|
|
|
97.9 WHAV ♦ June 22, 2023 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
It wasn’t that long ago that residents of Essex County in Massachusetts and Rockingham County, N.H., enjoyed local news from a multitude of radio stations, but WHAV is now the only outlet serving this vast area.
|
WHAV is part of a national trend of household and small business-supported nonprofit local news services stepping up to fill “news deserts” left after the collapse of other news media. On-air, online, over cable television and via smart apps, only WHAV provides hourly local news; Community Spotlight; live, daily interviews with newsmakers; government meetings; and more.
|
|
WHAV punches above its weight thanks to your support. Share Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service with your neighbors, co-workers, bosses and others. Suggest they visit whav.net/become-a-whav-member.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Haverhill Woman Agrees to Pay Back Twice the Amount of Fraudulent Rental Aid She Took
|
|
|
A Haverhill woman who worked as a housing counselor recently agreed to pay back twice what, the state inspector general says, she fraudulently received in Emergency Rental Assistance Program money. Thirty-two-year-old Jennifer Munoz recently agreed in Suffolk Superior Court to pay $109,100 over three years to resolve allegations that from April 2020 to January 2022, she filed false claims to …
|
|
|
|
|
|
Team Haverhill’s Clean & Green Seeks Volunteers for Tuesday Cleanup Effort
|
|
|
Team Haverhill’s Clean & Green Haverhill Neighborhoods converges on the lower Acre Tuesday night and is looking for volunteers to help. The group meets Tuesday, June 27, from 6-7:30 p.m., starting at the corner of Emerson Street and Bailey Boulevard, across from the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Haverhill. Crews are planning to work up Emerson and the adjoining …
|
Sections: Community Spotlight
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Haverhill Kiwanis, Pentucket Kiwanis Together Award $8,000 in Scholarships to High School Grads
|
|
|
Haverhill Kiwanis and Pentucket Kiwanis together granted $8,000 in scholarships Tuesday night to graduating students from area high schools. The scholarships recognize outstanding students who have demonstrated exceptional skills, community service and academic achievement. Among scholarships presented by Haverhill Kiwanis Club was the TradesPerson Award, given to Samantha Connolly, a graduate of Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School, providing $1,000 …
|
Sections: Education, Haverhill, Region
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tickets to the The Longest Table in Downtown Haverhill Go on Sale Monday; Menus Available Friday
|
|
|
Tickets for L’Arche Boston North’s “The Longest Table” become available Monday morning with a sneak preview of this year’s expansive menu coming tomorrow. The fourth annual Longest Table takes place Thursday, Aug. 17, from 6-10 p.m., under the stars along the Rep. Brian S. Dempsey Boardwalk in downtown Haverhill. The night includes live music, dancing and dinner served by some …
|
Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
|
|
|
|
|
|
Haffner’s Acquires Huhtala Oil & Propane and Concord Oil
|
|
|
Haffner’s, which operates local gasoline stations and provides home heating fuel, recently acquired Huhtala Oil & Propane and Concord Oil. Huhtala Oil & Propane has provided oil and propane delivery and HVAC services in Worcester County for more than 75 years. Its East Templeton office also contains a Mobil gas station with diesel offering and will begin operating under the …
|
Sections: Business Bulletin, Haverhill, Region
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last City-Hired Administrator of Haverhill’s Hale Hospital, Nathaniel Bond, Dies at 89
|
|
|
Nathaniel Bond, who oversaw the 1984 move of the city-owned Hale Hospital from Buttonwoods Avenue to a new Lincoln Avenue campus, died Sunday at age 89. Bond was the last of city-hired administrators when he took over in 1982. His lost his job four years later when an insurance company forced the city to hire a national management company later …
|
Sections: Haverhill, Obituaries
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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: Jan Williams, Buttonwoods Museum.
- 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. Guest: Barbara Canyes of Ruth’s House.
- 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.
|
|
|
Listen Now
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
