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97.9 WHAV ♦ March 06, 2023 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Haverhill Council to Hear Sweeping Zoning Change, Planned Housing Board to Address Shortage
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A multipart approach to a housing shortage and related lack of affordable apartments in Haverhill calls for changes to zoning, establishment of a new housing board and builder-financed trust fund and incentives to allow more units despite lot sizes. The proposal goes before the City Council tomorrow night, building on a plan first discussed two years ago, to require 10% …
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Haverhill’s Fourth Annual Preschool Resource Fair Takes Place April 1
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Haverhill’s Fourth Annual Preschool Resource Fair, which had been scheduled to take place this past Saturday, is now planned for the first of April. The fair now takes place Saturday, April 1, from 9:30-11:30 a.m., at Caleb Dustin Hunking School, 480 S. Main St., Haverhill. The event is organized by the city’s Early Learning Leadership Team. Haverhill families have an …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill
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‘Likely Cyberattack’ Interrupts Northern Essex Community College Network, Forcing Monday Closing
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Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill and Lawrence is closed Monday after an apparent cyberattack, reported Sunday afternoon, caused what was described as a “network interruption issue.” The College issued a text message alert just before 3 p.m., Sunday, reporting “a likely cyberattack.” A link to more information brought at least some users to an error message, saying the website …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill, Region
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Plaistow’s Pollard School Students to Take Part in ‘Drawn to the Music’
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Pollard School students in Plaistow, N.H., are among those participating in “Drawn to the Music” in April. The annual event by the New Hampshire Philharmonic brings in students from across New Hampshire to present their interpretations of music through their drawings. There is also a Touch an Instrument after the concert. The concert features Copland’s Appalachian Spring match to student …
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Sections: Education, Region
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UMass Lowell Students Develop Warning System for Children Suffering Asthma Attacks
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A team of UMass Lowell students working to avert deaths from asthma attacks have proposed an oxygen-sensing device called Catnap—a project that won the ninth annual UMass Lowell DifferenceMaker Francis College of Engineering Prototyping Competition. More than 25 million Americans have asthma, including nearly two million children under the age of 12, according to the Centers for Disease Control and …
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Sections: Education, Region
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Greater Haverhill Arts Association Features Work of Kate Bozio
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Kate Bozio is the featured member artist of the Greater Haverhill Arts Association with her work on display through the end of April. Bozio addresses varied subjects in drawings and in acrylic paintings that reveal her passion for creating art and speak of her life’s journey. Her art appears during public hours at the Art Niche at UMass Lowell’s Innovation …
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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: YMCA Regional Executive Director Tracy Fuller and Patricia Trainor O’Malley, author, “So Far From Home: Letters From Ireland to Family In America.”
- 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.
Tuesday’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: Sen. Barry R. Finegold and Haverhill school Superintendent Margaret Marotta.
- 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 City Council: Live. 7 p.m.
- X Minus One: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
- FSN World News: 11 p.m.
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