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97.9 WHAV ♦ February 28, 2024 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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In WHAV Interview, AG Campbell Discusses How Strategic Plan Addresses Greater Haverhill Issues
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State Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell says statewide housing, health care, consumer protection and safety issues affecting Greater Haverhill are among those she’s tackling statewide. In an interview with WHAV Tuesday, Campbell said she received praise from Haverhill state Rep. Andy X. Vargas on her decision to file suit yesterday against the Town of Milton for failing to create a …
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Council Ratifies Haverhill Firefighter Contract After Three Years; Delays Hearing for Washington St. Housing
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After three years in limbo, Haverhill city councilors ratified the firefighters’ contract with the city last night. The city and union reached the new agreement in early February, as WHAV reported. It will bring retroactive cost-of-living raises for each year, a one-time “special wage adjustment” this year and various stipend and shift differential increases. Haverhill Firefighters Local 1011 President Tim …
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That Noise You Heard Was State Police Bomb Squad Destroying Old Fireworks in Haverhill
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The Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad Monday afternoon conducted the safe detonation of fireworks previously confiscated by Haverhill Police. Deputy Police Chief Stephen J. Doherty Jr. told WHAV his department routinely collects old or confiscated fireworks and keeps them in a secure shipping container behind the police station at 40 Bailey Boulevard. As was the case Monday, the material was …
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Methuen Democrats to Elect State Convention Delegates at Caucus March 11
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Methuen Democrats plan to meet online to elect 24 delegates and five alternates to represent Methuen at the 2024 State Democratic Convention. The Methuen Democratic Caucus takes place Monday, March 11, beginning at 6 p.m., via Zoom. The caucus is open to all registered Democrats and the Methuen City Democratic Committee I encouraging participation. Delegates will be divided equally between …
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Third Annual Northern Essex Community College Giving Day Supports Areas of Greatest Need
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Northern Essex Community College is readying for its third annual Giving Day—a 24-hour fundraiser uniting alumni, friends, staff, faculty and students in supporting the college and its students. Giving Day takes place Thursday, April 4, with themed challenges, prizes and more. The date is significant since more than 60 years ago, April 7 was the date students could first register …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill, Region
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MakeIT Haverhill Offers Free Computer Classes in April and May; Free Chromebooks for Grads
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MakeIT Haverhill is registering those interested in taking free basic and intermediate computer classes during April and May. Classes take place over eight weeks, starting in April and ending in May, and include Computer Basics, taught in English or Spanish, and Intermediate, taught in English. Classes are open to anyone ages 16 years or older regardless of city or town …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Reading Food Labels—Haverhill Council on Aging Explains What it All Means
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Those who read food labels and wonder what words like organic, grass-fed and non-GMO really mean have a chance to learn during a talk sponsored by the Haverhill Council on Aging. AgeSpan’s Leigh Hartwell and Mariely Almonte provide an interactive lecture on deciphering food labels. They’ll discuss how to identify certified food labels, what to watch out for and why …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Monthly Subscriptions Pay for Local News
Do you pay to subscribe to any other news media—newspaper or magazine subscription or, maybe you didn’t think of this, cable television?
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An informed public is good for everyone. Buy from as many outlets as you can, but are you overlooking WHAV? Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service has no outside investors and receives no cable television money or government grants.
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Today’s Radio Highlights
- WIN for Breakfast: Local news, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guests: YWCA Advancement Director Eunice Zeigler and Kerri Petalidas, Merry Charlesworth and Lisa MacDougall from Haverhill Exchange Club.
- 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.
- Great Gildersleeve: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
- FSN World News: 11 p.m.
Thursday’s Radio Highlights
- WIN for Breakfast: Local news, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. UMass Lowell Associate Professor of Management Elana Feldman on using Leap Day to “tackle something less usual.”
- 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.
- Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
- FSN World News: 11 p.m.
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