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When Freda Driscoll Sbar - a white woman - chose to adopt a child, she didn't think about race. She thought about giving a child a loving, permanent home. She and her partner adopted their first African American daughter when she...

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Congressman Barney Frank have announced a new program aimed at converting foreclosed properties into affordable housing. WFCR's Tina Antolini reports.

Patrick Administration officials say changes made in regulations that govern state-run emergency homeless shelters for Massachusetts' families are needed, in order to close a multi-million dollar budget gap in the program. But the...

Most members of the Couture family of Springfield, Massachusetts have something in common: a genetic disorder known as mitochondrial disease. The disease occurs when the mitochondria in your body -- which we all have -- fail to...

Many school districts, universities and municipalities are crafting budgets without knowing specifically how much money they'll receive from the federal stimulus plan. While some dollar amounts are trickling in, for most the bottom...

As Massachusetts lawmakers shape a financial plan for the fiscal year that starts July first, they're faced with municipalities and public schools that were in financial dire straits even before the current recession... Now the...

UMass Amherst opened its new Transit and Regional Traveler Information Center on Monday. The Center's cost was five million dollars. WFCR's Susan Kaplan reports.