Molly Enking
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Maine Public
Transportation is the most polluting economic sector in Maine, accounting for nearly 50% of the state's carbon emissions. But greener transit alternatives, such as biking and mass transit, are competing for limited funding and, in some cases, the same physical space.
Paul Cuno-Booth
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NHPR file photo
Tyler Russell
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Connecticut Public
Elodie Reed
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Vermont Public
Dan Tuohy / NHPR
That bone-chilling screech you've heard in movies and on TV actually belongs to a different bird.
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“The very institutions that glue our society together are melting in front of our eyes. Our institutions are under attack,” said George Pappas, a judge who was fired this month from the Chelmsford Immigration Court. -
It’s been nearly 30 years since the Dropkick Murphys formed in Quincy. The band is out with a new album, "For the People," with lyrics that are pointed and aimed to inspire. Frontman Ken Casey said, "Silence is complicit at this point." -
Deer flies are so bad this year in Jane Lindholm's town that neighbors have complained that they can’t garden, can’t play on their swingsets, and struggle to take their dogs for walks. Vermont Public had to put her on the case. -
The mission will help better predict how energy from the sun affects life on Earth, including disruptions to satellites, power grids and astronauts. -
Wilmer Chavarria, the leader of the Winooski School District and a U.S. citizen, said federal agents at the Houston airport demanded that he hand over the passwords to his phone and district-issued laptop. -
While the incident on a base in Wyoming remains under investigation, all service members in the Air Force’s Global Strike Command unit will pause use of the New Hampshire-made M18 pistol. -
Popular grocery retailer Wegmans unveiled its first Connecticut location in Norwalk to a big crowd Wednesday morning. The store opened with their staff hosting a cheer, as people walked in. -
Residents and visitors to Great Barrington can now take a seat on a marble bench, next to a life-size statue of the post Civil War scholar W.E.B. Du Bois. Organizers who brought the bronze likeness of Du Bois to life hope it creates a new curiosity about the co-founder of the NAACP — one of the town's most famous native sons.
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