Olivia Richardson
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NHPR
The dispute highlights the challenges that come with the region’s growing agritourism scene.
Dave Wurtzel
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Connecticut Public
Patty Wight
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Maine Public
David Lawlor
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Rhode Island PBS
Journalists from the New England News Collaborative had a rare chance to see Vineyard Wind, the nation's largest standing offshore wind project.
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Recent research suggests that the soft PVA plastics used to hold together detergent and dishwasher pods may not actually biodegrade. Now, a small team in Maine is working on a kelp bioplastic that could one day be used in your favorite detergent pod. -
A free state pilot program, which sends nurses and health workers to the homes of new mothers and newborns in the Bridgeport area, is expanding to Norwich. -
"On the surface it looks like we're just giving away free veggies," said Nour El-Naboulsi. "But we are bringing our community members into a solidarity fold." -
At a meeting in Pittsfield, Massachusetts this week General Electric presented its revised plan for transporting toxic waste during the clean up of the Housatonic River. The public criticized its first plan for not analyzing the use of rail over trucks. -
The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission is looking to allow "social consumption" spaces like lounges attached to licensed marijuana establishments or open areas connected to a licensed event space where people could use weed. -
Six advocates were first elected in 2022. This year, all who ran were endorsed by the group No Coal, No Gas, which advocates for transitioning the region’s grid off of fossil fuels. -
After you strap your Christmas tree to the top of your car, what happens to the field where you cut it down? -
In the last few days, volunteers have rescued hundreds of cold-stunned sea turtles from stranding on Cape Cod beaches. The turtles—packed into banana boxes donated by local markets—are driven to a Quincy animal hospital, where they're treated for pneumonia, fractures, and other injuries.
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