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Catch the Wave at 97.9 WHAV ♦ April 09, 2021
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Haverhill News

A Uniquely New England Event, ‘CiderFeast,’ Comes to Downtown Haverhill This June

A Uniquely New England Event, ‘CiderFeast,’ Comes to Downtown Haverhill This June
A native with a familiar last name is bringing his New York City experience back home to Haverhill with CiderFeast New England in June. James Carbone, who settled in New York 35 years ago, won City Council approval this week to bring his idea to Haverhill’s riverfront. “Hard cider about 10 years ago really became the next thing in terms …

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Updated: Haverhill Schools to Resume Friday; 140 Computers Found Infected by Cyberattack

Updated: Haverhill Schools to Resume Friday; 140 Computers Found Infected by Cyberattack
Haverhill school grades from pre-kindergarten to fourth are back to school in person Friday, but dealing with the lingering effects of Wednesday’s ransomware attack. School buildings will not have standard internet, but a “workaround” is in place to bring internet in from outside to use such programs as SchoolBrains, Google programming and eSped. Haverhill Superintendent Margaret Marotta told the School …

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Regional News

Trinity EMS and Atkinson Police Demonstrate Life-Saving Emergency Box at Woodlock Park

Trinity EMS and Atkinson Police Demonstrate Life-Saving Emergency Box at Woodlock Park
Trinity EMS and Atkinson Police this week demonstrated an emergency call box that allows fast access to an automated external defibrillator donated by Trinity at Woodlock Park in Atkinson, N.H. Atkinson Police, through private donations and public money, constructed and installed a new “safety station” with a camera on top and a button for a direct line into the police …

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Greater Lawrence Family Health Center Opens Vaccine Clinic at Northern Essex Community College

Greater Lawrence Family Health Center Opens  Vaccine Clinic at Northern Essex Community College
Greater Lawrence Family Health Center opened its fourth COVID-19 vaccine clinic yesterday at the Lawrence Campus of and Northern Essex Community College. The clinic is within the Dimitry Building on the corner of Franklin and Lowell streets in Lawrence. The health center also operates clinics in Methuen, Haverhill and at its West clinical site at 700 Essex St. in Lawrence. …

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Methuen Man Receives Eight-Year Prison Sentence for Selling Drugs at Local Restaurant

Methuen Man Receives Eight-Year Prison Sentence for Selling Drugs at Local Restaurant
A Methuen man was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Boston for selling fentanyl at a local restaurant. Twenty-eight-year-old Alexsander Padro was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to eight years in prison and four years of supervised release. Padro pleaded guilty last September to distributing more than 40 grams of fentanyl. Acting U.S. Attorney …

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Community Spotlight

‘Garage Sale’ Saturday at Haverhill’s Museum of Printing

‘Garage Sale’ Saturday at Haverhill’s Museum of Printing
Haverhill’s Museum of Printing is having a “garage sale” tomorrow (Saturday) from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The museum, at 15 Thornton Ave., Haverhill, features printing presses, vintage computers and more in its collection. Museum officials say, “We need to clean out our garage so come early, score some bargains and be surprised at what you might find.” The event takes place …

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Radio Listings

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.
  • 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.
  • DJ Chris on the Radio: Live, 6:10 p.m.
  • Couple Next Door: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.

Saturday’s Radio Highlights

  • Classic Hits: Favorites all day, except as indicated
  • Community Spotlight: News of upcoming cultural and civic events, quarter past every hour
  • Wave Weather: Every 30 minutes
  • World News: Noon and 11 p.m.
  • Take Two Movie Review: 8:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
  • Mass Moments: Today in Massachusetts history, 6:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.
  • Gunsmoke: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.

Sunday’s Radio Highlights

  • Classic Hits: Favorites all day, except as indicated
  • Community Spotlight: News of upcoming cultural and civic events, quarter past every hour
  • Wave Weather: Every 30 minutes
  • World News: Noon, 6 and 11 p.m.
  • Take Two Movie Review: 8:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
  • Mass Moments: Today in Massachusetts history, 6:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.
  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.

Monday’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: Meredith Melick, domestic violence/sexual assault counselor, YWCA.
  • 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.
97.9 WHAV FM Wavelengths is sponsored by the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce
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