New England Public Radio News

01/19/2011

Several members of Congress, including two from Massachusetts, are calling for an investigation into a federal disability program. The lawmakers want to know if the program is giving parents an incentive to put their children on...

01/19/2011

Malt made from barley is a primary ingredient in beer. Cargil makes tons of it for beer giants like Anheiser-Bush. But in the farm rich community of Hadley, Massachusetts, a couple of home-brewers were surprised that even with an...

01/18/2011

Tunisia's interim leaders have announced a new government, following the ouster of President Zine Ben Ali amid massive street protests. WFCR's Bob Paquette discusses the situation in Tunisia with David Mednicoff, Acting Director...

01/18/2011

The budget process for the fiscal year that begins July first, fiscal year 2012, is getting underway in Massachusetts. As WFCR's Bob Paquette reports, no one thinks it's going to be a happy exercise.

01/18/2011


Massachusetts State Police are looking for the owner of a cache of ammunition, powder, potential bomb-making supplies and related literature found in Belchertown Massachusetts. WFCR's Fred Bever reports.

01/18/2011

The Lenox, Massachusetts estate of 20th century author Edith Wharton has received a $300,000 gift from an anonymous donor. As WFCR's Kari Njiiri reports, the gift is the latest bit of good news for the 50-acre property known as...

01/18/2011

0n snowy days, local merchants have to weigh the safety of getting employees to work, the number of shoppers out, and the likelihood of profit. WFCR's Karen Brown talked with some shopkeepers in Northampton, Massachusetts who opted...

01/17/2011

Massachusetts Auditor Joseph DeNucci's office has issued a report that says state education officials are not doing enough to ensure local school districts are complying with the state's anti-hazing laws. WFCR's Bob Paquette...

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...

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