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97.9 WHAV ♦ April 27, 2023 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Your Guide to Better Citizenship
Packed with the most local news with no annoying sign-ins to keep you from this important community information.
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That’s the difference between Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service and others. WHAV members and donors make this free service available because they realize an informed public makes for better neighbors, employees, volunteers, customers, leaders and voters.
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Monday and Tuesday
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Charity, Organized After Brutal Haverhill Stabbing, Plans Fundraiser for the Suddenly Blind
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Second Chance for Sight Foundation, organized in the aftermath of a horrific attack two years that left a Haverhill woman blind, plans a fundraiser next month to help all who are suddenly blinded. Second Chance for Sight was formed by Zachary Sindoni, whose mother-in-law was one of the attack victims. He told Haverhill city councilors Tuesday night that he learned …
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May Workshop to Show Early Draft Concepts of Possible Replacement Basiliere Bridge
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Draft concepts of a planned replacement of the Pfc. Ralph T. Basiliere Bridge are expected to be shown during a third public meeting in mid-May. Massachusetts Department of Transportation officials say the early designs are a result of a public workshop earlier this month at Haverhill Public Library. The workshops “seek community input on the new bridge’s type and appearance, …
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Methuen Officials Join In Call For Federal and State Expansion of Past Police Dept. Corruption
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Methuen officials came together Wednesday with a no holds barred request for “immediate, cooperative and comprehensive” federal and state expansion of the investigation into alleged Methuen Police Department corruption. Mayor Neil Perry, City Council Chair Eunice D. Zeigler, Vice Chair Joel P. Faretra and the rest of the Council asked from help from U.S. Attorney Rachel S. Rollins, Massachusetts Attorney …
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Plaistow, N.H., Police Chief Santoro to Start Work Monday
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John Santoro begins serving Monday as Plaistow, N.H.’s new police chief. Plaistow Town Manager Gregory A. Colby said Santoro was hired “after an extensive and lengthy search.” “Chief Santoro is a respected leader in law enforcement and has a proven record of policing, emergency management and progressive leadership,” Colby said in a statement. Santoro, who succeeds former Chief Douglas Mullin, …
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State Signs Off on Planned $404.8 Million W-Shaped Whittier Tech; Community Pitch Begins in Winter
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The Massachusetts School Building Authority yesterday approved the preferred design—a three-story, W-shaped building on the current campus—for a new Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School. Superintendent Maureen Lynch and the Whittier Tech School Committee said the Authority’s board of directors unanimously approved the design at its regular meeting. “This is certainly a significant milestone for the project,” Lynch said. “There …
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Registration Underway for AHEPA Annual Greek American Golf Tournament June 17
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The annual Greek American Golf Tournament is on for June with early registration underway and availability of business sponsorship opportunities. The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association—AHEPA, for short—Acropolis Chapter 39 of Haverhill is having the tournament Saturday, June 17, beginning at 7:30 a.m., at Apple Hill Golf Course, Route 107, in East Kingston, N.H. Organizers say the event includes 18 …
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Sections: Community Spotlight
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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: Cynthia Graham of the Haverhill Firefighting Museum and MeVa Transit 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. Guests: Eunice Zeigler of the YWCA and Thomas O. Faulkner of Haverhill Bank.
- 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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