New England

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Sara Plourde — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:03:59 +0000

The Great New England Vampire Panic

Virginia Prescott — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:18:17 +0000

New England's gruesome brush with supernatural hysteria did not end with the Salem witch trials in the 17^th century. Almost two centuries later came the great New England vampire panic. Wait… what? Abigail Tucker is a staff writer for Smithosonian magazine – she wrote about historians who are documenting cases when rural residents set aside their Yankee piety and feverishly exhumed graves and mutilated the corpses of suspe

New Englanders To Compete In 2012 Summer Games

Associated Press — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:30:06 +0000

Today is the kick-off of the 2012 Olympic Summer Games. Below is a list of New Englanders competing in London, as provided by the U.S. Olympic Team.

Connecticut

The Amazing Outhouse Race

Sarah P. Reynolds — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:45:17 +0000

The Bristol Great Outhouse Race is an eccentric village tradition that has been held for the last 34 years.

Hundred Dollar Valentine

Virginia Prescott — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:22:43 +0000

Chris Smither is with us from WFCR in Amherst, Massachsetts to talk about his new album Hundred Doller Valentine.

More Than A Woodlot

Virginia Prescott — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:40:42 +0000

A new forestry has taken hold across the northeast.

The States With The Best And Worst Wage Laws For Home Health Workers

Amanda Loder — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:21:00 +0000

President Obama is pushing the US Department of Labor to move forward on a rules change that would raise wages and require overtime pay for home health workers. According to a

It's back to school time again, and lots of college students from around New Hampshire will be putting in their final hours at their summer jobs this Labor Day weekend.

A Visit to Polly's Pancake Parlor

Shannon Mullen — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:12:26 +0000

Every year thousands of tourists come to New Hampshire to see the state's brilliant fall colors.

Finding Refuge in the Queen City

Laura Knoy — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:00:00 +0000

Over the last few months, several hundred African refugees were resettled in Manchester. We'll take a look at who they are, the challenges they face, and how the city is handling this new and very different population. Laura is joined by Robert Baines, Mayor of Manchester, Dr. Westy Egmont, executive director of the International Institute of Boston, and Beatrice Munyenyezi, a Manchester resident who was a refugee from Rwanda. Ms. Munyenyezi now works at the Manchester Housing Authority.