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97.9 WHAV ♦ March 15, 2023 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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“Let the truth…undisguised, naked, terrible as it is, stand out before us.”
—John Greenleaf Whittier
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WHAV is Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service.
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Thank you to WHAV members who help pay for original local news reporting that is shared with the community.
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New Napoli’s Pizza Owner Wins Full Liquor License for Cedar Street Napoli’s Tavern
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During the 77 years of Napoli’s Pizza’s existence, its new owner says, people have not been able to eat sitting down on site. Richard LeClaire said that will change in a sense when he begins serving the independent pizzeria’s offerings at his just-approved add-on, Napoli’s Tavern, at the corner of Cedar and Eighth Avenue, Haverhill. Neighbors, however, expressed concern, recalling …
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Sections: Going Out, Haverhill
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Only a Month Left for Individuals and Groups to Apply for Haverhill Youth Activity, Mental Health Grants
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Haverhill parents, community-based organizations, civic groups, educations providers have about a month left to apply for a portion of $750,000 in youth activities and mental health grants. As WHAV reported first at the beginning of last month, individuals and groups have until Friday, April 14, to seek money from the second year of the program to pay for participation fees, …
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Groveland Police Thank Resident Who Found and Returned $7,550 in Cash, More in Checks
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Groveland Police extended its thanks Tuesday to a resident who last Wednesday found more than $7,500 in cash on the side of a road, which was then returned to its rightful owner. Police Chief Jeffrey T. Gillen and his department thanked Richard Saulnier of Groveland who found what appeared to be a checkbook, containing $7,550 in cash and written checks …
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Haverhill Public Schools Receive Donation of STEM Books for Read Across America Day
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Haverhill Public Schools received a boost last weekend as part of celebrations surrounding “Read Across America Day” earlier this month. Boxes of science, technology, engineering and math—or STEM—books were delivered Saturday to the Caleb Dustin Hunking School by the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce. General Dynamics donated the books to United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley and then …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill
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Buttonwoods Museum Invites Residents to ‘Curate Your Own Exhibit;’ Ideas Due April 28
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Haverhill’s Buttonwoods Museum is again inviting pitches to “Curate Your Own Exhibit.” The museum asks residents with a collection of objects, artifacts and ideas to share them with the community and possibly assemble an exhibit. Proposal should include a clear theme or story line and the type of artifacts applicants would like to exhibit. Artifacts from Buttonwoods’ own collection may …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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During Tour of Covanta, Haverhill Rotarians Learn of Company Plans for a Carbon-Negative Future
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Haverhill Rotarians came away from a recent tour of Covanta in Ward Hill understanding the company is a major recycler and power provider that is not only reducing carbon emissions now, but plans to lead a carbon-negative future. Covanta Area Asset Manager Mark Van Weelden told club members during a lunch and tour the Haverhill operation processes 602,000 tons of …
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Sections: Business Bulletin, Haverhill
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Radio Listening Overtakes Television for the First Time; Studies Cite Cable Cord Cutting
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Radio has overtaken television for the first time in history among persons 18-49 in average audience and weekly reach. According to the watched Nielsen Total Audience Report, live and time-shifted television’s dominance has been consistently shrinking over the last few years. In 2022, the long-predicted resurgence of radio in the face of cable cord cutting came to pass. Media trade …
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Sections: Haverhill, What's On?
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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. Guest: Geralyn White Dreyfous and Maureen Lynch, superintendent, Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School.
- 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: Haverhill Promise Director Jessica Kallin.
- 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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