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City Desk

Every Haverhill Ward Has at Least One Council Candidate with Ferreira Entrance; Grannemann for Schools

Every Haverhill Ward Has at Least One Council Candidate with Ferreira Entrance; Grannemann for Schools
Tuesday is the day of Haverhill’s special election, but interest is also building for this fall’s first ward-based city elections. As it stands now, only four of seven ward council seats are contested. Devan Ferreira, known for her activism around education and agriculture, ensured there would be at least one candidate for every ward by taking out nomination papers recently …

Sections: Election Central, Haverhill

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Podcast: On WHAV, DA Tucker Names Mental Health Among First Responders, Public a Top Concern

Podcast: On WHAV, DA Tucker Names Mental Health Among First Responders, Public a Top Concern
Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker has made taking care of first responders one of his office’s priorities. The district attorney, appearing on WHAV’s “Win for Breakfast” program Wednesday, discussed the importance of paying attention to mental health issues, saying he looks at it in two ways. “I will say Chief (Robert P.) Pistone in Haverhill has does an …

Sections: Haverhill, Region, What's On?

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Regional News

North Andover Historical Society Names Hoffman Executive Director

North Andover Historical Society Names Hoffman Executive Director
Sheila K. Hoffman has been named executive director of the North Andover Historical Society. After an extensive search process that attracted exceptional candidates from across the country, officials said, Hoffman emerged as the “standout choice” to lead the Historical Society into its next chapter. They cited her deep expertise in historical preservation, community engagement and strategic leadership as making her …

Sections: Region

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Education

Pentucket Regional School District Promotes Simone, Hires Cordeiro and Kwong

Pentucket Regional School District Promotes Simone, Hires Cordeiro and Kwong
Pentucket Regional School District is promoting and hiring staff as it assembles its leadership team for the 2023-2024 school year: Staff changes include Sabrina Simone, current assistant principal at the Middle School who becomes coordinator of human resources; Alexandra Cordeiro, incoming assistant principal/special education coordinator at the Dr. John C. Page School; and Samuel “Sam” Kwong, database manager, succeeding Amy …

Sections: Education, Region

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Community Spotlight

Whittier Birthplace Celebrates Art and History Saturday Along its Freeman Trail

Whittier Birthplace Celebrates Art and History Saturday Along its Freeman Trail
Whittier Birthplace celebrates art and history this Saturday with Cultural Arts Day on the Freeman Trail. The birthplace of famed poet John Greenleaf Whittier offers a celebration of cultural arts at each of the 13 stops along the half mile Donald C. Freeman Memorial Trail with experienced poets, musicians, visual artists and more outside Saturday, June 3, from 10 a.m.- …

Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill

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Business Bulletin

MakeIT Haverhill Receives $90,000 Grant from Cummings Foundation

MakeIT Haverhill Receives $90,000 Grant from Cummings Foundation
Haverhill-based Community Action is one of 150 nonprofits to receive grants through Cummings Foundation’s “$30 Million Grant Program.” Community Action, chosen from more than 630 applicants during a competitive review process, will use the $90,000 grant to bolster its MakeIT Haverhill program with workforce development programming, including job fairs, digital literacy and equity workshops and English language learner courses and …

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: Christine Kwitchoff, Rocks Village Memorial Association, and Rep. Adrianne Ramos, 14th Essex District.
  • 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: Rep. Andy X. Vargas and Kerri Sheeran Perry, CEO of Community Action.
  • 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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