New England Public Radio News

Greenfield, Massachusetts police say midyear budget cuts will delay some services... And they warn of the impact of future cuts on employees and public safety. WFCR's Tina Antolini reports.

85 year old Miriam Chace Chapman grew up during the Great Depression. She's learned a lot over the years, especially about gathering people she loves all around. Her daughter Kathleen Lafferty invited her to the StoryCorps Booth in...

"Michael came into my life now 22, 23 years ago... My first meeting with him was really sort of typical of Michael, because Michael would literally give you the shirt off his back..."
On WFCR's StoryCorps, Suzanne Schuster...

In the StoryCorps Booth in Springfield, Massachusetts, poet Verandah Porche tells her friend, "... when I hear somebody start to talk my fingers twitch..." Writer Porche makes those words last long beyond the time they're spoken...

Chris Rohmann tells Bob Paquette about Shakespeare and Company's first winter season. "Bad Dates" is a one woman show. Rohmann says the performance provides a good bit of winter escapism.

The price per hundred pounds of milk has dropped more than $5. from January and is the the lowest its been since 2003. Some New England farmers may be buffered from the drop. To a point.

A Massachusetts legislative committee is about to take action on a bond bill filed by Governor Patrick that will provide broadband internet to Western Massachusetts communities currently without high-speed access. WFCR's Tina...