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WHAV Membership Drive Remembers Arthur Flynn

This year’s WHAV Fall Membership Drive continues the focus on the 75th anniversary of WHAV first coming to the service of local audiences—a mission that today is more important than ever.

Over the past 75 years of WHAV’s Merrimack Valley service, the radio station met residents’ needs for community information even as other media disappeared. Former boxer-turned-WLAW-radio-announcer Arthur Flynn, for example, came to WHAV when the Lawrence station closed. He hosted a weeknight program, called “Assignment Haverhill.”

Help celebrate WHAV’s diamond jubilee and return to its 1947 studio building in downtown Haverhill. Give a housewarming gift in support of Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service. Just click here.

Haverhill School Committee Joins Union in Ratifying Pact that Ended Historic Teachers’ Strike

Haverhill School Committee Joins Union in Ratifying Pact that Ended Historic Teachers’ Strike
Details of an agreement that ended an historic teachers’ strike in Haverhill were outlined last night as the Haverhill School Committee officially approved the pact it negotiated with teachers represented by the Haverhill Education Association. Bitterness between some union members and School Committee negotiators remained apparent during the public comment portion of the regular School Committee meeting. School Committee member …

Sections: Education, Haverhill

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Haverhill Wants Reimbursement For Costly Laws; Michitson Also Seeks Plan for Paying Major Expenses

Haverhill Wants Reimbursement For Costly Laws; Michitson Also Seeks Plan for Paying Major Expenses
A state auditor’s report first released last spring found 29 state laws passed between 2016 and 2020 have imposed significant financial burdens on Massachusetts cities and towns. One Haverhill city councilor is particularly concerned about rising election costs. Councilor Thomas J. Sullivan convinced his colleagues Tuesday night to unanimously ask for the state pay back the money. “One area in …

Sections: Haverhill, State House News

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Merrimack River Watershed Council Plans Haverhill Riverfront Walking Tour Next Friday

Merrimack River Watershed Council Plans Haverhill Riverfront Walking Tour Next Friday
Merrimack River Watershed Council invites residents to take part in a free walking tour along Haverhill’s riverfront. The 1.5-mile tour focuses on the history, ecology and environmental challenges and successes of the city’s Merrimack River waterfront. The walk begins at the Washington Square bus station in downtown Haverhill. It proceeds along the city’s downtown boardwalk, crosses the Ralph T. Basiliere …

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Plaistow, N.H., Other Area Police Departments Participate in National Drug Take Back Day Saturday

Plaistow, N.H., Other Area Police Departments Participate in National Drug Take Back Day Saturday
This weekend the Plaistow, N.H., Police Department joins other area communities taking part in a national effort to safely dispose of unused or expired prescription medications. Plaistow’s Take Back Day takes place Saturday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Plaistow Police Station, 27 Elm St., Plaistow. Participants may bring their unused or expired prescription medications to the station …

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Atkinson and Plaistow Residents Called to Dispose of Hazardous Waste at Kingston Municipal Hazardous Waste Collection

Atkinson and Plaistow Residents Called to Dispose of Hazardous Waste at Kingston Municipal Hazardous Waste Collection
Residents of Atkinson, Plaistow and other New Hampshire towns may get rid of hazardous waste in their homes Saturday at Kingston’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection.   Waste may be dropped off Saturday, Oct. 29, from 9 a.m.-noon, at 12 Main St., Kingston. Participants must bring proof of residency and are allowed to dispose of 10 gallons or equivalent of hazardous …

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Community Spotlight

Haverhill’s Museum of Printing Hosts Family-Friendly Halloween Cookie Painting

Haverhill’s Museum of Printing Hosts Family-Friendly Halloween Cookie Painting
Haverhill’s Museum of Printing presents a spooky activity this weekend with a Halloween Cookie Painting event. The event is happening on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Museum of Printing, 15 Thornton Ave., Haverhill. Families may paint their own Halloween cookies with edible watercolors. The browned-butter cookies feature vintage style illustrations from “The Black Cat Magazine,” a …

Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill

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Business Bulletin

Creatorpult Makerspace Invites Residents to Dress Up and Play Tonight at Halloween Game Night

Creatorpult Makerspace Invites Residents to Dress Up and Play Tonight at Halloween Game Night
Creatorpult Makerspace is hosting its first ever Halloween Game Night Party Friday including games, snacks and a costume contest. The event is happening Friday, Oct. 28, from 6-midnight, at Creatorpult Makerspace, 143 Essex St., Suite 211, Haverhill. Players can expect Halloween-themed tabletop games, socializing and food and drink. There will also be a costume contest and prizes for best costume, …

Sections: Haverhill

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What’s On?

The Night the Martian ‘Death Ray’ Missed Haverhill; ‘War of the Worlds’ Airs Saturday

The Night the Martian ‘Death Ray’ Missed Haverhill; ‘War of the Worlds’ Airs Saturday
Editor’s Note: This is an update of earlier versions of this story. Marking the 84th anniversary of the historic broadcast, 97.9 WHAV airs the original “Mercury Theater on the Air” presentation of the “War of the Worlds” after Haverhill’s trick or treat, at 10 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 29, with an encore three hours later at 1 a.m.  The supposed Martian …

Sections: Haverhill, Haverhill Heritage Series, What's On?

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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. Guest: Thomas Spitalere of Essex County Ghost Project.
  • 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.

Saturday’s Radio Highlights

  • Classic Hits: Favorites all day, except as indicated
  • Community Spotlight: News of upcoming cultural and civic events, quarter past every hour
  • Wave Weather: Every 30 minutes
  • World News: Noon and 11 p.m.
  • Take Two Movie Review: 8:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
  • Mass Moments: Today in Massachusetts history, 6:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.
  • Mercury Theater on the Air: Orson Welles’ original 1938 presentation of the “War of the Worlds,” 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
  • FSN World News: 11 p.m.

Sunday’s Radio Highlights

  • Classic Hits: Favorites all day, except as indicated
  • Community Spotlight: News of upcoming cultural and civic events, quarter past every hour
  • Wave Weather: Every 30 minutes
  • Pulse on Health: This week’s encore edition of Pulse on Health revisits Greater Lawrence Family Health Center’s first program in its recent speaker series. Guests are Michael Curry, president and CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, and Juan Fernando Lopera, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Beth Israel Lahey Health.
  • World News: Noon, 6 and 11 p.m.
  • Take Two Movie Review: 8:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
  • Mass Moments: Today in Massachusetts history, 6:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.
  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
  • FSN World News: 11 p.m.

Monday’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: Janet Nittmann of Windrush Farm Therapeutic Riding Center and Adrianne Ramos, candidate for 14th Essex state representative.
  • 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.
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