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City Desk

Barrett Becomes First to Formally Declare Run for Haverhill Mayor; Fiorentini to Confirm Retirement

Barrett Becomes First to Formally Declare Run for Haverhill Mayor; Fiorentini to Confirm Retirement
Haverhill City Councilor Melinda E. Barrett became a candidate for mayor of the city Thursday and immediately picked up a critical endorsement. Barrett filed a “change of purpose” form with the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance late Thursday morning, indicating in essence she seeks to move from the second floor of City Hall to the corner office downstairs. …

Sections: Election Central, Haverhill

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City Councilors to Form Committee to Discuss Salaries for Haverhill Elected Officials

City Councilors to Form Committee to Discuss Salaries for Haverhill Elected Officials
With changes in voting districts and Mayor James J. Fiorentini expected to call it quits this year, the City Council agreed Tuesday it is time to consider how much money should be paid to Haverhill’s city leaders. Councilor Catherine P. Rogers introduced the question back in August of last year and the councilors agreed to ask the mayor to create …

Sections: Haverhill

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Regional News

Update: Officials Say Andover Wife and Son Die at Hands of Husband Shooter Who Kills Himself

Update: Officials Say Andover Wife and Son Die at Hands of Husband Shooter Who Kills Himself
Officials are now confirming the shooting deaths of three people early this morning in Andover involved the murder of a wife and son and suicide by the husband. Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker and Andover Police Chief Patrick Keefe called the shooting a “tragic case of domestic violence and murder-suicide.” They said 12-year-old Sebastian Robinson and his mother, …

Sections: Crime, Region

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Education

Northern Essex Receives Honors at Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival

Northern Essex Receives Honors at Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
Northern Essex Community College Theater walked away with big honors and made its mark at this year’s Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival last week in Hyannis. The Region 1 festival brings together hundreds of college theater students, professors and professionals from New England and New York to showcase their work and expertise. The 2022 production of “Lighten Up” was …

Sections: Education, Haverhill

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Community Spotlight

Haverhill’s Temple Emanu-El Presents ‘The Lost and Isolated Jews of Southern Italy’

Haverhill’s Temple Emanu-El Presents 'The Lost and Isolated Jews of Southern Italy’
“The Lost and Isolated Jews of Southern Italy” is the topic of an online talk presented during Haverhill’s Temple Emanu-El Winter/Spring 2023 Author Series. Rabbi Barbara Aiello discusses the Jewish presence in southern Italy, including Sicily and Calabria, and explains how Jewish families who fled the Spanish inquisition and settled in those areas maintained remnants of their rituals and traditions …

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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: Bobby Gariepy, John Greenleaf Whittier School Theater Club, Matilda the Musical, and Officer Kaylee Sarfde, Haverhill Police Relief Association.
  • 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: When the words “Patient Experience” are used, reactions depend on the person. If a patient, one considers the patient experience to involve timely and swift appointments, and results that will, in the end, make them feel better physically and mentally. But, if a physician, one is expected to make the patient feel better physically and mentally, but also meet other requirements important to the physician’s role. Dr. Lance Braye, a former medical resident at the Lawrence Family Medicine Residency program and now treating patients in South Carolina, addresses the question.
  • 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. Guests: Ron Carpenito and Kerri Petalidas, Haverhill Exchange Club St Patrick’s Day Breakfast.
  • 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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