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97.9 WHAV ♦ November 16, 2022 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Complete local news below.
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WHAV Fall Membership Drive Remembers Ralph Hall
WHAV morning news anchor Ralph Hall was most familiar to listeners for his “No schools, all schools Haverhill” snow emergency announcements for two decades. Hall came to WHAV in 1963 after working for the Lawrence Post Office.
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Hall’s work day began early, picking up overnight police reports on his way to the station each morning. He played the National Anthem, read the station sign-on announcement and proceeded to deliver multiple newscasts each morning. Like his erstwhile sidekick, Tom Bergeron, he stayed on the air until early afternoon to anchor, what was called, “Expanded News” at noon.
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For more than two decades, sharp-eyed observers would see his name on scales and gas pumps across the area when he also served as Haverhill’s and Methuen’s sealer of weights and measures.
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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.
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Haverhill Council Votes 5-3 to Keep Proportion of Tax Rates Paid by Homeowners and Businesses
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Haverhill homeowners will see their property taxes increase by about 4% after the City Council voted 5-3 last night to maintain the proportion of taxes paid by businesses and homeowners. That tax classification rate means that commercial and industrial business owners pay 65% more than residential property owners. Based on estimated property values, the average single-family homeowner will be paying …
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Haverhill Family Health Center Celebrates Second Anniversary, Outlines Ambitious Plans
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Haverhill Family Health Center celebrated its second birthday this week, welcoming members of its Business Leaders Network in Tuesday for an update. The nonprofit Health Center at 755 Main St., near the intersection with Primrose Street, is operated by Greater Lawrence Family Health Center. President and CEO Guy L. Fish told guests how the health center is different. “This is …
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Sections: Haverhill, Health, Region
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Haverhill Offers Free COVID-19 Home Tests to Help Avoid Virus Surge Over the Holiday
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Haverhill’s Public Health Department hopes to thwart a COVID-19 virus surge during the Thanksgiving holiday as has happened the last two years. The relatively new city department suggests residents take a home test for COVID-19 before gatherings over the holiday. To assist, it offers free test kits to Haverhill residents next Tuesday, Nov. 22, from 2-4 p.m., and Wednesday, Nov. …
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Sections: Haverhill, Health
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Late Ballots, Received by Deadline, Could Lead to Recount in Mirra/Kassner Rep. Race
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A week ago, Rep. Lenny Mirra went to bed believing he had been re-elected to his 2nd Essex District seat by 84 votes, but a recount may be in the works. A trickle of eligible votes counted after the initial election day burst slashed the Georgetown Republican’s tight margin to a nearly microscopic one. It wasn’t clear Tuesday whether any …
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Sections: Election Central, Haverhill, Region
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Northern Essex Community College Receives $300,000 for ‘Diversifying Nursing Pathways Initiative’
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Northern Essex Community College is one of 10 community colleges in the U.S. receiving money to increase access to nursing careers for people from various racial and ethnic backgrounds and address systemic barriers they may face. The Accelerating and Diversifying Nursing Pathways at Community Colleges Initiative is awarded through the Achieving the Dream organization and is made possible with support …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill, Region
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Leaving the Streets Ministries Opens Second Location with Ribbon Cutting Thursday
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Leaving the Streets Ministries is cutting a ceremonial ribbon Thursday to celebrate the grand opening of its second Haverhill location. The ceremony is Thursday, Nov. 17, at 1 p.m., at 200 Primrose St., Haverhill. Leaving the Streets Ministries is a church with a focus on helping youth and adults struggling with addiction, poverty, homelessness, gang involvement and previous incarceration. It …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Tufts Medicine Care at Home Leads Free Workshops on Coping with the Holidays when Grieving
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Tufts Medicine Care at Home, formerly Home Health Foundation, is offering several virtual and in-person workshops on coping with grief during the holiday season. Virtual workshops take place Wednesday, Nov. 16, 11 a.m.-noon, and Wednesday, Dec. 14, from 6-7 p.m., while in-person meetings are happening Thursdays, Nov. 17, Dec. 1, and Dec. 15, from 5-6:30 p.m., at St. Michael’s Parish, …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Bartlett School and Assessment Center Puts on Food Drive During Holiday Season
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Haverhill’s Bartlett School and Assessment Center is asking for canned goods and non-perishable items for its food drive throughout November and December. Donations may be delivered Mondays through Fridays, between 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at Bartlett School, 551 Washington St., Haverhill. Food should be dropped off before or between the two drop off dates: Monday, Nov. 21, and Thursday, Dec. 22. …
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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: Tammy Dobrosielski discusses Wreaths Across America and Maureen Lynch, superintendent, Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School.
- 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: Kathy Fitts of the Haverhill Garden Club and Tom Spitalere, Buttonwoods Festival of Trees.
- 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.
- FSN World News: 11 p.m.
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