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97.9 WHAV ♦ October 26, 2022 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Haverhill Rotary Club Invites Nominee Submissions to Honor Veterans Serving the Community
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The Rotary Club of Haverhill is again seeking nominations of veterans to be honored during the service club’s Annual Veteran’s Day Breakfast next month. Speaking before the Haverhill City Council on Tuesday, Navy veteran and Rotary Club member George Moriarty explained the criteria for those nominations. “The idea is to honor someone who has both served honorably in one of …
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58th Annual VFW Santa Parade Picks Up Donations, Invites Floats and Participants to Join Nov. 20
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Organizers of the 58th Annual VFW Santa Parade are still piecing together private donations to pay for the annual event even as they worry last year’s ugly sweaters seem a bit snug this season. With this year’s Santa Parade theme being “Santa’s Ugly Christmas Sweater Party,” committee Chairman Daniel P. Plourde Sr. and member Ralph T. Basiliere donned their “ugly” …
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Haverhill Seeks Snowplow and Hauling Drivers in Time for Winter
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As the nation faces another year of driver shortages, Haverhill is looking for independent snowplow and hauling drivers for the upcoming winter season. The city, like last year, is paying $77 an hour for truck weights of 7,001-9,000 pounds, increasing to $110 for more than 36,000-pound dump trucks to $137 per hour for tractor/loader operators and $148 per hour for …
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Salem Superior Court Jury Finds Lawrence Police Officer Guilty of Raping 13-Year-Old
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A Lawrence Police officer was convicted Tuesday in Salem Superior Court on charges he engaged in sexual acts with a 13-year-old boy he met on a dating app. After deliberating for about four hours, a jury found 53-year-old Carlos Vieira guilty of two counts of aggravated rape of a child and indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. …
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Attorney General Healey, Sen. Finegold Tour 6K Electric Vehicle Battery Maker in North Andover
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Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate and Attorney General Maura Healey is scheduled to be in North Andover today to tour an electric vehicle battery company. The manufacturer, 6K, built a new factory making lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles using a $50 million federal infrastructure grant. It is considered one of the largest battery material production facilities in the United States. Healey is …
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Sections: Election Central, Region
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Northern Essex’s Carson Shares Early Childhood Education Degree Option Nationally
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A dean at Northern Essex Community College shares the institution’s novel Early Childhood Education degree program today during a national federal government-sponsored webinar. Jody Carson joins other Massachusetts leaders exploring a range of strategies to build and support career pathways for the Early Childhood Education workforce during the webinar hosted by the Office of the Administration for Children and Families, …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill
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Haverhill Native Cormier’s Play 'Saltonstall’s Trial' Debuts as Reading at Boston's Modern Theatre
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“Saltonstall’s Trial,” a play written by Haverhill’s Michael Cormier and written and directed by Beverly’s Myriam Cyr, is being read at the historic Modern Theatre this Thursday. The reading takes place Thursday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m., at the Modern Theatre, 525 Washington St., Boston. “Saltonstall’s Trial” tells the story of Nathaniel Staltonstall, a judge during the Salem Witch Trials, …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Whittier Birthplace Explores Whittier’s ‘The Witch of Wenham’ and Witch Trials Thursday
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Whittier Birthplace is hosting its October lecture this week featuring John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “The Witch of Wenham” and the witch trials that inspired it. The lecture takes place Thursday, Oct. 27, from 7-8 p.m., online. Curator of Wenham Museum, Jane Bowers is leading the talk. Prior registration is required. To register, click here. Attendance is free but a $10 …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Team Haverhill and Tap Brewing Company Present Three Nights of Terror at Haunted Hall
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Team Haverhill and Tap Brewing are partnering to give Haverhill residents a scare with their Haunted Hall. The hall opens Thursday, Oct. 27, from 8:30-11 p.m. and runs through Friday, Oct. 28, and Saturday, Oct. 29, from 8-11 p.m. It’s located on the third floor of 90 Washington St., Haverhill. Tickets are$20 for adults and $10 for children 12 and …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Haverhill Chamber Plans Forum to Discuss Property Taxes in Advance of City Council Setting Rates
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In advance of Haverhill’s annual ritual—setting tax rates for different property classes—the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce is asking businesses how taxes have impacted them. The Chamber is having a “Tax Classification Open Forum,” Wednesday, Nov. 9, from 2-4 p.m., at UMass Lowell Innovation Hub, 2 Merrimack St., third floor, Haverhill. Light refreshments will be served. Haverhill city councilors are …
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Sections: Business Bulletin, Haverhill
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Today’s Obituaries: Ronald Auclair, 75, Longtime Haverhill Contractor and Developer
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Ronald L. Auclair, 75, a longtime Haverhill resident, died peacefully on Oct. 20, at High Pointe Hospice House, surrounded by his loved ones. Born, raised and educated in Haverhill, son of the late Joseph L. and Jennie Mae (Durgin) Auclair, he attended local schools and graduated from the former Haverhill Trade School with the class of 1964. Following graduation he …
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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: Eunice Zeigler of the YWCA and Kaleigh Pare-Shaughnessy of Whittier Birthplace.
- 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. Guests: Michael S. McGonagle, Veterans Alliance of Greater Haverhill Pre-election Breakfast, and Lauren Towler of Groveland Langley-Adams Library.
- 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: Live. 7 p.m.
- Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
- FSN World News: 11 p.m.
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