1, and runs through March 31, 2027. Applicants will be …

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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.
  • 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.
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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.
  • Insight Daily: 9:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
  • Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
  • FSN World News: 11 p.m.

Friday’s Radio Highlights

  • WIN for Breakfast: Local news, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guest: Rep. Andy X. Vargas.
  • 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.
  • 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: 8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
  • Insight Daily: 9:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
  • All Request Friday Night: Chris Porter, live, 6:15 p.m. Call 978-374-1900.
  • Couple Next Door: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
  • FSN World News: 11 p.m.
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