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97.9 WHAV ♦ February 22, 2023 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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What Do You Pay For News?
Do you pay to subscribe to any other news media—newspaper or magazine subscription or, maybe you didn’t think of this, cable television?
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An informed public is good for everyone. Buy from as many outlets as you can, but are you overlooking WHAV? Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service has no outside investors and receives no cable television money or government grants.
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Committee Recommends New $422.3 Million Whittier Tech Replacement; Haverhill Share 44%
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A committee is recommending building a new $422.3 million building to replace the 50-year-old Whitter Regional Vocational Technical High School in Haverhill. The School Building Committee voted Friday to build a three-story, W-shaped building that would contain almost all vocational, specialty, support and community programs on the first two floors and academic classes on the third floor. After reimbursement by …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill, Region
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Sapienza-Donais First Incumbent Haverhill School Committee Member to Seek Ward Seat
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Incumbent Haverhill School Committee member Toni Sapienza-Donais says she will seek re-election as a candidate representing Ward 2. She is the first elected at-large incumbent to choose a neighborhood candidacy in Haverhill’s new mostly ward-based electoral system. Sapienza-Donais was first elected to a four-year term in 2020, but all of Haverhill’s elected officials now have two-year terms under Haverhill’s home-rule …
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Sections: Education, Election Central, Haverhill
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Decision on Cannabis Retailer’s Fight Over ‘Impact’ Fees a Year Away; Judge Decries ‘Bickering’
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A court decision over the legality of cannabis “impact fees” Haverhill charges a local retailer is about a year away. As expected, the final pre-trial conference Tuesday, presided over by Judge Jeffrey T. Karp in Essex County Superior Court, Newburyport, did nothing to resolve the issue itself, but did set a date for the court case to begin. In fact, …
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Sections: Cannabis, Haverhill
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Police Arrest Haverhill Man, Sought for Valentine’s Day House Break in West Newbury
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A 34-year-old Haverhill man, wanted by West Newbury Police for allegedly breaking into a house on Valentine’s Day, was arrested Tuesday in Lowell. Police Chief Michael Dwyer said in a press release Eric Cuppernell was arrested on a warrant charging him with breaking and entering during the daytime for felony and defacing or damaging property on Feb. 14, at about …
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Sections: Crime, Haverhill, Region
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Podcast: Haverhill Exchange Club Plans 21st Annual Rick Barry St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast
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The wearing of the green and all things Irish will be on display when the Haverhill Exchange Club holds its 21st Annual Rick Barry St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast. Exchangites Ron Carpenito and Kerrianne Petalidas discussed the upcoming fun for a good cause during a live appearance last week on WHAV’s “Win for Breakfast” program. Carpenito says a lot of work …
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Sections: Community Spotlight
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U.S. Chamber V.P. McAllister to Address Haverhill Chamber’s March Eggs & Issues Breakfast
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Eastern Region Vice President Stephen McAllister is the featured speaker during the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce’s March Eggs & Issues Legislative Breakfast. The monthly series, scheduled for the third Thursday of every month is intended, in the Chamber’s words, to bring “influential public and private figures together with the local business community for crucial conversations …
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Sections: Business Bulletin, 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: Eunice Zeigler of the YWCA and Helen Sheehan, Eammon’s Heart Foundation.
- 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. Guest: 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.
- Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
- FSN World News: 11 p.m.
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