The New England News Collaborative is telling stories of our connected and rapidly changing region.
The NENC is a 9-station consortium of public media newsrooms reporting stories that are shared and broadcast across New England. Our multimedia coverage delves into climate change and clean energy; racial inequality and immigration; and the impacts of the pandemic on people, businesses and schools in the region.
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Ellen Ash Peters has died at the age of 94. She was Connecticut's first female chief justice.
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The Massachusetts Department of Fire Services’ new tool for tracking lithium-ion battery fires has helped to identify 50 such incidents in the past six months.
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The intercollegiate prom was created so students who missed out on prom because of the pandemic or didn’t get to attend with their date of choice could experience it.
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Stratford-based Sikorsky is making the cuts after the U.S. Army canceled plans for a new helicopter called the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft.
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Ice out at Joe's Pond is a celebrated marker of spring in the Northeast Kingdom. But the annual contest, where people bet on the date each year, also provides hugely useful data for climate scientists.
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The agency, SEPTA, announced late last week it is terminating its $185-million contract with Springfield, Massachusetts-based CRRC, for 45 train cars for its commuter railroad.
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Maine Family Planning urged state lawmakers to fully fund a bill that would boost the state's annual allocation for the roughly 60 sexual and reproductive health clinics across the state.
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Connecticut lawmakers are considering several measures to advance solar projects around the state, as part of the state’s clean energy goals.
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It was a rough winter for Vermont’s ski resorts, and then it wasn’t. A barren January and February was followed by a snowy March and April, given a boost by the eclipse.
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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut is a co-sponsor of the Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act, federal legislation that aims to provide support and resources for youth.