|
|
|
|
Catch the Wave at 97.9 WHAV ♦ August 31, 2021
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Keep Local News Continuing Strong This Fall
Today is the end of the month and an important time to support local news reporting in the months ahead.
|
|
As a public service, Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service, remains on the job 24/7, delivering timely and consistent coverage of the topics that matter most to you. WHAV offers more local news, more news that matters and more often.
|
|
If you are already a donor or member, thank you for your support!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Haverhill City Council Ponders Making Two Downtown Streets Pedestrian-Only During Events
|
|
|
The City Council is considering a proposal to close a portion of downtown Haverhill to traffic on Friday and Saturday nights to help local restaurants and businesses. Councilor Mary Ellen Daly O’Brien presented the idea last week, saying making Washington and Wingate Streets pedestrian only on weekends might be a needed shot in the arm for the city’s eateries and …
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conversion of Former St. Joseph’s School in Haverhill Receives $6.5 Million in Financing
|
|
|
The planned redevelopment of the former St. Joseph’s School into 36 apartments has received about $6.5 million in financing. St. Joseph School of All Saints Parish, a Haverhill Catholic elementary school since 1888, closed its doors in 2017. Neighbor and parishioners alike endorsed its conversion by Atlantis Investments, operated by Jonathan Cody, into apartments when the plan went before the …
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Police Dispatchers Union Signs First Contract; Civilians Replace Officers on the Phones
|
|
|
The new Dispatchers Union Group within the Haverhill Police Department recently inked its first contract with the city as civilians replace officers on telephones. There are currently 10 civilian dispatchers working with two more on the way to fill the dozen positions. The contract includes pay increases over three years to make the pay competitive with other public safety dispatchers …
|
|
|
|
|
|
‘Politics in the Park’ Next Week to Bring Casual Conversations with Haverhill Candidates
|
|
|
The Historic Highlands Neighborhood Association hosts “Politics in the Park,” a candidate meet and greet, next week All candidates for mayor, City Council and School Committee have been invited. Politics in the Park takes place Wednesday, Sept. 8, from 5-7 p.m., at White’s Park on Mill Street. All city residents are invited. Confirmed attendees include all three candidates for mayor, …
|
|
|
|
|
|
River Bards Poetry Series Returns This Fall With Turner, Vallario and HHS’s Reservoir Writers
|
|
|
Creative Haverhill’s River Bards Poetry Series is back this fall as both in-person and virtual event. Priscilla Turner Spada of Newburyport is first up Friday, Sept. 10. She is a member of the Powow River Poets, an artist and singer. Her chapbook, “Light in Unopened Windows,” was published by Finishing Line Press in 2016. She is included in seven Ibbetson …
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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: Salem Animal Rescue League Executive Director Jinelle Hobson and Jafreicy Castro, Greater Lawrence Community Action Council Lead Poison Prevention Program.
- 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.
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: Luis Santiago, Haverhill Veterans Services Officer, and Jenny Arndt of Haverhill Promise.
- 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.
|
|
97.9 WHAV FM Wavelengths is sponsored by the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce
|
|
|
|
|
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.
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
