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A female U.S. Army soldier of the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division stands in front of tanks during a visit by the German president to U.S. forces in Grafenwoehr. (Daniel Karmann/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Massachusetts auditor says program to help women veterans falling short

Auditor Suzanne Bump found the Department of Veterans Services Women's Network had only identified 6% of the 25,000 female veterans living in Massachusetts, as of 2021. A related advisory committee...

Local Coverage

Sep 30, 2022

A woman holds a Puerto Rican flag during the Springfield Puerto Rican Parade on Sept. 18, 2022. (Elizabeth Román/New England Public Media)

Springfield opens welcome center to serve Puerto Ricans who may arrive after Hurricane Fiona

Officials in Springfield, Massachusetts, are working with a community organization to establish a welcome center for families who may arrive from Puerto Rico, due to Hurricane Fiona.

Local Coverage

Sep 21, 2022

Sharri Venno, environmental planner for the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, stands in front of a section of Meduxnekeag River that's been restored to a more natural state that better suits salmon and other native species. (Murray Carpenter/Maine Public)

To restore the salmon, a Maine tribe will first restore a river

Salmon once spawned in Maine's Meduxnekeag River, and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians is trying to bring them back by restoring not just a river, but an entire watershed.

Environment

Sep 20, 2022

Students and faculty walk out of the Campus Center at UMass Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

As college students return to Massachusetts campuses, they'll find new abortion care options

A new state law ensures public college and university students in Massachusetts have access to medication abortion through the school's own health services, like on campus at UMass Amherst.

Health

Sep 1, 2022

Construction has started on Central Maine Power's corridor that is meant to carry hydroelectric power from Quebec through Maine to Massachusetts, although the project still faces numerous legal and other challenges. (Brian Bechard/Maine Public)

Maine's high court rules that voter referendum blocking power corridor was unconstitutional

CMP and its partners want to build a 145-mile transmission line through Maine that would allow Hydro-Quebec to feed electricity into the New England power grid as part of a...

Environment

Aug 30, 2022

An adult piping plover runs along a beach as waves lap on the shore in the background, in the Quonochontaug Conservation Area, in Westerly, R.I., on July 12, 2007. (Steven Senne/AP)

Wildlife groups are reporting a record number of piping plovers in Maine this summer

A wildlife biologists says the recovery of this endangered species has been possible because of partnerships between the state, local municipalities, organizations and volunteers that have worked to protect plover...

Environment

Aug 24, 2022

Participants in a retreat at Pachamama Sanctuary in Canterbury, N.H. (Courtesy Derek Januszewski/Pachamama Sanctuary)

A church in N.H. offering a hallucinogenic tea has gained a following. But the pastor says his time in town is running out

New ayahuasca retreat centers have emerged across the country, but remain in a legal gray area.

Health

Aug 23, 2022

Mayor of Salem Kim Driscoll, outside WBUR's CitySpace. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

TV ads from a PAC causes a stir in Massachusetts' lieutenant governor's race

A political action committee called Leadership for Mass. this week began running television ads in support of Salem mayor Kim Driscoll. Her Democratic primary opponents want answers and for her...

Local Coverage

Aug 19, 2022

Patrick Toy (left) and Michelle Nolan (right), at a Remedial Herstory Project retreat in Plymouth. Both are teachers in Campton, N.H. (Sarah Gibson/NHPR)

This nonprofit is working to get more women’s perspectives into history class

Many history and social studies lessons focus on the lives and accomplishments of men. The Remedial Herstory Project in New Hampshire is trying to change that.

Education

Aug 17, 2022

Danielle Marmer, one of the Boston Bruins development coaches, on Day 3 of Bruins development camp at Warrior Ice Arena in Brighton. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Bruins' new hire becomes the first female on-ice coach for the NHL

Danielle Marmer, from Dorset, Vermont, recently made history when she was named the new player development and scouting assistant for the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins.

Local Coverage

Aug 16, 2022

An at-home rapid COVID-19 test kit on Dec. 20, 2021. (Matt Rourke/AP)

UMass research contributes to federal guidelines for at-home COVID testing

For people without symptoms but concerned they may have the virus, the study results show antigen tests are more likely to detect COVID-19 within the first week of infection with...

Health

Aug 16, 2022

Researchers are exploring how to reduce Hepatitis C in rural areas of the Connecticut River Valley

A group of New England researchers and medical professionals are exploring how a mobile health van at syringe-exchange sites can help reduce rates of Hepatitis C among rural residents.

