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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 13h
🗳️ GBH News is covering this year’s **9** ballot questions. Question 1 focuses on transparency and public records. Tell us in the comments: What records would you want from the governor and your local representatives in the State House? What do you want to know?
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Local LGBTQ+ leaders join Under the Radar to break down the latest news headlines. bit.ly/4s66bEn
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LGBTQ+ news: Mass. AG and NH youth push back on Trump anti-trans policies
Local LGBTQ+ leaders join Under the Radar to break down the latest news headlines.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Under the Radar speaks with poet, educator and author Elizabeth Alexander about her latest collection of essays, poems and art. bit.ly/4ynwac8
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Elizabeth Alexander's 'Signals Across Vast Distances' encourages readers to reflect and act
Under the Radar speaks with poet, educator and author Elizabeth Alexander about her latest collection of essays, poems and art.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Boston Globe Spotlight reporter Kay Lazar joined All Things Considered to discuss an investigation into declining care at Massachusetts nursing homes. bit.ly/4equyXF
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Private owners profited as care declined at Massachusetts nursing homes
Boston Globe Spotlight reporter Kay Lazar joined All Things Considered to discuss an investigation into declining care at Massachusetts nursing homes.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEPM followed the money on Question 8, the proposed repeal of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts. bit.ly/4epb3Pd
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Who's funding the effort to repeal legal recreational weed? It might not be who you think.
NEPM followed the money on Question 8, the proposed repeal of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
An agreement between the Department of Transportation and CSX will reduce conflicts between freight trains and the state's goal of expanding passenger rail service in the Berkshires, the Healey administration said Thursday. bit.ly/47I7XlA
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State, CSX agree to rail upgrades in the Berkshires
An agreement struck between the Department of Transportation and railroad company CSX will reduce conflicts between freight trains and the state's desire to further expand passenger rail service in th...
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
White Pine Gathering Place will be the first monument in Boston to honor an Indigenous community. bit.ly/47b1orB
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Franklin Park could get Boston's first monument honoring Indigenous communities
White Pine Gathering Place will become the first monument in Boston that honors an Indigenous community.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A new poll finds that 84% of voters support changing state law to eliminate statutes of limitations in such cases. bit.ly/3TsfAtd
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New poll finds high, broad support for lifting legal limits on survivors of child sexual abuse
A new poll finds 84% of voters support changing state law to wipe out statutes of limitations in such cases.
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Sarah Betancourt @sweetadelinevt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Update: Maldonado Valle has been released after being held for 44 hours by Border Patrol. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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Provincetown PD employee, Honduras native released after 44-hour detention at Logan Airport
Carlos Maldonado Valle, a student at Cape Cod Community College, was on a domestic flight from Puerto Rico that stopped in Bermuda for a medical emergency.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
As local newsrooms shrink, colleges are emerging as an unlikely part of the local news infrastructure. bit.ly/4duKFmR
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Vermont college pioneers effort to let student journalists aid struggling local newsrooms
With local newsroom staffs shrinking, colleges are emerging as an unlikely part of the local-news infrastructure.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Does Massachusetts have a ‘real race’ for governor? The answer may hinge on Republican Mike Minogue’s willingness and ability to pivot toward the political center. bit.ly/4zlz7ur
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Does Massachusetts have a ‘real race’ for governor?
The answer may hinge on Republican Mike Minogue’s ability and willingness to pivot to the political center.
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Sarah Betancourt @sweetadelinevt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The family says a misunderstanding while filling an Ubereats order, and a broken self check out at the Fenway Target are to blame for the arrest and subsequent ICE detention of the mother. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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ICE detains mother of two outside Boston Police Department following alleged shoplifting arrest
The agency and BPD say the woman had been detained for shoplifting. The family says it’s a misunderstanding, and she was helping shop for Uber Eats.
