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Children's Music Pioneer Diagnosed with ALS
04/12/2005
Charlene Scott

Gary Rosen has been delighting children and their parents for more than two decades with music that's been featured on television's Captain Kangaroo and the lawn of the Clinton White House. The 57 year old musician...

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Som Victim of New Immigration Reforms
04/11/2005
Av Harris

A Cambodian immigrant from Northampton, Massachusetts, being held in Hartford by federal immigration officers, is waiting to find out if he will be deported or released back to his community. 24 year-old Thea Som is...

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Smith Alum Speaks on Writing
04/08/2005
Bob Paquette

When she was a student at Smith College, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc wrote a piece about suicides in her hometown of Leominster, Massachusetts. After graduating, LeBlanc spent ten years working on a book detailing the lives of...

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Route 9
04/08/2005
Tom Duffy

The $3.5 million dollar project to widen congested route nine through Hadley, Massachusetts begins this month. The project will create two 12-foot lanes and two 11.5-foot lanes on a 1.1 mile stretch of the road from the...

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Hampshire County Parishioners Mourn Death of Pope
04/07/2005
Amy Mayer

Catholics around the world continue to mourn the death of Pope John Paul II on the eve of his funeral in the Vatican tomorrow. In Northampton, Massachusetts last night, parishioners from around Hampshire County gathered at...

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Do Away with Don't Ask, Don't Tell?
04/06/2005
Chad Pergram

Some Massachusetts democrats want the Pentagon to drop the 12-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" policy. The military isn't hitting its recruitment and retention goals. And it believes don't ask, don't tell drives gays and...

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A Quest to End Sexual Violence
04/05/2005
Bob Paquette

Today is the national day to end sexual violence. Several groups at the University of Massachusetts are marking the day with a talk by a member of the class of 1975. Phil Saviano is the founder of the New England...

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Ambassador Speaks on Anti-Americanism
04/04/2005
Bob Paquette

Ambassador Phyllis Oakley speaks tomorrow night at Mount Holyoke College. A retired Foreign Service officer of the state department; she was the first female spokesperson for the department. Her topic tomorrow night...

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Gay Orthodox Rabbi Speaking at Smith and UMass
04/01/2005
Bob Paquette

This weekend, Five College Hillel is presenting a series of talks by Steven Greenberg, the first openly gay Orthodox Rabbi. When he was 15 years old, Greenberg joined a community of Orthodox Jews in his native...

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<i>Nobody Don't Like Yogi</i>: A One-Man Play About Yankee Legend Yogi Berra
04/01/2005
Charlene Scott

"You can observe a lot by watching," is one of his gems. This 15-time MLB All-Star and three-time MVP has more quotations in Bartlett's than any other sports figure. Yogi Berra's life is celebrated in the one-man show...

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The Future of Life Sciences in Western Massachusetts
03/31/2011
By Bob Paquette

Massachusetts' leading export is medical devices -- things like contact lenses and materials used for hip replacements. The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, a public-private agency created by the Legislature in 2006, provides...

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A Big Solar Project Proposed for a Small Town
03/31/2011
By Bob Paquette

Commercial-scale solar power proposals are popping up across western Massachusetts. WFCR's Bob Paquette reports plans are now in the works for what could be the biggest solar project in the state.

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Tax Breaks and the Federal Deficit
03/29/2011
By Bob Paquette

John Fox is a former Washington D.C. tax attorney. He is now a Visiting Professor at Mount Holyoke College, where he teaches a course on taxes called "Winners and Losers". He talked to WFCR's Bob Paquette about the breaks...

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Inspector General Finds MA Health System Over-Paying for Services, Out-of-State Residents
03/29/2011
Fred Bever

A new report from the Massachusetts Inspector Generals details at least $30 million in over-spending by the state's Health Safety Net program, some of it on non-residents, and some for bogus claims. WFCR's Fred Bever reports.

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Maple Syrup Producers Try Out Bacteria-Thwarting Device
03/28/2011
Catherine Hannula

It's a busy season for maple syrup producers. And the season's success may depend, as usual, on the weather. But WFCR's Catherine Hannula reports that there is hope that a thirty-five cent plastic device will give production a...

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