Health

Aug 9, 2022

Forester Kyle Lombard looks out the window of the small airplane, searching for damage in the New Hampshire forest below. (Mara Hoplamazian/NHPR)

Meet the foresters keeping an eye on New Hampshire's trees from the sky

Affectionately nicknamed the "Bug Patrol," the aerial survey team goes up in a tiny airplane every summer to record damage in New Hampshire's forests.

Environment

04:00Aug 9, 2022

John Lee (right), a University of Maine research associate who manages the Howland Research Forest, at the top of its main research tower with Maine Public's Susan Sharon. (Courtesy Kris Bridges)

A Maine forest offers decades of data on the ability of trees to remove carbon from the air

For decades, scientists from around the world have been visiting a mature forest just off the interstate, about 30 miles north of Bangor where carbon and other greenhouse gas measurements...

Environment

Aug 2, 2022

A female peregrine falcon swoops in, as seen in Massachusetts. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Peregrine falcons in New Hampshire could find an unlikely ally: rock climbers

Part of a popular rock climbing area in New Hampshire is closed every year so peregrine falcons can nest. Some climbers think there’s a way they can help that would...

Local Coverage

Aug 2, 2022

A young South End resident plays a game of lawn bowling at Hazelwood Park's newly reopened greens. (Ben Berke/The Public's Radio)

Reviving a lost tradition at New Bedford's restored bowling greens

Seasoned players and newcomers take up lawn bowling and croquet at the newly restored bowling greens at Hazelwood Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Local Coverage

Jul 29, 2022

Artist Jesse Freidin takes photos of Haley Brown and Derek Berndt of Rochester, New Hampshire as a part of his cross country photo project. (Alli Fam/New Hampshire Public Radio)

Photo project aims to uplift trans, non-binary youth in N.H. and beyond

Meet the New Hampshire families that participated in a nationwide photo project called, "Are You Ok?" that photographs non-binary and trans youth.

Local Coverage

Jul 29, 2022

New Hampshire’s suit is the latest in a handful of claims filed by state and local governments targeting pharmacy chains — including CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens — for their role in the opioid addiction crisis. (The Associated Press)

New Hampshire sues chain pharmacies for their role in fueling opioid addiction crisis

The suit says the pharmacies failed to create systems to identify, investigate and report suspicious orders of prescription opioids, and fraudulently concealed that failure.

Health

Jul 27, 2022

Vermont Fish and Wildlife biologists put radio transmitters on the backs of three lactating female Indiana bats. (Courtesy Vermont Fish And Wildlife)

A colony of endangered Indiana bats in Vermont could hold lessons for the species' recovery

The Indiana bat has been on the federal endangered species list since the 1960s, but a wildlife experts studying the endangered species have made a promising, new discovery in Vermont.

Environment

Jul 26, 2022

For Chrysanthemum Gates, who spoke this month at a Disability Pride event in Augusta, Maine, Disability Pride Month is about increasing inclusion and creating safe environments for disabled people to be themselves. “My disabilities, especially the Tourette's, have shaped so much of my life that I would not be the same person that I am today if I didn’t have it,” Gates said. (Courtesy Sean Duffy via Connecticut Public)

It’s Disability Pride Month, and many in New England want more celebration

The idea for Disability Pride Month originated in 1990, the same year the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law. Members of the disabled community in Boston are...

Local Coverage

Jul 26, 2022

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Massachusetts auditor says program to help women veterans falling short

Springfield opens welcome center to serve Puerto Ricans who may arrive after Hurricane Fiona

To restore the salmon, a Maine tribe will first restore a river

As college students return to Massachusetts campuses, they'll find new abortion care options

Maine's high court rules that voter referendum blocking power corridor was unconstitutional

Wildlife groups are reporting a record number of piping plovers in Maine this summer

A church in N.H. offering a hallucinogenic tea has gained a following. But the pastor says his time in town is running out

TV ads from a PAC causes a stir in Massachusetts' lieutenant governor's race

This nonprofit is working to get more women’s perspectives into history class

Bruins' new hire becomes the first female on-ice coach for the NHL

UMass research contributes to federal guidelines for at-home COVID testing

Researchers are exploring how to reduce Hepatitis C in rural areas of the Connecticut River Valley

Meet the foresters keeping an eye on New Hampshire's trees from the sky

A Maine forest offers decades of data on the ability of trees to remove carbon from the air

Peregrine falcons in New Hampshire could find an unlikely ally: rock climbers

Reviving a lost tradition at New Bedford's restored bowling greens

Photo project aims to uplift trans, non-binary youth in N.H. and beyond

New Hampshire sues chain pharmacies for their role in fueling opioid addiction crisis

A colony of endangered Indiana bats in Vermont could hold lessons for the species' recovery

It’s Disability Pride Month, and many in New England want more celebration