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Lupoli Helps Feed Families as Haverhill-Based Somebody Cares New England Maintains Top Job

Lupoli Helps Feed Families as Haverhill-Based Somebody Cares New England Maintains Top Job
(Additional photographs below.) Getting food to the area’s hungry gets much attention during the colder months, but keeping the cupboards full remains a daunting task all year long. When restaurateur and developer Salvatore N. Lupoli learned of the 550 families who rely each month on Haverhill’s Somebody Cares New England food pantry for groceries, he came last Thursday with a …

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Regional News

Lawrence Family Medicine Residency Graduates 11 Physicians; Six Will Practice Locally

Lawrence Family Medicine Residency Graduates 11 Physicians; Six Will Practice Locally
Resiliency, commitment, character and grit are among the words used to describe this year’s graduates of Greater Lawrence Family Health Center-sponsored Lawrence Family Medicine Residency. The 11 who graduated June 23 spent most of their four years working through the COVID-19 pandemic. Six graduates are staying with Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, which operates primary care clinics in Lawrence, Methuen …

Sections: Education, Region

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Education

Seven Whittier Tech Students Win Gold Medals at National SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Conference

Seven Whittier Tech Students Win Gold Medals at National SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Conference
Students from Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School took home top medals during the recent the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference. Superintendent Maureen Lynch said seven Whittier Tech students competed at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference, June 19-23. The competing team consisted of juniors Nathaniel Shramko of Groveland; Caden Roberge and Owen Brannelly, both of Amesbury; Gabriella …

Sections: Education, Haverhill, Region

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Community Spotlight

Author Discusses Female Pirates Around the World Tonight at Library

Author Discusses Female Pirates Around the World Tonight at Library
Female Pirates Around the World is the subject of a free talk by author Carol Busby tonight. Busby, author of “Sailing Against the Tide,” covers not only Anne Bonny and her fellow Caribbean pirate Mary Read, but also Grace O’Malley in Ireland, Zheng Yi Sao in China and Rachel Wall in Boston and New Hampshire. The presentation takes place tonight, …

Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill

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Business Bulletin

Agritourism on Display as Merrimack Valley Chamber Members Meet at Smolak Farms

Agritourism on Display as Merrimack Valley Chamber Members Meet at Smolak Farms
Members of the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce will be biting into fresh Smolak Farms cider donuts during a business networking breakfast Monday morning. The mixer doubles as an example of the Chamber’s agritourism initiative. Besides cider donuts, coffee and breakfast, there will be a business card drawing for raffle prizes and networking among attendees. Breakfast under the tent takes …

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  • 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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  • 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.
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  • 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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