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By Pat Bradley

Montpelier, VT – The Vermont State Nuclear Advisory Panel has put off a decision on whether to support Vermont Yankee's bid to boost its power output by twenty percent. During a heated meeting yesterday, the seven-member panel delayed a decision on what advice it wants to offer the Vermont Public Service Board. WAMC's North County Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.

By Jessica Bloustein

Springfield, MA – At least three and a half million people in Florida are still without power four days after Hurricane Wilma. Crews from Western Massachusetts Electric Company in Springfield headed south early this morning to help restore it.

W-A-M-C's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Jessica Bloustein saw them off.

By Deborah Runcie

Kingston, NY – Police are investigating the distribution of hate literature in part of Ulster County, New York.

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

By Deborah Runcie

Hyde Park, NY – Officials in Dutchess County New York have unveiled a three-phase, multi-million dollar plan to upgrade the county's emergency response complex and training facilities for firefighters and police.
WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Deborah Runcie has more.

By Deborah Runcie

Kingston, NY – Democratic Congressman Maurice Hinchey of Ulster County, New York, is renewing his push for an expansion of the investigation into who leaked the identity of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame to the news media.

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

By Carrie Saldo

Great Barrington, MA – With one wind turbine project recently rejected in Berkshire County, it appears that another is on the horizon. WAMC Berkshire Bureau Chief, Carrie Saldo reports.

By Jessica Bloustein

Springfield, MA – Wednesday's negotiations between the Springfield, Massachusetts, teachers union and the city's finance control board did not result in the long-awaited contract. The union is now urging its members to boycott several of the region's businesses.

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

By Pat Bradley

Tupper Lake, NY – For several years, officials from the Adirondack village of Tupper Lake have been working with the New York Power Authority and Niagara Mohawk, now known as National Grid, on ways to improve their power infrastructure. This week, the New York Power Authority announced that the feasibility of biomass electric generation in the Adirondacks will be studied. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.

By Arielle Trimm

Colonie, NY – Outmoded water treatment plants are posing challenges for communities in parts of New York state and Massachusetts. One Albany suburb has tackled its problem head-on. More from our Capital District Bureau Chief Arielle Trimm.

By Jessica Bloustein

Amherst, MA – A group of political economists from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have published a one-of-a-kind study that looks at working environments in terms of how workers are treated.

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