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New England Public Media is your home for PBS, NPR and local perspective in western Mass.
Springfield, MA
Joined May 2009
The Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum in Adams, Massachusetts, is celebrating what would have been the suffragette's 205th birthday this month. Anthony, who devoted her life to fighting for a woman's right to vote, was born on February 15, 1820.
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Massachusetts state troopers, Berkshire County local police and other law enforcement officers arrested ten people on Friday as part of an effort to stop a large drug trafficking operation in Adams, North Adams and Pittsfield.
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Six weeks into the new Legislative session in Massachusetts, state senators are planning to consider setting the rules to govern the two-year session.
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🗣️ CALLING ALL STORYTELLERS! Tell your story on the Valley Voices stage! Audition now for our next story slam — the theme is "Elementary." Call us at 413-735-6688 before Feb. 23. More info:
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A winter storm watch is in effect for Saturday and Sunday with snow accumulations between 5 and 8 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
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A first ever Massachusetts poet laureate will be selected sometime this year. Poetry "enriches the civic life of Massachusetts in innumerable ways," Governor Maura Healey wrote in an executive order announced this week.
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On The Rundown, we discuss Nancy Eve Cohen's reporting on the AG investigation of alleged child abuse in some Catholic dioceses. Visit the link below to hear more on this story plus the latest on Baystate Health's layoffs, the west-east rail and more.
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Bishop Bryant Robinson, who supported his congregation when arsonists set fire to the Macedonia Church of God in Christ in 2008, hours after Barack Obama was elected president, has died.
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It’s been about 5 years years since @MassAGO launched an investigation into child sexual abuse by priests at three Catholic dioceses. The AG's office says it needs court approval before releasing the report. But survivors and advocates aren't waiting:
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Survivors of child sexual abuse in western and central Mass. have been calling on the @MassAGO to release its report into three Catholic dioceses. When reports like this have been released in other states, they've made a big difference to victims.
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With President Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ orders and similar laws across more than two dozen states, some families decided to move to states with more protections in place. One family recently arrived in western Massachusetts from South Carolina.
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The Red Sox equipment truck leaves Fenway Park today, bound for the club's spring training home in Fort Myers, Florida. The team has been in a downturn in recent years, missing the playoffs in five of the last six seasons.
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Public health experts have concerns about the opioid reversal agent Opvee. But the company that makes it, Indivior, has found a vocal ally in its marketing of the drug: police. In collaboration with @the_shoestring
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Season 5 is here! To celebrate, the cast is sharing 5 things you'll love about the new season of All Creatures Great and Small from @masterpiecepbs, streaming now with NEPM Passport! #AllCreaturesPBS
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Tenants at the Pleasant View Apartments in Easthampton, Massachusetts, had their rent increase by nearly 35% after the building sold for $4 million.
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🎧 Today on The Rundown, we digest some of the executive orders from President Donald Trump, the cost of living in mobile home parks, the prospect of a new courthouse in Springfield, the future of municipal leadership around western Mass. and much more.
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During a special election this week voters in Holyoke approved making the city treasurer an appointed position instead of an elected one.
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The Trump administration's move to pause trillions of dollars in federal spending triggered an avalanche of uncertainty, panic and outrage, including a lawsuit from Attorney General Andrea Campbell and several of her counterparts.
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