Western Massachusetts
There will be 25 new police officers joining the Springfield Police Department and most of the new officers will be women.
The Fabulous 413
Restless Books
We talk to folks from the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center about literary activism with their new summer series, and chat with Kuwaiti author about her new book, "The Book Censor's Library."
The Rundown with Carrie Saldo
Joyce Skowyra
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NEPM
Panelists discuss a defamation and discrimination lawsuit out of Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools, the future of psychedelics in Massachusetts, Springfield’s first Black police superintendent, and much more from the NEPM newsroom.
Documentary
"At Sword's Point" recounts a pivotal moment in American history when Joseph McCarthy’s Red Scare found its first true target in the labor movement of the United Electrical Workers in Greenfield, Massachusetts in the early 1950s. Broadcast on 88.5 NEPM on Saturday, May 4 at noon and Sunday, May 5 at 3 p.m.
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Can't-Miss Stories
- More delays, higher costs, erased penalties as MBTA changes deal with Springfield manufacturer
- A new North Adams Regional Hospital opens, admits its first patient
- Like other Mass. towns, Great Barrington sued over millions in cannabis 'impact' fees
- Back-and-forth continues between Smith College and students as sit-in nears a week
- Federal database says Springfield museum has Native remains from central Mass. The museum disagrees.
State control of Holyoke Public Schools