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By Arielle Trimm

Albany, NY – Albany's mayoral election is less than 1 week away, and now one candidate has been endorsed by the National Organization for Women of New York State. More from our Capital District Bureau Chief, Arielle Trimm

By Jessica Bloustein

Springfield, MA – Springfield, Massachusetts mayor Charles Ryan has given the go-ahead for a multimillion-dollar revitalization project on the city's waterfront.

W-A-M-C's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Jessica Bloustein has details.

By Pat Bradley

Barre, VT – More than 100 people turned out for a public hearing Tuesday evening in Barre, Vermont to discuss the state's health care system. It was the final session of a joint legislative committees' tour around the state to hear about how Vermonters want the health care system reformed. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.

By Carrie Saldo

Williamstown, MA – With one major construction project completed and another in the works, Williams College is in the midst of planning its next big campus improvement.

By Pat Bradley

Montpelier, VT – Leaders of the Vermont Legislature and Governor James Douglas want to boost fuel assistance to low income Vermonters. The Vermont Emergency Board met today (Tuesday) to discuss transferring seven million dollars into the state's low-income home energy assistance program. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.

By Jessica Bloustein

Springfield, MA – Chicopee, Massachusetts mayor Richard Goyette was arrested Tuesday on charges of federal extortion. His arrest is yet another in the four-year federal probe of public corruption in Western Massachusetts.

W-A-M-C's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Jessica Bloustein reports.

By Jessica Bloustein

Springfield, MA – Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in upstate New York and New England have yielded several million dollars in contributions this year. But the level of giving has some charitable organizations in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts wondering if their own fund-raising efforts might be hampered because of what they call "donor fatigue"

W-A-M-C's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Jessica Bloustein surveyed some local charities:

By Deborah Runcie

Kingston, NY – A volunteer group based in Westchester County, New York says that spiritual education is the way to prevent inmates from becoming repeat offenders. WAMC Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Deborah Runcie reports.

By Arielle Trimm

Albany, NY – AIDS activists from across the Northeast gathered in Albany on Tuesday as part of a caravan to Washington DC to demands effective government action to end the AIDS epidemic. More from our Capital District Bureau Chief, Arielle Trimm.

By Deborah Runcie

Kingston, NY – One Ulster County school district is considering more stringent regulations against tobacco products on school grounds...

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