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The Boston Music Scene

By Liz Bulkley on Thursday, September 20, 2007.

The City of Boston has spawned its fair share of big-name bands, from The Cars, to J. Geils, to the Pixies. But it's also been home to all sorts of extraordinary musicians that never became household names. Tonight on the Front Porch, we'll look back at fifty years of the Boston music scene with music critic Brett Milano. He's the author of the new book, The Sound of Our Town: A History of Boston Rock & Roll

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The S-CHIP Debate

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, September 20, 2007.

The State Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as S-Chip has been immensely popular, but has now reached a crossroads: Some want to expand S-Chip, to cover even more families…but others are saying no – that the program should only help the truly needy. We'll look at what the program is and the reasons behind why some want to expand the program and others want to cut it back.

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