While an official selection won’t happen until January, the city council in Springfield, Mass. appears ready to be led by a Black woman for the first time in its history.

The Vermont Natural Resources Council has been holding forums across the state since October to discuss the impact of the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The final meeting occurred virtually today.

A mass shooting at a Hannukah event in Sydney, Australia, has sent ripples of fear, loss, and hopelessness across the larger Jewish world at the start of the week-long holiday — reaching community members in Berkshire County.

The town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, is teaming up with an affordable housing nonprofit to help struggling residents to pay their rents and mortgages.

An interview with Rabbi Rachel Barenblat.

With the 250 Anniversary of the start of the American Revolution coming up next summer, some communities in Vermont are working to preserve that history through interactive exhibits. Several nonprofits in Vermont issued nearly $63,000 in grants last week to ensure those projects are viable.

Cannabis regulators in Massachusetts have given their final approvals on special "social consumption" license types - licenses that could pave the way for new kinds of marijuana-related businesses and offerings.It took some time to finalize and it could a while before the first licensees emerge, but officials tell WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief James Paleologopoulos they're optimistic.

The city council in Northampton, Massachusetts, has greenlit several green-minded efforts for the city’s school district – all building toward the city’s carbon neutrality goals. Through a special fund and borrowing, the projects will cost about $12 million – with most of it going toward a geothermal heating system for Northampton High School.The projects received unanimous approval from the city’s school committee – but the council needed a special meeting to get them across the finish line.WAMC’s Samantha Simmons spoke with Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief James Paleologopoulos about the development.

The Vermont National Guard is preparing for a deployment but the details are sparse.

Officials in Burlington, Vermont, are beginning to draft the Fiscal Year 2027 spending plan, and the mayor says the city is facing a significant budget gap.