Nine months ago, Joyce Chance left a refugee camp in Uganda where she had spent the last eleven years. Chance, who was born in Congo, boarded a plane…
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In Manchester, NH Combining Social Work and Police Work to Help Troubled Kids
On the one hand, said LeDoux, police are charged with enforcing laws, not providing social services. On the other hand, she saw firsthand that…
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This Low-Cost, High-Level Soccer Club Turns Competition Into Opportunity
Jared Barbosa is an Elementary School guidance counselor who was raised by a professional soccer player. His dad, Manoel “Boom Boom” Barbosa, competed…
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Does Climate Change Mean I Can Start My Seedlings Now?
Those early hints of spring can call to a gardener like a siren song. Yet the urge to get one’s seeds into dirt can be dangerous: most seedlings won’t…
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Business Leaders Say Immigration Can Stem New England’s Workforce Shortage
Part 1 of a four-part New England News Collaborative series called “Facing Change” New England is facing a demographic crisis: its people are getting…
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What Election Day Could Mean For Commuter Rail In New England
Rail improvements may be on track for the New England Central Railroad, but another rail project stalled this year in New Hampshire, when lawmakers…
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US Companies Replace Teflon Toxin With Chemical Cousin. Is It Safe?
A new kind of water contamination has shown up all over the U.S., including New England. This time it’s not lead, like in the Flint, Michigan water…
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To Help New England Fisheries, Cooking Up Invasive Crabs
They have green backs, pink bellies and are only about 2 inches in diameter. The green crab is an invasive predator that’s been destroying clam and…