UMASS Amherst arts student,Jesse Richards is co founder of Cine Foundation International. The foundation plans to produce multiple platform media presentations. Richards told WFCR's Susan Kaplan that the group's first project aims...
Massive snowstorms in Europe,floods in Australia, arctic cold in the northeastern U.S and record warmth at the poles.Some scientists are trying to draw a link between this roller-coaster weather and global warming.Dr.Michael...
Far ahead of the November 8th voting day, incumbent mayor Domenic Sarno has announced he will run for reelection. And now he has an opponent - Springfield City Council President Jose Tosado. WFCR's Anne Mostue reports on the two...
The Social Security Administration says it will resume a program in Palmer, Massachusetts that had agency representatives meeting face-to-face with area residents, though on a much more limited basis. WFCR's Kari Njiiri reports
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has responded to a request from Western Massachusetts Electric Company to increase electricity rates for its more than 210-thousand customers, but not by as much as the company had...
A Western Massachusetts Hospital is touting a new technology that officials say will reduce deadly hospital based infections. WFCR's Karen Brown has more.
With all the snow that's fallen this winter, disposing of it is getting to be a problem. Some officials want to get permission to dump the "white stuff" into nearby rivers and bodies of water. WFCR's Sarah Birnbaum has more.
The Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Ways and Means Committee was on the road this week, holding hearings on the state's next budget. The panel made a stop at UMass Amherst. WFCR's Peter Moskowitz reports.
Negotiations between supermarket giant Stop & Shop and five unions representing more than 40,000 store workers in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island have resumed. Existing contracts have expired and now leaders are...
Massachusetts families raising young children with developmental delays are facing cuts in early intervention services. Two dozen parents and advocates spoke against the changes at a state hearing in Northampton. WFCR's Karen Brown...
Consumer confidence rose last month in Massachusetts, according to a survey released yesterday by Mass Insight, a public policy firm. That bucks the national trend of sagging consumer confidence. WFCR's Sarah Danson has more.
