Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno delivered his State of the City Address today (Monday). He described the city as strong and steadily improving on various fronts from financial health and education to public safety. WFCR's Kari...
A Springfield church is announcing a partnership with the W.E.B. Du Bois Center at UMass Amherst in an effort to promote the writing of the Massachusetts-born civil rights leader. St. John's congregational church says it's...
The Centers for Disease Control reports that violence is a leading cause of death among young people in the country. That's so called good and bad kids in Hartford, Springfield, Worcester, Holyoke, and Chicopee, among other cities...
Vermont's largest not-for-profit psychiatric hospital, Brattleboro Retreat, saw admissions jump by a record high OF 23 percent in 2010. In response, it plans to expand in the next year. WFCR's Anne Mostue reports.
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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.
