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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A tiny green beetle that has been wreaking havoc on ash trees may have met its match: Asian wasps.
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Eleven people in Connecticut are infected with the mpox virus, up from four infections in 2023, according to the state Department of Public Health.
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While the fee to get a trash permit in the city of Northampton, Massachusetts, increased by 66%, the cost of recycling for municipalities has been increasing for several years.
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Marty Baron, the former editor of The Washington Post and Boston Globe, sat down with NEPM for an interview about his new book, and commented about ongoing troubles at the Post.
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Connecticut lawmakers say the 81-year-old president still has work to do to convince voters that he’s ready to be president for four more years.
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The pretrial conferences are scheduled for the more than 100 people facing charges after the UMass chancellor's controversial order on May 7 for police to clear the protest encampment.
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The court sided with the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, which created an ordinance making it illegal to sleep outside. Homeless residents were ticketed, arrested and encampments were destroyed, despite there being insufficient shelter space in the city.
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It was Hartford’s tenth homicide of 2024, according to police.
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The New Haven summer program Youth at Work, which kicked off its first day at the beginning of July, supports nearly 750 students aged 14-21 with a summer job.
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Made up of Mikey Dyke, Judi Emanuel and their children, Caribbean Rain started performing as a formal band at the same time that the family relocated to Vermont. Following a recent health crisis, the family is more determined than ever to share their music.