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Catch the Wave at 97.9 WHAV ♦ April 19, 2021
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Northern Essex Police Academy Graduates 10 Haverhill and Five Methuen Police Officers
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Ten Haverhill and five Methuen police officers were among 38 graduating Friday from the Northern Essex Community College/Methuen Police Academy. Graduates complete an intensive 24-week program that includes constitutional law, prevention and intervention, community policing, domestic violence, elder abuse and victims’ rights. Active Bystander for Law Enforcement training, which prepares officers to successfully intervene when they see other officers engaging …
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State Pilot Program Targets Economic Recovery with Grants for Greater Haverhill, Lawrence
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Haverhill, Methuen, North Andover, Lawrence and other area communities are among those winning grants from a state Regional Pilot Project Program to support economic recovery. Lead applicant Lawrence Partnership was awarded $250,000 from the Gov. Charlie Baker Administration, while Hispanic-American Institute received $175,000. Lawrence Partnership is targeting Lawrence, Andover, North Andover, Methuen, Haverhill and Boston to help at-risk food-based businesses …
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Greater Haverhill Chamber Plans First In-Person Mixer Tuesday at Nunan’s Florist and Greenhouses
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The Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce is having its first in-person Business After Hours event tomorrow night at Nunan’s Florist and Greenhouses. The mixer offers social distancing within Nunan’s 10,000 square-foot greenhouse and garden center. Nunan’s began as a family-owned business more than 100 years ago and Steve Flynn maintained the family tradition when he acquired the business in 1985. …
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West Newbury Fire Dept. to Use State Grant for Automobile Accident Rescue Equipment
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The West Newbury Fire Department is replacing its more than 20-year-old vehicle extrication rescue equipment thanks to a $10,000 grant from the state Department of Fire Services. Fire Chief Michael Dwyer said the town was among those who applied for 114 different types of eligible equipment, including personal protective clothing, gear washers and dryers, thermal imaging cameras, assorted hand tools …
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Pentucket Regional High School Plans Full, In-Person Learning by Month’s End
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Pentucket Regional High School returns to fully in-person learning through a phased plan later this month. Superintendent Justin Bartholomew and Principal Jonathan Seymour said the transition will be staggered over three days, beginning Tuesday, April 27. “We’re very excited to bring students back into the building. There are so many benefits to in-person learning that we know our students have …
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Zoffoli Co-Facilitates LGBTQ+ Bereavement Group with Merrimack Valley Hospice
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A new virtual support group for those in the LGBTQ+ community who are grieving a death is meeting every other Tuesday. David Zoffoli, who lost Stephen Fales, his husband of 20 years, in 2018, and Merrimack Valley Hospice Clinical Social Worker Kara Cheek are co-facilitating the drop-in group which requires no long-term commitment. The group was conceived after Zoffoli experienced …
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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. Guest: Rep. Christina Minicucci.
- 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: Michael Thompson, Haverhill SCORE Volunteer, and L'Arche Boston North Executive Director/Community Leader Jennifer Matthews.
- 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.
- 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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