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Retired Haverhill Police Chief DeNaro Asks State to Overturn Local Board’s Denial of Disability Pension

Retired Haverhill Police Chief DeNaro Asks State to Overturn Local Board’s Denial of Disability Pension
Retired Haverhill Police Chief Alan R. DeNaro has asked the state to overturn the November decision of the Haverhill Retirement Board to deny him a disability pension. Retirement Administrator David Van Dam confirmed Thursday the Haverhill Retirement Board voted Nov. 8 to deny DeNaro’s application for a publicly undisclosed health issue. The former chief filed his appeal to the state …

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Regional News

Podcast: Couple Quietly Saves the Haverhill Southwick Clothing Legacy and Creates New Jobs

Podcast: Couple Quietly Saves the Haverhill Southwick Clothing Legacy and Creates New Jobs
The high-profile shuttering of Haverhill-based Southwick Clothing in 2020 was well known, but not so the story of how the company’s legacy was rescued and put people back to work—some as owners. Closing the maker of Brooks Brothers clothing meant not only the loss of 400 jobs, but an end to the only job some workers ever had since moving …

Sections: Haverhill, Region, What's On?

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Education

Methuen Education Official Calls Schools the ‘Prevention Arm of the Mental Health System’

Methuen Education Official Calls Schools the ‘Prevention Arm of the Mental Health System’
A report that tapped a Methuen school official, among others, suggests the potential for schools and pediatric primary care providers to play a more significant role in addressing a “long-standing crisis” in children’s behavioral health, The 45-page report, released Thursday by the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, draws from 25 interviews with unnamed system insiders to lay out insights and …

Sections: COVID-19, Health, Region

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Community Spotlight

NH Phil Plans ‘Winter Serenities Concert’ Feb. 18-19

NH Phil Plans ‘Winter Serenities Concert’ Feb. 18-19
New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra presents its “Winter Serenities Concert” as an escape from winter. The concert features Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis” for double string orchestra and string quartet, Arvo Part’s “Summa,” Alicia Rockenhauser performance of Eugene Goossen’s Oboe Concerto and Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony. Concerts take place Saturday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m., and …

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Business Bulletin

Lt. Gov. Driscoll to Welcome Mayors and Town Managers at Merrimack Valley Chamber Breakfast Monday

Lt. Gov. Driscoll to Welcome Mayors and Town Managers at Merrimack Valley Chamber Breakfast Monday
Newly sworn in Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll will welcome area leaders at the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Mayors and Town Managers Forum Monday. Driscoll has first-hand knowledge of the day-to-day operations of a city having previously served as mayor of Salem from 2006 until her inauguration as the 73rd lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. Before that, she served as …

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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: Michael Thompson, Haverhill SCORE Volunteer, and Laurie Cantwell, 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.
  • 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
  • FSN 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.
  • Gunsmoke: 10 p.m. and 1 a.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: Go behind the scenes to another Greater Lawrence Family Health Center all-site meeting—this one from the Health Center’s soon-to-be-expanded West Site, 700 Essex St., Lawrence. Dr. Guy Fish, president and CEO, talks about the strategic plan, as well as news from the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers and updates from the state Department of Public Health.
  • FSN 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.

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. Guest: Greater Haverhill Chamber President and CEO Alex Eberhardt.
  • 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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