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UMass Amherst Adds Sustainable Food and Farming Major

Date: 03/27/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

UMass Amherst announced this week that it's expanding the school's agriculture program. It will now offer a Bachelor's degree in sustainable food and farming.

Date: 03/27/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno was on Beacon Hill Tuesday testifying in favor of a bill in the Massachusetts Senate that would allow municipalities to raise property taxes on future casino develop

Date: 03/26/2013

Contributor: Jill Kaufman

Th education level of foreign born men and women 25 and older living in the United States is on the rise. And Massachusetts out ranks other states.

Date: 03/25/2013

Contributor: Leanna First-Arai

The incarceration rate in Massachusetts has nearly trippled since the 1980's, even as the state's crime rate has gone down.

Judge Denies Bail for Cara Rintala

Date: 03/25/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

Cara Rintala, a Granby, Massachusetts woman accused of murdering her wife in 2010 was denied bail today at Franklin Superior Court in Greenfield, Massachusetts.

Date: 03/22/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

Artists and community leaders from around western Massachusetts are gathering in Turner's Falls this weekend for an annual conference on developing what they call the "creative economy." The Creati

Morning Edition Extra, March 22, 2013

Date: 03/22/2013

Contributor: New England Pub...

This week on Morning Edition Extra, an artist who is painting 100 portraits of U.S.

The Grand Parade of the 20th Century

Date: 03/22/2013

Contributor: Jill Kaufman

A new stage production from Double Edge Theater tells the story of the 20th Century

Date: 03/22/2013

Contributor: Jill Kaufman

Since 2005, artist Matt Mitchell has been painting a series of portraits of men and women currently in the U.S. armed services or who have returned home.

Date: 03/21/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

Thousands of students, many underage, converged at an off-campus party at UMass Amherst earlier this month, resulting in six arrests, property damage, and many ambulance trips.

Date: 03/20/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

This week marks the ten year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Date: 03/20/2013

Contributor: Kari Njiiri

Over one hundred health care providers and I-T specialists throughout western Massachusetts will attend a summit in Springfield tomorrow [Thursday] on launching a regional health i

Date: 03/19/2013

Contributor: Leanna First-Arai

As casino companies work out the details of host-community agreements, concerns are being expressed about how those companies will make their investments count once the state's gaming commission aw

Date: 03/19/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission made new commitments this week to communities adjacent to potential casino sites.

Date: 03/18/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

For the second time in a month, the U.S.

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