The latest New England stories on topics like climate change and the environment, the economy, health, racial equity, culture and politics — as reported by newsrooms of the New England News Collaborative, a 9-station consortium of the region's top public media organizations.
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The first tents went up at the University of Vermont Sunday afternoon. An outdoor Passover seder was held that evening. Students at Middlebury College also erected tents Sunday.
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Club founder says "Hearts of Pine" is inspired by the Portland Valentine Bandit and the Maine state tree.
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Students gathered on the Storrs campus late Thursday afternoon. Social media showed police at the scene, taking down tents and making an arrest.
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In Connecticut, transportation accounts for over 40% of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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Te compartimos cinco consejos para inquilinos y propietarios para reducir sus emisiones y combatir el cambio climático.
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An alarming number of Massachusetts school districts are struggling right now to balance budgets for the upcoming year. Significant job cuts and academic program cancellations are on the table.
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The group of migrants that was housed at a Yarmouth motel for seven months has been relocated to shelters off-Cape, where there is staff to help them.
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After calling off a plan to build a biomass plant to replace its oil-burning system in 2020, the college has new ideas for how to move away from fossil fuels.
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With federal money and local support, Peterborough is hoping to electrify 200 heating systems in the next three years. They’re also trying to train more people to do that work.
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This summer, York and Cumberland Counties will update floodplain maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the first time in years. The maps show that hundreds of additional property owners may face flood risks.
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Gino DiGiovanni Jr., a former alderman who lost a mayoral race in Derby in November, was sentenced Wednesday for entering the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, as riots broke out to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election.
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The annual event at Saint Anselm College, now in its 36th year, lasted six hours and featured no shortage of rhyming couplets.