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Elise Amendola/AP/APFor years, the State Auditor of Massachusetts has pursued a legislative audit that’s spurred a furious back-and-forth among the Democratic establishment that dominates state leadership in Boston. This week, a radio appearance from the commonwealth’s attorney general has led to a new chapter of the long-running battle over the auditor’s right to open State House books. -
By Bill O'Donnell - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0/The acclaimed writer Tracy Kidder – a longtime resident of Western Massachusetts – died in Boston on Tuesday at 80.
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Two years ago, graduates of a Pittsfield, Massachusetts, boarding school came forward with allegations that their former teacher engaged in sexual misconduct. This week, that teacher was formally charged with rape. WAMC spoke with the students the day after the grand jury indictment came down. -
In this installment of Shakedown Beat, WAMC's Josh Landes interviews the band Spafford and reviews three dates of the tour that brought them through the northeast this winter. -
Tuesday night, news broke that the former teacher at the heart of a sex abuse scandal at a Pittsfield, Massachusetts, boarding school had been indicted on three counts of rape in Berkshire Superior Court. -
The Burlington, Vermont police chief says his department has received dozens of complaints about officers’ actions during an ICE raid in South Burlington -
The Vermont Institute of Natural Science has installed two high-definition webcams to watch a pair of eagles raise an eaglet. -
During Monday evening’s Burlington City Council meeting, more than 60 people detailed their experiences and what they witnessed at an ICE raid in South Burlington earlier this month -
It may have rained, but thousands of spectators and marchers still made their annual rounds in Holyoke Sunday, coming out for one of the Northeast’s biggest St. Patrick’s Day parades. -
In less than 48 hours, Holyoke, Massachusetts, will be flooded with green. The western Mass. city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade is once again expected to bring thousands to the Paper City Sunday. -
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott has appointed the interim Department of Children and Families commissioner to the permanent position -
An interview with Nadia Milleron.
