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97.9 WHAV ♦ May 19, 2022 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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WHAV Membership Drive Remembers ‘Bill Pike on the Open Mike’
The WHAV broadcast call letters arrived in Greater Haverhill 75 years ago. As it was in 1947, it is today with listeners and online readers hearing local voices speaking to issues of the day. “Bill Pike on the Open Mike” introduced many of those over decades of WHAV service.
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You can help WHAV to continue delivering a diverse array of speakers each week. On this, WHAV’s diamond jubilee, help support Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service by clicking here.
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Haverhill Expects to Replace Animal Control Shelter, But Private Ownership Possible
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The City of Haverhill will have a new animal control shelter in the not-too-distant future, but who builds and owns it is still up in the air. The current shelter was the subject of criticism two years ago when it was revealed that it was rat infested with several holes in the walls. At the time, then Councilor Timothy J. …
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Council Hears Mayor Fiorentini’s $231.1 Million Spending Plan; Scrutiny Continues Next Week
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Mayor James J. Fiorentini Tuesday introduced his proposed spending plan for the year that begins July 1. The Haverhill City Council, which began its scrutiny of the $231.1 million budget the night before, heard the mayor express his view that previous budgeting has played a hand in the redevelopment of Haverhill’s downtown. The result has been property values increasing there …
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U.S. Rep. Trahan Plans Public Town Meeting Sunday in Haverhill
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Congresswoman Lori Trahan is inviting residents to attend a town meeting-style chat this Sunday. Trahan will address residents and take questions Sunday, May 22, at 10 a.m., at the Haverhill Public Library, 99 Main St., Haverhill. The congresswoman said this is the first in-person town meeting here since the start of the pandemic.
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Merrimack Valley Planning Commission to Use $1.5 Million in Fed Grants for Brownfields Cleanup
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Cleanup of contaminated and blighted sites in the Merrimack Valley are moving ahead with $1.5 million in grants from the recently passed federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Haverhill-based Merrimack Valley Planning Commission was awarded $1 million to supplement its revolving loan program and $500,000 in Community-wide Brownfields Assessment Grants to address various sites. Cece Gerstenbacher, the Commission’s environmental planner, said the …
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Sections: Haverhill, Region
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Whittier Tech Students Benefit From New State-of-the-Art CAD/Drafting, Engineering Equipment
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Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School students are benefitting from recently purchased cutting-edge technology used in the Computer-Aided Design (CAD)/Drafting and Engineering pathways. Whittier Tech purchased an Epilog Fusion Pro 32, a laser engraving and cutting machine, for the CAD pathway. The device has a CO2 laser and a maximum laser strength of 120 watts. An 80-watt laser also was …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill, Region
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Author Nancy Rubin Stuart Discusses ‘Poor Richard’s Women’ Saturday in Haverhill
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Haverhill’s Museum of Printing hosts author Nancy Rubin Stuart for a Saturday lecture and “Poor Richard’s Women” book signing. Rubin Stuart discusses the women in Benjamin Franklin’s life, the subject of her recent book. She will recount the story of Deborah Read Franklin and the other women who loved Franklin, based on correspondence. The book is described as “a vivid …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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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: Deborah Chiaravalloti, Holy Family Hospital, and Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority Administrator Noah S. Berger.
- 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 School Committee: When in session, Live. 7 p.m.
- Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.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. Guests: Jeff Coco of North Andover Sheep Shearing Festival and Tony Pecci, Haverhill Lions 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.
- 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.
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