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NewsMatch Launches Today in Support of WHAV’s 80-Year Local News Tradition
Today, WHAV launches NewsMatch, its largest annual fundraiser, and this year likely marks the most consequential campaign in the nearly 80 years of the WHAV call in Greater Haverhill. WHAV—radio, 24/7 Live Stream and Wavelengths eNewspaper—joins 436 other nonprofit newsrooms…
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As Little River Dam Comes Down, Officials Outline Next Steps; See Project History
(Additional photograph below.) As Little River now flows almost unobstructed under Winter Street on its way to the Merrimack River, Haverhill officials this week will outline next steps for the dam removal and park project. The city’s Conservation Department is having a public…
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Penacook Place Families Meet Wednesday with Questions About Proposed Sale
Families of residents at Haverhill’s Penacook Place have a chance Wednesday night to express concerns about the proposed sale of the nursing home to Azure Healthcare when a Family Meeting takes place. As WHAV previously reported, Azure Healthcare appears to have ties with…
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Haverhill Mourns, Remembers and Honors Late Police Capt. Fogarty
(Additional photograph below.) Family, officials, uniformed officers and the public mourned and honored Haverhill Police Capt. Andrea D. Fogarty Friday. Fogarty, a 27-year veteran of the force, died Oct. 22 of cancer. A Mass of Christian Burial took place late Friday morning…
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Northern Essex Community College Wins $20K Grant to Create CTE Teacher Apprenticeship
Northern Essex Community College last week won a $20,000 state grant to develop a career technical education teacher apprenticeship. The College was selected as one of 31 organizations to train and place a total of nearly 300 apprentices and pre-apprentices across the state…
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Holmes Looks to ‘Continue Jeff’s Legacy’ at the Helm of Knight’s Baseball
Mitchell Holmes is looking to continue the legacy left by Jeffrey Mejia, as the new head coach of Knight’s baseball. Holmes comes with three years of playing experience in college baseball at SUNY Cobbleskill. He said he was “A horrendous baseball player,” noting, his true…
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Bennett, Dragomaretski Join River Run Services
Stacey Bennett and Renata Dragomaretski have joined River Run Services as vice president, performance marketing manager and assistant vice president, commercial loan servicing manager respectively. River Run Services is under the umbrella of River Run Bancorp and supports…
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Podcast: Both Sides Appeal to Voters on Haverhill’s Cannabis Lounge Question 10
While voters in most Massachusetts cities and towns see nine questions on their ballots, Haverhill residents see 10—an extra one that could allow onsite cannabis consumption at a downtown lounge. Those who haven’t already voted early or by mail will see the 10th question when…
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Haverhill Councilors Hear Plans for Downtown Statue of Poet, Abolitionist Whittier
Haverhill city councilors this week received their first glimpse of a plan to erect a downtown statue of Haverhill’s favorite son, abolitionist and poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Raymond F. Comeau, a former president of the Trustees of the John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead, gave…
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Haverhill Coalition Plans Downtown Business Focus Groups
A coalition of city and regional leaders and business groups plan two focus group sessions to, in organizers’ words, “open up the discussion to build momentum in our downtown.” Downtown business focus groups take place Wednesday, Nov. 4, at noon, at the offices of the Greater…
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Haverhill Pride Plans Pride of the Patch Halloween Afternoon
Haverhill Pride is spending Saturday afternoon at Crescent Farms for Pride of the Patch. The Halloween fundraiser, in support the 2027 Pride Parade and Celebration and year-round queer programming, features a 7.5-acre corn maze, hayrides, pumpkin decorating, a costume contest…
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The Night the Martian ‘Death Ray’ Missed Haverhill; ‘War of the Worlds’ Airs Oct. 30
Editor’s Note: This is an update of earlier versions of this story. Marking the 88th anniversary of the historic broadcast, 97.9 WHAV airs the original “Mercury Theater on the Air” presentation of the “War of the Worlds,” Friday, Oct. 30, at 10 p.m., with an encore three hours…
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‘Everyone’s Coming for Our Heads;’ Knight’s Basketball Looking to Go Back-To-Back
Northern Essex Community College men’s basketball is looking to repeat last-year’s championship. Sophomore and team Captain Jay’von Depina said other teams in the National Junior College Athletics Association division III are “coming for our heads.” Last season, Northern Essex…
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Judge Dismisses Complaint Against Haverhill Man Who Entered His Condemned Home
A man, who faced charges after entering his own damaged and condemned Haverhill home in July, was cleared this week in Haverhill District Court. Judge Susan H. McNeil dismissed charges Tuesday against Wellington “Bill” Clark Jr. The 68-year-old disabled veteran was summonsed…
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Northern Essex, Merrimack Health Celebrate New Surgical Tech Program Launch
(Additional photograph gallery below.) Yoneli Batista is excited to be studying at Northern Essex Community College and working toward a career in surgical tech that she might have overlooked. During an open house of the Surgical Technology program Wednesday in an actual…
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Haverhill’s Hidden Pig Reopens, Gradually Expanding Hours
Downtown Haverhill’s Hidden Pig restaurant, which “lightly” reopened without fanfare last month in time for River Ruckus, is moving toward a full schedule. Owner and Manager Phillip C. Bentham II tells WHAV, “We wanted to slowly get it back and see where we’re at.” After the…
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Haverhill Police to Collect Food During Saturday’s Stuff a Cruiser Day
The Haverhill Police Department will be out in force during its 10th Stuff a Cruiser Day, Saturday, collecting food donations for area food pantries. Officers will station cruisers between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 31, at Market Basket locations at Westgate Plaza,…