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By Pat Bradley

Middlebury, VT and Monterey, CA – The Monterey Institute of International Studies in California has become an affiliate of Vermont's Middlebury College. The two institutions hope the partnership will enhance their graduate curricula in international policy studies and international business. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.

By Carrie Saldo

Pittsfield, MA – The state Department of Public Health is attempting to reconcile differences between results of PCB testing it oversaw with those of a Berkshire County environmental group. Our Berkshire Bureau Chief, Carrie Saldo has the latest regarding the testing at a Pittsfield, Massachusetts elementary school.

Albany, NY – Pink flamingos...membrane universes... finding water with dowsing... a diet plan for cadavers. All that and much more covered on another riveting edition of the Vox Pop Science Forum, hosted by Greg Dahlmann. Air date: 12/22/05.

Albany, NY – Connecticut's Rob Simmons joins Alan Chartock in the Congressional Corner to discuss the war in Iraq, the NYC transit strike, and something Simmons calls "Robo Calls."

By Pat Bradley

Montpelier, VT – Peace activists in Vermont are up in arms following an N-B-C News report last week that a secret Department of Defense database listed 15-hundred suspicious incidents around the country in a ten-month period. Some on the list were in Vermont. A leading Senator from the Green Mountain State is also demanding answers from the Secretary of Defense. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.

By Jessica Bloustein

Western Massachusetts – A limited supply of natural gas in New England-due to this year's hurricane season and to predictions of an exceptionally cold winter-has electricity providers preparing for the worst-controlled power interruptions. Officials say there is only a remote chance of rolling blackouts, but urge New Englanders to conserve as much power as they can.

WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Jessica Bloustein reports.

By Deborah Runcie

Kingston, NY – Environmentalists in Ulster County New York say the proposal to build The Landing Project and Sailor's Cove in Kingston would overwhelm the city's sewage treatment plant. Others say the wastewater facility can easily meet the developers needs.
WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Deborah Runcie has more.

By Deborah Runcie

Kingston, NY – A Federal grant worth nearly 250 thousand dollars will help the Ulster County New York Sheriff's Department pay for the expansion of patrol car technology to municipal police forces.

WAMC'S Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Deborah Runcie has more.

By Carrie Saldo

Great Barrington, MA – Three metropolitan areas in Berkshire County are among the 12 statewide showing job growth compared to a year ago.

By Carrie Saldo

Pittsfield, MA – Although Pittsfield High School remains closed while a mercury spill is cleaned up and the air is tested and re-tested, its students and staff are back to work at another location.