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Members of the Belchertown, Mass., select board narrowly agreed Monday night to put a property tax override question on the annual town meeting ballot. If it passes, additional revenue could address a $2.1 million funding gap in next year's school budget. -
Under a sweeping executive order that also targeted the parent company of Voice of America, the Institute of Museum and Library Services would be virtually eliminated. The little-known organization provides grants to cultural and educational institutions across Connecticut. -
Does history repeat itself? Or does it rhyme? WBUR literature writer Katherine Ouellette recommends eight books that remind us the current moment is just a reprise and a remix of things humanity has seen and endured before.
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Some immigration lawyers are expressing concern and caution for travel following two recent cases of people with legal status being detained, or deported, after arriving at Boston Logan Airport. -
The Department of Transportation says the current equipment was installed in 2013 and needs to be replaced. -
Immigrant advocates call on lawmakers to make the law even stronger with amendments to proposed bill, while Republicans seek to roll back the current law. -
Warming winters allow once rare species to stay in southern parts of the state year round. -
Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses, and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient tropical grounds like Hawaii and the Caribbean, according to a new study. -
The proposal has gathered the support of a broad coalition of farmers and academics, who say drones could make their jobs cheaper and more environmentally-friendly. -
The program equips undergraduate students with the various skills needed to foster a successful career as a teacher, specializing in working with students in high-need school districts, where teacher retention is low, such as Bridgeport and Stamford. -
An official at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said yesterday that the Federal Railroad Administration still needs to greenlight a plan for speed limits along the route. -
A lawyer for Fabian Schmidt, a German green card-holder and longtime U.S. resident who was detained at Boston’s Logan Airport earlier this month while attempting to re-enter the country, is speaking out for the first time on behalf of his client.
