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Catch the Wave at 97.9 WHAV ♦ May 25, 2021
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Haverhill News

Haverhill Council to Consider Permit for ‘The Beck’ 290-Apartment and Retail Complex at Ornsteen Site

Haverhill Council to Consider Permit for ‘The Beck’ 290-Apartment and Retail Complex at Ornsteen Site
Details of a 290-unit apartment complex, to be known as “The Beck,” near the Bradford commuter rail station will be aired Tuesday night by the Haverhill City Council when the body considers granting a special permit for the waterfront project. Nearly a year ago, Haverhill councilors voted 7-1 to sell the former Ornsteen Heel property, 19 Railroad Ave., with Council …

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Haverhill School Committee Seeks State Help Paying for Moody, Silver Hill Repairs; Council Hears Tonight

Haverhill School Committee Seeks State Help Paying for Moody, Silver Hill Repairs; Council Hears Tonight
The Haverhill School Committee is moving ahead with an application for financial assistance from the state regarding needed repairs at two city schools. The Committee voted last Thursday to approve sending a statement of interest to the Massachusetts School Building Authority for necessary upgrades to the William H. Moody School and the Silver Hill Elementary School. Haverhill city councilors are …

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Superior Court Judge Hears Request from Haverhill Marijuana Retailer for Bar on ‘Impact Fees’

Superior Court Judge Hears Request from Haverhill Marijuana Retailer for Bar on ‘Impact Fees’
A Superior Court judge heard a Haverhill marijuana retailer’s request Monday for an order relieving the store of paying a community “impact fee” of $356,000 until a larger question over such fees is resolved by the courts. Essex County Superior Court Judge James F. Lang, sitting in Newburyport and listening to testimony remotely, heard from lawyers from Stem, 124 Washington …

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Regional News

Elder Services Receives State Contract to Build COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence and Access

Elder Services Receives State Contract to Build COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence and Access
Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley and North Shore was one of 25 community-based organizations to receive a state contract as part of the Massachusetts Vaccine Equity Initiative to increase awareness and access to the COVID-19 vaccine in the 20 cities and towns hardest hit by the pandemic. The contracts are part of the Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration’s investment of …

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Community Spotlight

Haverhill’s Museum of Printing Acquires Vintage Wood Ornamental Type Collection

Haverhill’s Museum of Printing Acquires Vintage Wood Ornamental Type Collection
Haverhill’s Museum of Printing plans to offer a permanent wood type exhibit and workshops now that it has acquired a major vintage type collection. The museum has taken over the Lyons Collection previously housed at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Thomas J. Lyons collected Victorian wood and metal type from the 1920s to the 1980s and amassed more than …

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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. Guests: YMCA regional Executive Director Tracy Fuller 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: 7 p.m., Live.
  • Lights Out: 10 p.m. and 1 a.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: Ross Steinborn, community outreach coordinator, YWCA North Shore Rape Crisis Center, and Kaleigh Pare-Shaughnessy, executive director, Whittier Birthplace.
  • 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.
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