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97.9 WHAV ♦ August 21, 2023 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Haverhill to Honor WWII Pilot McLaughlin Who Died Steering Plane Away From City Homes
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(Additional photograph below.) Haverhill is getting set to remember and honor a 22-year-old pilot who steered his crippled military plane away from homes and children, giving his life in a little-known crash just before the end of World War II off Hilldale Avenue. A monument to U.S. Navy Ensign Robert E. McLaughlin was placed last Thursday at Cashman Field in …
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Downtown Haverhill Crash Sends Driver to Boston Hospital
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A driver was injured early Saturday morning when his car left the road and crashed into a Revolutionary War monument at downtown Haverhill’s Grand Army of the Republic Park. Deputy Police Chief Stephen J. Doherty Jr. said the unidentified driver was driving just before 3 a.m., along Winter Street and towards Main Street, when it veered off, striking a small …
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Officials Celebrate Tuesday ‘Tuition Equity,’ In-State Rates for Immigrant College Students
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Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll and other officials are scheduled to visit Northern Essex Community College’s Lawrence campus tomorrow to celebrate a new law that grants in-state tuition rates for those undocumented immigrants who have graduated from high school here. Gov. Maura Healey last week signed the current year budget which allows undocumented students who have gone to high school in …
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Sections: Education, Region
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Whittier Tech to Again Participate in National School Breakfast and Lunch Programs
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Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School will be participating in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program when classes resume. As part of this program, Whittier Tech will offer healthy meals every school day at no cost to students due to the implementation of the Community Eligibility Provision for school year 2023-2024. Students will be able to …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill, Region
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Teddy Bear Cornhole League Offers Competitions Weekly
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The Teddy Bear Cornhole League is holding competitions every Thursday in Haverhill. Anyone is welcome to play. The top three winners will receive payouts based on the number of people competing. Ten percent of admission fees go toward a cornhole players’ scholarship and another 10% will go toward a players’ emergency fund. The rest of the money will go toward …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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MakeIT Haverhill’s August Job Fair Presents Variety of Employment Options Aug. 24
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School bus and van drivers, mail carriers, customer support staff, Adult Basic Education and General Educational Development instructors, machine operators, among others, are wanted by local employers. MakeIT Haverhill’s August Job Fair features these jobs and others from such companies and organizations as U.S. Postal Service, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Community Action, Vinfen, Joseph’s Pasta, Waystone Health & Human …
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Sections: Business Bulletin, Haverhill
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Former Haverhill Firefighter, Businessman and City Councilor William P. Chase Dies at 75
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Fondly remembered by many as “Wonderful William,” William Paul Chase passed peacefully on Aug. 17, at the age of 75. Born on Nov. 16, 1947, to Jeanette (Pineault) and Jesse Chase, he was a lifelong resident of Haverhill. From his early days as a shoeshine boy on the streets of Haverhill, he displayed an entrepreneurial spirit that would shape his …
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You Benefit When Your Neighbor is Informed
“People not only don’t know what’s happening to them, they don’t even know that they don’t know.”
― Noam Chomsky
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We’ve all seen it. That friend on social media who spouts off about outdated news or just spreads rumors or misinformation.
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Save them from embarrassment by encouraging them to tune in 97.9 WHAV every weekday for accurate, reliable and trustworthy local news. Even better, remind them they can sign up for the free Wavelengths eNewspaper by sharing this address: whav.net/wavelengths-local-news-daily.
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Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service thanks WHAV members and donors who 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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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: Pentucket Bank CEO Jonathan H. Dowst and President Eric G. Leuteritz and MakeIT Haverhill founder Keith Boucher.
- 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.
- Suspense: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
- FSN World News: 11 p.m.
Tuesday’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: Kenneth E. Quimby, Ward 4 Haverhill City Council candidate, and Michael Bevilacqua of the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce.
- 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 City Council: Live. 7 p.m.
- X Minus One: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
- FSN World News: 11 p.m.
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