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Catch the Wave at 97.9 WHAV ♦ July 12, 2021
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Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service provides consistent and timely coverage of local news. Tune in to 97.9 WHAV for breaking news when it happens.
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If you are already a current donor or member, please accept WHAV’s heartfelt thanks for your support.
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Haverhill City Council Tuesday Considers Apartment and Retail Plan to Replace DiBurro’s Ward Hill
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Plans to build 152 apartments and 5,000 square feet of commercial space on the Ward Hill property now occupied by DiBurro’s Function Facility is before the Haverhill City Council tomorrow night. As WHAV reported first last month, Princeton Properties is seeking a zoning amendment to create a “Planned Development District” on the 6.5-acre property at 887 Boston Road. Princeton Properties, …
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Two Graduate From GLFHC/MCPHS Local Pharmacy Training Program
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Greater Lawrence Family Health Center and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences graduated two pharmacists last month from its one-year advanced pharmacy training program. Vivian Nguyen and Mai Yakota successfully completed the program. Nguyen has gone on to join the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center team. She will be working a hybrid position, as both a clinical and a …
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Northern Essex Community College Adds Women’s Golf as 13th Intercollegiate Sport
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Women’s golf has become Northern Essex Community College’s 13th intercollegiate sport. The addition comes as the National Junior College Athletic Association created Division I and Division III in women’s golf following its Board of Regents Meeting in June. The women’s program will practice and compete in partnership with the Knights men’s golf program and be led by current men’s coach Mike Dube …
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I-495 Construction Update: One Lane Closes on Southbound Side Tuesday-Thursday
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Work related to the $102 million Interstate 495 twin bridge replacement project calls for closing a right lane, daytimes, this week. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said a single right lane closes on I-495 southbound, between exit 108, Route 97, and exit 106, Ward Hill, Tuesday, July 13, through Thursday, July 15, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., each day. …
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Massachusetts Senate Sends $48.1 Billion Budget to Baker, but Not Before DiZoglio Criticizes Timing
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The Massachusetts Senate Friday sent a $48.1 billion state budget to Gov. Charlie Baker, but not without hearing first an objection from Sen. Diana DiZoglio. DiZoglio said the body once again gave senators less than 24 hours to read the 434-page spending plan that emerged from a House-Senate Conference Committee. “It’s not acceptable. If we keep doing this over and …
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Podcast: Haverhill to Celebrate and Honor the City’s Living World War II Veterans July 24
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More than a dozen of Haverhill’s living World War II veterans are to be recognized and celebrated during a ceremony later this month with a color guard, special tributes and live performances. The “World War II Recognition Ceremony” takes place Saturday, July 24, at 10 a.m., in Washington Square—home to the city’s World War II Memorial. Haverhill Veteran Services Director …
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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: YMCA Regional Executive Director Tracy Fuller and Rep. Leonard Mirra.
- 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.
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: Sgt. Bernarduz Lasco, recruiter U.S. Marines, and Boys and Girls Club of Greater Haverhill Executive Director Javier Bristol.
- 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: 7 p.m. Live.
- Lights Out: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
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97.9 WHAV FM Wavelengths is sponsored by the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce
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Before You Go…
If you believe, as WHAV does, that an informed public makes for better neighbors, employees, volunteers, customers, leaders, voters and citizens, we have a small favor to ask.
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Unlike others, WHAV makes its journalism available to all. If you’re not already a donor or member, WHAV needs your ongoing support to do its job. The news media is hurting with thousands of outlets closing across the country. Local news has suffered the most. While we may not always agree on what event should or should not have been covered, WHAV’s philosophy is to err on the side of disclosure. If you share a belief in these principles, help WHAV to continue being Greater Haverhill’s most trusted, reliable and thought-provoking source of news—whether on-air, online, over cable television or in social media.
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