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A grey-haired woman holds a cake that says, "thank you for 50 years" decorated with a photo of her 50 years ago.
Lexi Krupp
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Vermont Public
"You don't get up at 7 o'clock in the morning and spend the whole day stomping around outside, freezing to death or getting soaking wet, unless it's something you're really committed to," said Sally Laughlin, who has organized the Christmas Bird Count in Woodstock for 50 years.
A group of people on a boat look up at an offshore wind turbine in the ocean. Some of the people are holding microphones or cameras. The turbine is one base cylinder with three blades that rotate as the wind hits them.
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.