Jesse Costa
The director of the U.S. Geological Survey's New England Water Science Center said cuts to staff, leases and funding may make it "almost impossible" to collect critical water data. The center maintains hundreds of sensors and gauges that monitor ground and surface water, including drinking water supplies.
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Winter is planting season for kelp, a growing industry in New England.
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The sheriff's offices in Belknap and Grafton counties signed agreements to join a federal program that deputizes some local officers to carry out immigration enforcement. So have the police departments in Gorham, Ossipee, Colebrook and Pittsburg. -
Similar conditions last fall caused a rash of fires across Massachusetts. Environmental officials said precipitation over the winter was welcomed but didn't do enough to curb the drought. -
The comedy embraces the cultures and universal experiences of bilingual Latinos in the U.S. -
Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services has laid off about half of its staff as the Trump administration ordered sudden cuts in federal funding for resettlement agencies. -
Butterflies are declining rapidly across the contiguous United States, including in Massachusetts. Research published in the journal Science found reductions in both species diversity and overall numbers. -
Tim Andrews is recovering well after receiving a kidney from a genetically modified pig. Massachusetts General Hospital is planning two more pig-to-human transplants this year. -
The Social Security Administration has reinstated Maine parents' ability to register their newborns for a Social Security number at the hospital just days after telling state officials that the program was canceled. -
Thousands of probationary employees — people who had been either recently hired or promoted — were given abrupt notice as part of the Trump administration's plan to reduce the federal workforce.
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