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Sarah Betancourt @sweetadelinevt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
First in @gbhnews.bsky.social: a 21-year-old Provincetown student and employee of the local police department has been detained at Logan Airport’s Terminal E since Tuesday after his domestic flight became an international one. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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Provincetown PD employee, Honduras native detained at Logan Airport since Tuesday
Carlos Maldonado Valle, a student at Cape Cod Community College, was on a domestic flight from Puerto Rico that stopped in Bermuda for a medical emergency.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Carlos Maldonado Valle, a student at Cape Cod Community College, was on a domestic flight from Puerto Rico that stopped in Bermuda because of a medical emergency. bit.ly/4hBefti
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Provincetown PD employee, Honduras native detained at Logan Airport since Tuesday
Carlos Maldonado Valle, a student at Cape Cod Community College, was on a domestic flight from Puerto Rico that stopped in Bermuda for a medical emergency.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Forty people in Cambridge have been selected to join a group that will advise the City Council on the use of surveillance technology, including the gunshot-detection technology ShotSpotter. The new group will hold four sessions between this month and December. bit.ly/3VwqRJz
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Cambridge selects broad swath of residents to advise on use of technology in public safety
The new group will meet in four session between this month and December.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The agency and BPD say the woman had been detained for shoplifting. The family says it’s a misunderstanding, and she was helping shop for Uber Eats. bit.ly/3Ue7SmD
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ICE detains mother of two outside Boston Police Department following alleged shoplifting arrest
The agency and BPD say the woman had been detained for shoplifting. The family says it’s a misunderstanding, and she was helping shop for Uber Eats.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has distanced herself from President Donald Trump during her first Maine Senate debate with Democratic opponent Troy Jackson. bit.ly/4hzDkVu
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In first Maine Senate debate, Collins seeks to distance herself from Trump
Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has distanced herself from President Donald Trump during her first Maine Senate debate with Democratic opponent Troy Jackson.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🎉 Your favorite aardvark turns 30 today! The animated series "Arthur" premiered on PBS Kids on Oct. 7, 1996. bit.ly/4y5i6ne
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The iconic Arthur Read made his TV debut 30 years ago
The animated series "Arthur" premiered on PBS Kids on Oct. 7, 1996.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🗳️ GBH News is covering this year’s **9** ballot questions. Question 1 focuses on transparency and public records. Tell us in the comments: What records would you want from the governor and your local representatives in the State House? What do you want to know?
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Question 9 on the November ballot asks if the state should keep a wide-ranging gun law signed in 2024. bit.ly/4AQUPYH
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Keep or repeal? Referendum on Mass. gun law goes to the voters
Question 9 on the November ballot asks if the state should keep a wide-ranging gun law signed in 2024.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
DePeña was indicted in federal court in August on 11 counts of wire fraud and money laundering allegations involving more than $1.5 million in COVID small-business loans. He's expected to be arraigned on 15 state charges of wiretapping and witness intimidation. bit.ly/4dspEJs
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Lawrence City Council to hold vote of no confidence in mayor DePeña as he faces criminal charges
DePeña was indicted in federal court in August on 11 counts of wire fraud and money laundering allegations involving more than $1.5 million in COVID small-business loans. He's expected to be arraigned...
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
📬 Seven years after it was temporarily closed, the postal service said last week that it now plans to permanently close the Allston location. Officials are also worried about the Fields Corner office. bit.ly/4hPHMOL
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Local officials fight USPS plan to close Allston post office for good
Seven years after it was closed temporarily, the postal service said last week that it now plans to permanently close the Allston location. Officials are also worried about the Fields Corner office.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s report found 90 clergy who had faced allegations of abuse in the Worcester diocese, but Campbell’s team did not investigate or confirm how many of those accusations were credible. bit.ly/3U9SoQD
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AG Campbell steps up calls for Worcester diocese to release names of priests accused of abuse
Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s report found 90 clergy who had faced allegations of abuse in the Worcester diocese, but Campbell’s team did not investigate or confirm how many of those accusations ...
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The survey by the Downtown Boston Neighborhood Alliance finds that 56% of locals feel less safe in downtown than they did at the start of the year, marking a considerable increase from last year. bit.ly/473ChqE
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Downtown Boston business owners seek more police presence after survey finds people feel unsafe
The survey by the Downtown Boston Neighborhood Alliance finds that 56% of locals feel less safe in downtown than they did at the start of the year, marking a considerable increase from last year.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The team finished with 87 regular season wins and playoff berth but still didn't do enough to make deep run. bit.ly/4j1StzW
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Red Sox leadership not satisfied after comeback year ends early in playoffs to Yankees
Team finished with 87 regular season wins and playoff berth but still didn't do enough to make deep run.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Association Industry of Massachusetts said the latest effort by the Trump Administration to ban nearly $1 billion in Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles, is just the tip of the iceberg and could harm the Massachusetts economy. bit.ly/4ywSkt7
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A long-term trade war with Canada could hurt Massachusetts’ economy
The Association Industry of Massachusetts said the latest effort by the Trump Administration to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motor...
