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97.9 WHAV ♦ March 15, 2022 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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On-air and online, listener- and reader-supported WHAV remains on the job because local news is more critical than ever.
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WHAV provides more local news, more news that matters and more often. Please help keep this high volume of original local news reporting coming by supporting Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service as a monthly supporter. Simply click here to choose among new and easy giving options. 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 Hears Plan to Add, Move and Renumber Voting Places Per State Redistricting
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Last year’s redistricting means the Haverhill City Council is being asked tonight to sign off on 28 voting sites, including some familiar locations that have been renumbered and moved. Haverhill City Clerk Linda L. Koutoulas released a chart (below) showing new sub-precincts necessary to accommodate the city’s reduction in state representatives from four to two and increase to two state …
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Sections: Election Central, Haverhill
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Vargas Becomes Fourth Executive Director of the Haverhill Housing Authority in its 74-Year History
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Clara Ruiz Vargas has become the fourth person in the Haverhill Housing Authority’s 74-year history to become executive director. Vargas, who had served as interim executive director since Joseph A. Hart left the post last fall, was selected by the Housing Authority’s Board of Commissioners last Thursday. The job was advertised as paying between $133,571 and $138,395 annually. Vargas was …
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Power Outage Leads to Broken Pipes and Cancellation of Monday Classes at Haverhill High School
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A weekend power outage in the neighborhood of Haverhill High School played a role in pipes bursting and causing the cancellation of school Monday. Haverhill High School Principal Jason Meland was expected to appear live Monday on WHAV’s “Win for Breakfast,” but notified the radio station of the incident and need to reschedule. In an email Monday afternoon, Assistant Superintendent …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill
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Ex-Boston Red Sox Pitcher Justin Haley Graduates from Academy, to Serve as West Newbury Firefighter
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West Newbury firefighter and former Boston Red Sox pitcher Justin Haley recently graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy. Fire Chief Michael Dwyer said 30-year-old Haley, who pitched in four games for the 2018 World Series Champion Red Sox, graduated Feb. 28 from the Call/Volunteer Recruit Firefighting Training Program at the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy. Haley said that as his baseball career …
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Haverhill Plans Kindergarten Information Nights March 29 and April 13
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Haverhill Public Schools are having Kindergarten Information Nights with departments and teachers advising parents on how to prepare their children for kindergarten. The sessions are for parents and guardians of children who are five-years-old by Aug. 31. There will be food, a free kindergarten book for all attendees and translations available. Information nights are Tuesday, March 29, from 6-7:30 p.m., …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill
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Try Out a Typewriter or View Early Computers Today at Haverhill’s Museum of Printing
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Today’s the day to try your hand at composing on a vintage typewriter or seeing an early computer. New England Museum Week is being celebrated today with free admission to Haverhill’s Museum of Printing. The museum opens from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at 15 Thornton Ave, Haverhill. Besides typewriters and computers, the public may view 8,000 books in the library or …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Greater Haverhill Chamber Honors Businesses and Community Leaders
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(Additional photographs below.) Greater Haverhill’s most valued businesses and community leaders received honors Friday morning during the Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce’s 2022 business breakfast. The annual ceremony began with special recognition of business leaders represented by Black, Indigenous and people of color. Katrina Hobbs-Everett, founder of Power of Self-Education presented the BIPOC Business Leader Awards to Raquel Quezada, Fundación …
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Sections: Business Bulletin, Haverhill
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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: Brian Spies of Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) and Jen Matthews and Thea Tsagaris, Haverhill Exchange Club Hometown Heroes.
- 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: When in session, live, 7 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: VA Bedford Healthcare System Public Affairs Officer Kat Bailey and Maureen Lynch, superintendent, Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School.
- 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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