Communities

Though SNAP has been restored and the shutdown has ended, some local restaurants took action to feed residents who relied on this aid and they've decided to continue this work throughout the month of November.

Black Trumpet is piecing together donated ingredients and volunteer kitchen power for "Free Lunch Mondays."

Connecticut immigrant rights group Unidad Latina en Acción is hosting its annual Día de los Muertos parade, now in its 15th year, in New Haven.

Join Estela Camacho as she builds her ofrenda for Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead. She is one of several community members that have an ofrenda on display in observance of the Mexican celebration.

There are about 28,000 legally blind people in Massachusetts.

The Trump administration has taken aim at diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, and the effects are being felt by tribal communities that are grappling with issues such as violence against indigenous women. Now some Wabanaki women are turning to each other to learn to protect themselves.

Experience Camps, a free, week-long sleepaway camp for kids who’ve experienced the death of a parent or sibling, expanded to Connecticut this summer.

The medical center’s volunteer-run gift shop has a bit of everything for patients, medical staff and locals.

Juan De La Cruz and his family feared the worst when he showed up for a check-in with immigration officials in St. Albans Tuesday. But the Panton resident will be allowed to stay in Vermont while his asylum case is pending.

The bilingual storytime at the Arlington Community Center in Nashua is a new program for parents and young children to read stories in English and Spanish every Thursday.