Frannie Carr is WBUR's morning news writer and midday newscast producer. In addition to writing many of the stories listeners hear during the station's Morning Edition news program, she is also responsible for news gathering and for producing the station's midday newscasts.
Frannie is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts. Before joining WBUR as a production assistant in 2007, she worked as a reporter for public radio station WCAI in Woods Hole, Mass.
Northampton, MASS. — State, local and federal officials are working together to try to find who’s responsible for a string of fires that killed two people in Northampton on Sunday morning.
BOSTON — For the second straight month, Massachusetts’ unemployment rate fell slightly, from 8.9 percent in October to 8.8 percent in November.
BOSTON — State Sen. Scott Brown, the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate, faces an uphill battle in the short general election campaign ahead. Massachusetts has not sent a Republican to Congress since 1994.
Evergreen Solar is shifting some of its manufacturing production from Massachusetts to China after posting an $82 million loss in the third quarter.
Longtime Boston community activist Robert Coard, who suffered from heart disease, only officially retired from his post as chief of Action for Boston Community Development on Sunday. He had been with the anti-poverty agency for 45 years.
BOSTON — After being ousted from his post in August, the former head of the embattled MBTA will join the non-partisan think tank MassINC as a senior fellow for public policy.
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Association of Realtors and the real estate publisher The Warren Group said the median price for a single family home was between $302,OOO and $315,000 in August — down 3 to 6 percent from 2008.
BOSTON — State officials have ordered the city of Boston to hire an independent expert to recover hundreds of e-mails deleted by a top aide to Mayor Thomas Menino.
BOSTON — The fate of a historic but crime ridden Roxbury bar rests in the hands of the Boston licensing board on Monday.
BOSTON — The doctor who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer died Tuesday at her home in Southwick.
BOSTON — Former House Speaker Sal DiMasi is set to return to a Boston federal court Monday afternoon to face arraignment.
BOSTON — As many as 200 Boston police officers could start carrying semi-automatic weapons as a way to prepare for terrorist attacks.
BOSTON — The FBI is reportedly investigating allegations that female cadets at a police academy run by the MBTA were coerced into sexual relationships with their superiors.
BOSTON — Nearly three-quarters of Massachusetts aspiring elementary school teachers failed the new math section of the state teacher licensing exam.
BOSTON — As General Motors notifies which Massachusetts dealers will not have their franchise agreements renewed, it is not likely that GM dealers will go public with the information.
BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick says he’ll seek a one percent increase in the state meals tax. But restaurants say they are already being hard hit and an additional tax would be a crushing blow.
BOSTON — New state figures show the Massachusetts unemployment rate has reached its highest level in more than five years.
