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Win Damon interviews his long-ago WHAV morning show predecessor, Tom Bergeron, Friday. Bergeron, who returns to the WHAV Building and the very studio where his career began in 1972, talks about meeting, befriending and collaborating with his childhood television idols such as Dick Van Dyke and William Shatner, among other topics.

City Desk

Michitson Lays Out Vision for New Advanced Manufacturing Business Park in Haverhill

Michitson Lays Out Vision for New Advanced Manufacturing Business Park in Haverhill
The Haverhill City Council received a vision of the future of manufacturing in Haverhill during a presentation by the body’s vice president Tuesday night. Council Vice President John A. Michitson outlined a plan to develop a “Regional Smart Manufacturing Hub” at the site of a proposed business park to be located at the old Dutton Airport, off Amesbury Road. He …

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Haverhill Native Wright Cites Italian Immigrant Roots as she is Sworn in as City Clerk

Haverhill Native Wright Cites Italian Immigrant Roots as she is Sworn in as City Clerk
(Additional photograph below.) Kaitlin M. Wright was formally sworn in Wednesday as Haverhill’s city clerk. The Haverhill native and graduate of Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School had served as assistant city clerk since the fall of 2021. Wright made a point of underlining her Haverhill roots, noting her great grandmother Mary Marini Langlois appears on a downtown mural. “My …

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Regional News

Purported Family Member Says More to Plaistow, N.H., Three-Car Crash Wednesday

Purported Family Member Says More to Plaistow, N.H., Three-Car Crash Wednesday
A purported family member said a naked man, allegedly involved in a three-car accident Wednesday in Plaistow, N.H., is “battling mental illness.” The social media remark responds to Plaistow Police’s press release involving the arrest of Timothy O’Rourke of Danville, N.H., and chastises sharing the post, in the words of the commenter, “so that people could judge, make jokes and …

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Methuen Police Arrest Three, Including Haverhill Man, for Alleged Fentanyl, Cocaine Dealing

Methuen Police Arrest Three, Including Haverhill Man, for Alleged Fentanyl, Cocaine Dealing
A Haverhill man and two people from Rochester, N.H., were arrested by Methuen Police Tuesday and charged with dealing in fentanyl and crack cocaine. Methuen Police Chief Scott J. McNamara said in a statement Wednesday more than 35 grams of fentanyl and more than 30 grams of crack cocaine and $5,700 in cash were seized after officers saw an alleged …

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Community Spotlight

Boys & Girls Club of Greater Haverhill Plans February Vacation Academy, Feb. 21-24

Boys & Girls Club of Greater Haverhill Plans February Vacation Academy, Feb. 21-24
It’s not too early to think about plans for February school vacation. The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Haverhill is bringing back its February Vacation Academy, open during Haverhill Public School’s February Vacation from Tuesday, Feb. 21, through Friday, Feb. 24, from 8:30 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. It is geared to students from kindergarten through eighth grade and features academics, …

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Business Bulletin

Weather Delay: Dyn Entrepreneur York Talks Business Growth Tonight in Haverhill

Weather Delay: Dyn Entrepreneur York Talks Business Growth Tonight in Haverhill
A talk by Kyle York, co-founder, CEO and managing partner at York IE, and moderated by invisaWear CEO Rajia Abdelaziz, is now scheduled to take place tonight after being postponed because of the weather. York helped grow domain name system company Dyn in 2008 to a $100 million company when acquired by Oracle in late 2016. He shares strategies for …

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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: James Tzitzon, author of “The History of The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicle Inspector,” 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: Live. 7 p.m.
  • Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
  • FSN World News: 11 p.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. Guest: Tom Bergeron.
  • 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.
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