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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.

By Carrie Saldo

Pittsfield, MA – The public had a chance to sound off last night about a nearly 30 percent rate increase by Berkshire Gas. WAMC's Carrie Saldo covered a public hearing on soaring prices for people who heat their homes and business with natural gas:

By Pat Bradley

Plattsburgh, NY – Congressional members of the Northern Border Caucus met on Capitol Hill Wednesday with business leaders from the U-S and Canada to discuss a Department of Homeland Security plan that would require all travelers have a passport to enter the U-S. Opponents of the agency's initiative hope to develop an alternative proposal or delay the scheduled implementation of the plan. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.

Albany, NY – Yancey Roy, based in Albany, NY is a correspondent for the Gannett Newspapers who grew up in Louisiana. He was sent down to the Bayou to cover the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. When he came back, he shared these thoughts with us....

By Deborah Runcie

Poughkeepsie, NY – A state transportation official says that at least two dozen highway and bridge construction projects in the Hudson Valley could fall by the wayside...if voters fail to approve a statewide, $2.9 billion bond issue on the November 8th ballot.

WAMC'S Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Deborah Runcie has the latest.

By Deborah Runcie

Kingston, NY – The Nor'easter that struck the region yesterday caused only scattered power problems in the Hudson Valley....but an Ulster County lawmaker is concerned about potential problems for utility lines caused by unremoved dead trees. More, from WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Deborah Runcie:

By Pat Bradley

Montpelier, VT – The AARP-Vermont has released the results of a health care poll. The group
says their poll indicates there is a great deal of anxiety about health care costs and a feeling that health care in Vermont is in a state of crisis. WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more.