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City Desk

State Formally Awards Haverhill $250,000 to Design Removal of Little River Dam

State Formally Awards Haverhill $250,000 to Design Removal of Little River Dam
Haverhill was formally awarded $250,000 Monday for design work related to removal of Little River Dam and river restoration. The state grant was part of $5.6 million to repair dams and strengthen coastal infrastructure across Massachusetts. The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ Dam and Seawall program supports Haverhill and 20 other communities and nonprofit organizations in repairing critical …

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Seven Northern Essex Community College Athletes are NJCAA All-Academic Scholars

Seven Northern Essex Community College Athletes are NJCAA All-Academic Scholars
Seven student-athletes across four sports at Northern Essex Community College were recognized as NJCAA All-Academic scholars Monday by the National Junior College Athletic Association. The seven student-athletes recognized topped all community colleges across the Commonwealth. Of the Knights seven honorees there was one first team selection to go along with three students selected each to the second and third teams. …

Sections: Education, Haverhill, Region, Sports

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Regional News

Podcast: North Andover’s Johnson Discusses his ‘Window Seat on the World’ with John Kerry

Podcast: North Andover’s Johnson Discusses his ‘Window Seat on the World’ with John Kerry
(Additional photographs below.) North Andover’s Glen Johnson has truly had a “Window Seat on the World,” witnessing alongside former Secretary of State John F. Kerry, the unfolding of history. Four years ago, Johnson, who now serves as chief of communications and external affairs to Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker, committed his adventures—from the Vatican to the Kremlin and …

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Education

Grant Furthers Greater Lawrence Tech Partnership with Greater Lawrence Family Health Center

Grant Furthers Greater Lawrence Tech Partnership with Greater Lawrence Family Health Center
Greater Lawrence Technical School was awarded $369,000 Monday to provide training and placement services for 48 unemployed and underemployed participants in medical assistant positions s part of a partnership with Greater Lawrence Family Health Center and Beth Israel Lahey Health. Gov. Maura Healey, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, Labor and Workforce Development Secretary Lauren Jones and other officials were on hand …

Sections: Education, Health, Region

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Community Spotlight

Common Ground Café Plans Community Uplift Event with Food and Music Saturday

Common Ground Café Plans Community Uplift Event with Food and Music Saturday
Common Ground Café is planning, what it calls, a “Community Uplift” with music and food this weekend designed to bring hope and change. Live music will be performed by “Living Proof,” free hamburgers and hot dogs will be served and community information and resources made available Saturday, July 22, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at Common Ground Café, 194 Winter St, …

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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: Cameron “Cam” Davidowicz of Haverhill of New England Free Jacks and Veterans Northeast Outreach Center interim Executive Director William Kelly and Outreach Coordinator Jim Behen.
  • 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.
  • X Minus One: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
  • FSN World News: 11 p.m.

Wednesday’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: Rachel Horgan, Essex County Greenbelt Association, and Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School Superintendent Maureen Lynch.
  • 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.
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