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Executive order expands eligibility for heating assistance and temporarily removes two charges from electric bills. bit.ly/4dnKNo9
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‘Energy emergency’: Healey moves to blunt soaring heating costs
Executive order expands heating assistance eligibility and temporarily removes two charges from electric bills.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Yes on 3 campaign announced Monday that former Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has joined former Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick in endorsing the election reform. bit.ly/4rO0nPO
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Baker joins Patrick in bipartisan all-party primary support
The Yes on 3 campaign announced Monday that former Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has joined former Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick in endorsing the election reform.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Under the Radar cultural contributors break down how Asian and AAPI stories are showing up in movies and streaming shows, including this year's summer blockbusters. bit.ly/3VtOvX9
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Is Asian representation in media going beyond supporting roles?
Under the Radar cultural contributors break down how Asian and AAPI stories are showing up in movies and streaming shows, including this year's summer blockbusters.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
On Oct. 6, New York Times best-selling author Brad Melter and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos will visit the tiny Massachusetts town of Plainville and the popular bookstore, "An Unlikely Story Bookstore and Cafe." bit.ly/476eztU
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Plainville bookstore gets a visit from ‘Ordinary People Change the World’ author
On Oct. 6, New York Times best-selling author Brad Melter and illustrator Christopher Eliopoulos will head to the tiny Massachusetts town of Plainville, and visit the popular bookstore, "An Unlikely S...
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mike Minogue is a Republican running for governor in Massachusetts. He joined Boston Public Radio to field questions about his plan to lower costs, reform childcare and enforce immigration laws across the Commonwealth. youtu.be/PfTraup5_OY
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Would Mike Minogue vote against abortion access if elected Mass. governor?
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On GBH’s Boston Public Radio Friday, Minogue said that if he's elected, he’d want to increase affordability — eliminating the 24-cent gas tax — and focus on deporting undocumented immigrants who are violent criminals. bit.ly/4z6kgUv
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Mike Minogue makes case for Mass. governor bid: More affordability, fewer ICE raids
On GBH’s Boston Public Radio Friday, Minogue said that if he's elected, he’d want to increase affordability — eliminating the 24 cent gas tax — and focus on deporting undocumented immigrants who are v...
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump admin changes from the “One Big Beautiful Bill” removed 7,300 Massachusetts immigrants from Medicaid and MassHealth Standard access on Oct. 1. bit.ly/4xX70AV
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Health advocates warn of MassHealth changes for immigrants coming Oct. 1
About 7,300 immigrants will be impacted, according to Health Law Advocates
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Attorneys, advocates and a former detainee describe how the policy has played out over the past 18 months, in and out of the courtroom. bit.ly/4i2zrrd
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Mass. detainees could face third-country deportations — again
Attorneys, advocates and a former detainee describe how the policy has played out over the past 18 months, in and out of the courtroom.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nearly 4,000 nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital plan to begin their open-ended strike on Wednesday, Oct. 14, unless they reach a contract deal with Mass General Brigham leadership, their union announced. bit.ly/4z8rAim
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Brigham and Women's nurses set Oct. 14 strike date
Nearly 4,000 nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital plan to strike unless a contract deal is reached with Mass General Brigham leadership.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell proposed eliminating the charitable immunity cap, eliminating the statute of limitations for civil liability in cases of childhood sexual abuse and creating an indefinite “lookback” window. bit.ly/3TZb6KG
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Report on abuse in Mass. Catholic churches puts new focus on legal limits for survivors
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell proposed eliminating the charitable immunity cap; eliminating the statute of limitations for civil liability in cases of childhood sexual abuse; and ...
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Brookline firefighters completed an immersive training program at The Newbury senior living community to learn to be more patient when working with people with memory loss. bit.ly/3VKMjui
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Sight-impairing glasses. Oven mitts. Firefighters learn what it's like to live with dementia
Brookline firefighters went through an immersive training program at The Newbury senior living community to learn how to be more patient when working with people with memory loss.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Music teachers from the Commonwealth made the semi-finalist list from 25 cities —the most from any state. The award honors exceptional educators who inspire the next generation of music leaders. bit.ly/4xYE5wd
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6 Mass. music teachers make semifinal list for Grammy awards
The music teachers from the Commonwealth made the semi-finalist list from a total of 25 cities — the most from any state. The award honors exceptional educators who inspire the next generation of musi...
