New England Public Radio News

01/17/2011

A public cooperative is using a 100 year old law to bring broadband to homes and businesses in rural Western Massachusetts towns. WFCR's Bob Paquette reports.

01/17/2011

Major auto manufacturers are expected this year to pick up a new engine technology that's being pioneered in West Springfield. WFCR's Fred Bever reports.

01/17/2011

Springfield high school students met with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrck today to talk about youth violence. WFCR's Jill Kaufman reports, Patrick wants solutions to the growing problem to be a big part of his second term....

01/14/2011

To counter rising costs in MassHealth, the state's Medicaid program, the Patrick Administration is preparing to make a cut of 15 million dollars in other programs that serve the elderly and developmentally disabled. WFCR's Bob...

01/14/2011

A Massachusetts jury has acquitted former Pelham, Massachusetts police chief Edward Fleuryof of involuntary manslaughter in the 2008 death of an 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself in the head with an Uzi submachine gun....

01/13/2011

WFCR's Bob Paquette talks with Mount Holyoke College Professor Kavita Khory. Sh esays violence associated with Islamist identity in Pakistan has increased.

01/13/2011

Closing arguments were heard Thursday in the manslaughter trial of former Pelham, Massachusetts police chief Edward Fleury. Fleury organized a 2008 machine gun shooting event where an 8-year old boy accidentally shot himself and...

01/13/2011

Bo Zhao a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's New England Public Policy Center speaks at a municipal aid forum in Springfield tomorrow. Zhao's working on ideas to revitalize the city. He told WFCR's Susan...

01/13/2011

The manager of a Springfield coffee shop owned by a controversial religious figure was arrested today. WFCR's Fred Bever reports.

01/12/2011

The snow storm that has descended on the region is likely to be with us for much of the day. In Massachusetts, the governor has requested that non-essential state and private sector workers stay home. Peter Judge is public...

01/12/2011

Farmers in the region are paying close attention to the new federal "Food Safety Modernization Act." President Obama signed the bill last week. A number of very well publicized cases of food poisoning in the past few years sparked...

01/12/2011

The first big storm of 2011 has dumped almost two feet of snow in some parts of the region. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick declared a State of Emergency a few hours ago. Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed a similar...

01/11/2011

A Connecticut organization says it is trying to recruit more mentors for thousands of children. WFCR's Bob Paquette reports.

01/11/2011

Two Massachusetts lawmakers want 20 million dollars added to the next state budget for adult dental care provided under the MassHealth program. WFCR's Bob Paquette reports.

01/11/2011

Officials in Palmer, Massachusetts say they want to reverse a decision by the Social Security Administration to drop a program that made it easier for residents to meet agency representatives face-to-face. WFCR's Kari Njiiri...

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