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97.9 WHAV ♦ March 18, 2024 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Growth at Haverhill’s Gateway Academy Takes Many Forms; Serves 130 Students at Former St. James
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(Additional photograph below.) Since it separated from Haverhill High School in 2022, the alternative school Gateway Academy has moved to the former St. James School and instructs around 130 students, though Principal Brian Edmunds said he expects the number to continue growing. The School Committee moved the Haverhill Alternative School and Therapeutic Education Assessment Center out of the building in …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill
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Legislature Enacts Haverhill Petitions to Allow Dacey and Clark to Take Civil Service Exams
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The state House and Senate last week advanced two Haverhill home rule petitions which will allow two residents to take civil service examinations for Haverhill police and fire respectively. Each branch of the legislature enacted petitions to enable Brian Dacey to take the civil service examination for police officer and Derek Clark to take the civil service examination for the …
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Rep. Vargas Seeks Expansion of State Earned Income Tax Credit for Those Not Currently Eligible
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Immigrant advocates, including Haverhill Rep. Andy X. Vargas, last Thursday lobbied for expanded eligibility of a tax credit that’s seen as a key tool to prevent poverty and improve education outcomes among low-income households. About 21,000 to 26,000 households that are not currently eligible for the state Earned Income Tax Credit due to their immigration status stand to benefit from …
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Sections: Beacon Hill News, Haverhill
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Pentucket Regional ‘High Performance Training’ Open to Area Students This Summer
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Rock band practice, video game development and strength and agility training are among the summer program classes available to students both living in and outside of the Pentucket Regional School District. Pentucket schools have opened registration for “High Performance Training,” focusing on both traditional sports and athletics, as well as digital technologies such as video production and computer programming. Classes …
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Sections: Education, Region
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Second Chance For Sight Plans Charity Social March 23
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Second Chance For Sight, founded to empower individuals and families impacted by visual impairments caused by trauma, plans a fundraising social with dinner, live music and games. The social takes place Saturday, March 23, from 5-10 p.m., at Wicked Axe, 721 S, Main St., Haverhill. General admission tickets are $80 each and includes music, dinner, axe throwing, golf simulator, darts, …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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FEMA to Reimburse Lawrence General Hospital Nearly $1.2 Million for Pandemic Staffing
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is reimbursing Lawrence General Hospital almost $1.2 million for the cost of paying staff for additional hours worked during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Public Assistance grant will reimburse the 189-bed general hospital for the cost of paying staff for additional hours worked to respond to the surge in patents caused by pandemic between March and …
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Sections: Business Bulletin, Region
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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: Merrimack Valley Planning Commission Community and Economic Development Program Manager Ian Burns and MakeIT Haverhill founder Keith Boucher.
- 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.
- Suspense: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
- FSN World News: 11 p.m.
Tuesday’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: Veterans Northeast Outreach Center Executive Director William Kelly.
- 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.
- Haverhill City Council: Live. 7 p.m.
- X Minus One: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
- FSN World News: 11 p.m.
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