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fans could only watch from bars around Fenway Park as the Sox got pummeled by rivals. bit.ly/47tSxRW
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Magical Red Sox season ends with whimper to Yankees
Fans could only watch from bars around Fenway Park as Sox got pummeled by rivals.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
MassHealth dropped GLP-1 weight-loss drug coverage in the fiscal 2027 budget, and in February, the Group Insurance Commission board also approved ending coverage, even as some state health plan overseers said the move would exacerbate health disparities. bit.ly/4d9CLPC
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MLK III, others implore Mass. to reconsider decision to slash GLP-1 coverage
MassHealth dropped GLP-1 weight loss drug coverage in the fiscal 2027 budget, and in February, the Group Insurance Commission board also approved nixing the weight loss drug coverage, even as some sta...
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Massachusetts veterans who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan in the U.S. War on Terror reflect on the withdrawal of American troops. bit.ly/3W0OERV
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Mass. veterans reflect on Iraq war as US withdraws its final troops from the country
Massachusetts veterans who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan in the U.S. War on Terror reflect on the withdrawal of American troops.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
International treasure Pat Metheny joins GBH’s All Things Considered host Arun Rath to talk all things Side-Eye III+. bit.ly/4AIcAt8
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Pat Metheny talks the music and musicians behind Side-Eye III+
International treasure Pat Metheny joins GBH’s All Things Considered host Arun Rath to talk all things Side-Eye III+
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In April, both Anna Maria College and Hampshire College announced they planned to close, and students said they felt blindsided and had to pivot quickly to continue at a new school. bit.ly/4hnlvsG
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Mass. eyes earlier deadline for colleges to warn they plan to close
In April, both Anna Maria College and Hampshire College announced they planned to close, and students said they felt blindsided and had to pivot quickly to continue at a new school.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The report from Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell’s office stops short of issuing any indictments. bit.ly/4deIUtJ
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Catholic clerics abused nearly 1,000 children in Springfield, Worcester, Fall River dioceses: report
The report from Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell’s office stops short of issuing any indictments.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
City Councilor Kathleen Toomey has said she was not impaired when she struck a parked vehicle around midnight Sept. 2. bit.ly/4hlvX3N
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911 call, witness account raise more questions about car crash involving Worcester city councilor
City Councilor Kathleen Toomey has said she was not impaired when she struck a parked vehicle around midnight Sept. 2.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Committee for Public Counsel Services oversees the state’s public defender system. If Question 2 passes in November, its employees will be allowed to unionize. bit.ly/4dc31sw
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Mass. public defenders push for union rights on November ballot
The Committee for Public Counsel Services oversees the state’s public defender system. If Question 2 passes in November, its employees will be granted the ability to unionize.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Playing school sports aims to build self-esteem and teach sportsmanship. But, bullying, racism and hazing can ruin that. GBH News wants to hear from student-athletes or families who have witnessed or experienced bullying in school sports. Email us at investigations@wgbh.org. bit.ly/4ym87er
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Mass. launched a program to stop school sports bullying. Why are so few schools using it?
A state government initiative started four years ago specifically to prevent hate and bias in athletics, called Addressing Hate in School Sports. Yet reports of such incidents remain common across the...
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The support for the project comes after two bicycle fatalities took place on the Lynnway this year. bit.ly/4iQOLcp
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Amid criticism of Lynnway redesign, at least one group welcomes the idea for bike lanes: cyclists
The support for the project comes after two bicycle fatalities took place on the Lynnway this year.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Last August, the EPA announced it would terminate its agreement with unions representing the agency's workers. Those unions are now suing the agency and its administrator, Lee Zeldin. bit.ly/4ysOPUK
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Union sues EPA and its administrator over termination of contract
The EPA announced last August that it would terminate its agreement with unions representing the agency's workers. Those unions are now suing the agency, and its administrator, Lee Zeldin.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A six-alarm fire tore through the Edison building at 72 Warren St., destroying several beloved small businesses, including Ugi’s Subs, The Handyman Team and Atlantis Physical Therapy & Chiropractic. bit.ly/3TYA9gX
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‘It looks like it blew up’: Nubian Square fire destroys several small businesses
A six-alarm fire tore through the Edison building at 72 Warren St., destroying several beloved small businesses including Ugi’s Subs, The Handyman Team, and Atlantis Physical Therapy & Chiropractic.
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