/tags/new-england New England en-US ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:03:07 GMT /local-news/2024-12-26/inside-zildjian-a-400-year-old-cymbal-making-company-in-massachusetts Drummers across the globe know the Zildjian name because it’s emblazoned on every shiny cymbal they make. What’s less known is that the family has been making their famous cymbals, with a secret process, for more than four centuries. Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:03:07 GMT /local-news/2024-12-26/inside-zildjian-a-400-year-old-cymbal-making-company-in-massachusetts Andrea Shea /local-news/2024-12-11/atmospheric-river-brings-weather-whiplash-to-east-coast-as-bomb-cyclone-develops An atmospheric river and developing bomb cyclone brought heavy rain and fierce winds to many areas Wednesday, as well as the possibility of flooding. The wet weather comes after New England's ski resorts experienced a stretch of early snow that attracted skiers. Wed, 11 Dec 2024 22:09:05 GMT /local-news/2024-12-11/atmospheric-river-brings-weather-whiplash-to-east-coast-as-bomb-cyclone-develops Associated Press /local-news/2023-11-07/deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-vermonters-mourn-maine-shooting-victims Four of the 18 people killed in the recent shooting in Lewiston were members of New England's close-knit Deaf community. Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2023-11-07/deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-vermonters-mourn-maine-shooting-victims Mikaela Lefrak /2023-11-01/bryan-macfarlane-victim-in-lewiston-mass-shooting-overcame-adversity-to-earn-cdl-as-deaf-driver Bryan MacFarlane, 40, had worked for years as a trucker â€� a career laden with obstacles for deaf people â€� and had only recently moved back to Maine at the urging of family. Wed, 01 Nov 2023 19:56:03 GMT /2023-11-01/bryan-macfarlane-victim-in-lewiston-mass-shooting-overcame-adversity-to-earn-cdl-as-deaf-driver Robbie Feinberg /podcast/brave-little-state/2023-10-19/vermont-recognized-tribes-canada-abenaki-first-nations-odanak-wolinak "Recognized" is a special series from Brave Little State about Abenaki peoples and the ongoing dispute about who belongs to their communities. Thu, 19 Oct 2023 20:23:09 GMT /podcast/brave-little-state/2023-10-19/vermont-recognized-tribes-canada-abenaki-first-nations-odanak-wolinak Elodie Reed, Josh Crane, Sabine Poux /local-news/2023-08-08/why-vermont-tribes-new-hampshire-groups-might-claim-to-be-abenaki-without-ever-proving-ancestry Darryl Leroux is a French-Canadian scholar who studies white settler identities. He published a paper last month in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal focusing on claims to indigeneity in Vermont and New Hampshire. Tue, 08 Aug 2023 20:00:00 GMT /local-news/2023-08-08/why-vermont-tribes-new-hampshire-groups-might-claim-to-be-abenaki-without-ever-proving-ancestry Julia Furukawa, Elodie Reed /2023-06-08/humo-de-los-incendios-forestales-de-canada-sigue-afectando-la-calidad-del-aire-en-nueva-inglaterra Berkshire Medical Center en Pittsfield dice que ha visto un reciente aumento de casos de enfermedades respiratorias en su sala de emergencias. Thu, 08 Jun 2023 17:49:25 GMT /2023-06-08/humo-de-los-incendios-forestales-de-canada-sigue-afectando-la-calidad-del-aire-en-nueva-inglaterra Adam Frenier /local-news/2023-04-25/casella-waste-systems-plans-to-expand-into-pennsylvania-delaware-and-maryland Rutland-based Casella Waste Systems plans to buy trash collection, recycling, and transfer operations from one of its largest competitors for $525 million. Tue, 25 Apr 2023 18:14:28 GMT /local-news/2023-04-25/casella-waste-systems-plans-to-expand-into-pennsylvania-delaware-and-maryland Nina Keck /local-news/2023-04-19/donut-painting-sparks-free-speech-debate-for-new-hampshire-bakery-town The Conway zoning board decided that the painting on the front of the bakery was not so much art as advertising, and too large. The bakery owner filed a federal lawsuit. Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:18:23 GMT /local-news/2023-04-19/donut-painting-sparks-free-speech-debate-for-new-hampshire-bakery-town Kathy McCormack and Robert F. Bukaty, Associated Press /npr-news/2023-01-18/freshwater-fish-found-to-have-high-levels-of-forever-chemicals This study is bad news for communities that rely on subsistence fishing and recreational fisherman who cook up what they catch. The freshwater fish had average PFAS levels that are nearly 280 times what’s typically for store-bought fish. Wed, 18 Jan 2023 18:37:44 GMT /npr-news/2023-01-18/freshwater-fish-found-to-have-high-levels-of-forever-chemicals Gabrielle Emanuel / WBUR